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    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by novastar, Jan 28, 2010.

  1. novastar

    novastar Newbie

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    hi all

    just wandering if any can help i need sony vaio recovery disk for my
    vgn fz21m my hard drive had faild so now have a new hard drive but when i went to use my recovery disk thay wouldn't work so can any one HELP

    thanks
     
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  2. ScuderiaConchiglia

    ScuderiaConchiglia NBR Vaio Team Curmudgeon

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    Sony is the only way to legally get a copy of the recovery disks. Anything else would be considered piracy since it is copyrighted software. And any discussion of piracy is not allowed on NBR.

    Gary
     
    ScuderiaConchiglia, Jan 28, 2010
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  3. UserofFZ21Z

    UserofFZ21Z Notebook Consultant

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    Is your bios set to boot from CD?
     
    UserofFZ21Z, Jan 28, 2010
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  4. aviray

    aviray Notebook Consultant

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    Get disc with exactly same version of Windows, must match also the language version and use license which you find at the bottom of your notebook. Drivers and utilities you can find on Sony support.
    I did it recently for gf`s SZ, she messed up the HDD incl. recovery partition and couldnt find the discs. There is nothing illegal about it ( I called Microsoft and they told me how to do it right- version and language match).

    Edit: Read your post again, so you have the discs? I remember reading somewhere that FZ recovery wouldnt work with any other size of HDD - in mine it is 200G. I did changed twice , to 320 and 500 Gb but I cloned them with Acronis.
     
    aviray, Jan 28, 2010
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