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    using restore disks with new hdd

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by silver lady, Feb 14, 2017.

  1. silver lady

    silver lady Newbie

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    I want to put a bigger hard drive into a sony vaio vgn nr11z. The existing one is 200GB I want 500GB. I read that the restore disks won't work with a new drive. If I copy the restore partition from the computer onto the new drive before installing it will it work?

    Can someone explain how they lock the restore disks to a certain drive
     
    silver lady, Feb 14, 2017
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  2. anytimer

    anytimer Notebook Virtuoso

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    Never bothered to find out. Strongly urge you to learn how to do a clean install. Find a clean install thread for your model. Download the drivers from Sony and go ahead. If you have switchable graphics, get the driver from the hybrid graphics thread.
     
    anytimer, Feb 15, 2017
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    silver lady Newbie

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    Then why did you bother answering, wasting my time suggesting i do something i don't want to. if you do not know the answer please dont reply
     
    silver lady, Feb 15, 2017
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