Sony Vaio

Kal-EL · #1 12-25-2012

So the install process of xp went normal but on reboot nothing?

I'd have to suspect you need the chipset drivers and such for the lappy components. Seven pretty much has all that stuff pre-loaded in the os.

rickss69 · #2 12-25-2012

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Originally Posted by Kal-EL

So the install process of xp went normal but on reboot nothing?

I'd have to suspect you need the chipset drivers and such for the lappy components. Seven pretty much has all that stuff pre-loaded in the os.

Yeah, that's just about it. You would think a OEM Vista disc would have everything needed...maybe not. Laptops suck.

Kal-EL · #3 12-25-2012

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Originally Posted by rickss69

Yeah, that's just about it. You would think a OEM Vista disc would have everything needed...maybe not. Laptops suck.

They can be difficult, especially when the oem deems their drivers to be proprietary and don't list them for download on their website. DELL used to give me grief but at least they had their chipset/video drivers available for download.

Not sure bout sony but maybe they have theirs available for download somewhere, other than that u'd need the install cd's that came with the lappy.

rickss69 · #4 12-25-2012

I had never made recovery discs before now, but even they were a failure for some reason. Pretty sure I can get most any driver from Sony, but have no idea what I need or how the heck I would get them installed...I'm just not that talented lol.

Kal-EL · #5 12-26-2012

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Originally Posted by rickss69

I had never made recovery discs before now, but even they were a failure for some reason. Pretty sure I can get most any driver from Sony, but have no idea what I need or how the heck I would get them installed...I'm just not that talented lol.

LoL I think theres an xp slip stream thread around here somewhere. Slips the drivers onto the xp install disk before hand somethin like that. Google slipstreaming xp.

rickss69 · #6 12-26-2012

Uncle...seems as long as the OS has a number 7 in it the Sony will cooperate. Messed with it all day and finally ended up loading Win 7x64...I'll most likely go back to Tiny 7 later as it is a bit snappier.