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Re: 505F best method, clean inst 98SE?

--- In sony505@yahoogroups.com, "Fabian" <flamaest@...> wrote:
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> someone here should have the recovery cd's for cheap.. ebay..?
>
> I have the PCG-505TS/TX win98 and app CD's, but they will not work on
> a F/FX or G/GX model units.

An alternative wuld be to try Linux
http://home.att.net/~blair.kelly/computers/vaio.html




Mon Jun 23, 2008 12:13 pm

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Have read many threads here, found several options, none have worked for me as yet. Me: Working PCMCIA Sony brand CD, both VAIO recovery CDs, Win98 floppy boot...
steve undisclosed
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Feb 14, 2007
2:55 am

I guess that you have the same trouble with the OEM Win98SE disc that various others (including me) have reported on this list with Linux. For reasons best...
zaphod_es
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Feb 14, 2007
9:43 am

The old webpage where the workaround is, is no longer up, but I found it on the Wayback Machine and posted it at my Googlenotebook: ...
Lee Love
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Feb 14, 2007
12:07 pm

... found it ... Is that publicly available? I could not access it. The thread I referred to is at http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sony505/message/19713...
zaphod_es
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Feb 14, 2007
1:28 pm

... Sorry, try this: http://www.google.com/notebook/public/01681762182237293544/BDRy4IgoQ0Mm0gIwi ...
Lee Love
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Feb 14, 2007
2:57 pm

Partial success, MANY thanks for suggestion: 98SE is booted. I copied the SE disk to the HD using the Sony PCG CD ROM. Deleted 98 from DOS and then ran setup...
steve undisclosed
tneg50
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Feb 16, 2007
6:46 pm

Assuming you have a working floppy drive, I would suggest that you make a Windows Emergency Disk and try booting from that. It allows you to include use of the...
Malel
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Feb 19, 2007
7:33 am

Of course it's me, but it doesn't seem to be working. I've copied the 2 recovery disks to the hard drive. When I put in the dos floppy that I made using...
Chris
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Feb 20, 2007
9:29 pm

... make a Windows Emergency Disk and try booting from that. It allows you to include use of the CD drive in the startup sequence. If you are lucky it will...
steve undisclosed
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Feb 22, 2007
1:00 am

Chris, I'm sure that is not you. It sounds like you are working with insufficient understanding of what I wanted you to try or a lack of knowledge about boot...
Malel
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Feb 21, 2007
2:20 am

As I said before, I've copied the images of the 2 disks to the d: drive because I do not have a Sony CD rom available. I guess my problem is what must I do...
Chris
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Feb 21, 2007
3:29 am

... You need to make a small partition on your drive. The CD copy on your drive cannot install over it itself. Then, on your floppy disk, you have to make...
Lee Love
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Feb 21, 2007
4:05 am

Then I am thoroughly confused. My understanding was that you had a CD ROM drive that wasn't recognized. I have no more suggestions if there is no CD ROM...
Malel
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Feb 21, 2007
7:40 am

My contribution to this "problem" is complete. I have nothing useful to contribute. It seems what I read in an earlier message is not the case. A direct quote...
Malel
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Feb 21, 2007
7:47 am

... There IS a CD ROM but it is not being recognized. He copied his CDs to his hard drive, using the DOS disk and RAWRITE. He is trying to follow the...
Lee Love
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Feb 21, 2007
8:00 am

Of there is a CD ROM available then the original writer shouldn't have said there is no CD ROM available. I think I've had enough of using a significant amount...
Malel
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Feb 21, 2007
10:44 am

Wow, don't think I deserve that. I don't have a CD Rom that connects with the PCMCIA (?) connector. I have to connect through the network. Therefore I have...
Chris
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Feb 21, 2007
10:51 pm

... capability, ... I recently acquired a 505 laptop with a 6gb HD and 64mb ram. I have installed win98se on it (it had a copy of windows2000 on it, didnt...
Doug Emes
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Jun 5, 2008
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someone here should have the recovery cd's for cheap.. ebay..? I have the PCG-505TS/TX win98 and app CD's, but they will not work on a F/FX or G/GX model...
Fabian
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Jun 23, 2008
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... An alternative wuld be to try Linux http://home.att.net/~blair.kelly/computers/vaio.html...
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