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vista upgrade disk

Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by jacktheladisback, May 10, 2007.

jacktheladisback Notebook Enthusiast

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hey i just received my sz4mn/b, and was planning on doing a semi-clean install, but i realised it came with a vista upgrade disk. can i just use this to do a clean install? will this install the drivers i need? is there any benefit of doing this over a semi-clean, or visa versa?

jacktheladisback, May 10, 2007

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VietNinjaXTC Notebook Geek

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I'm assuming Sony is including the Vista Express Upgrade kit with their newer computers, and as far as I know, you can only upgrade from XP to Vista using these discs, not do a clean install.

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Sponsi Badibade

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The 400 series SZ comes with Vista preinstalled. The Vista Express Upgrade was only available to those who bought a Sony PC October2006 to March 2007. Sony does not include any restore disks with any of their computers instead there is a hidden partition which is used for restore/reformat. The following links should help you with a clean Vista install:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=109719&highlight=clean+vista+install

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=102547&highlight=clean+vista+install

Sponsi, May 10, 2007

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