Date: Mon, 02 May 2005 12:36:41 -0700 From: carval <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] OT: VAIO PCG-505F notebook system restoration
Matthew Hanson wrote:
Date: Mon, 02 May 2005 19:19:15 +0000 From: "Matthew Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] OT: VAIO PCG-505F notebook system restoration
Okay... So what I was seeing was the correct behavior for this notebook. That is, it is >not< set up to be able to load drivers for CD-ROM support via a Win98 boot floppy. Good. I was worried there may have been some damage to the system.
you can make a bootable start-up disk, you have to find the drivers for your Sony CD model
and hack the the start-up disk
I did check BIOS, and the boot priority is CD-ROM > FDD > HDD, so I'm set there. And it looks like it's got the correct CD-ROM dridve, as the very look of the drive matches that of the notebook. That, and we know the original owner, and it would seem the CD-ROM drive was probably part of the original package
I have had problemw with some Windows CD's, it they are bootleg or badly make, cd is worn, or make
from cheap cd disks.
It best to use the original CD or a good clean copy.
.
David's comment about the possibility that it may require not powering it on when booting from a Windows 98 installation CD is another point that will be good to keep in mind.
Thanks for all the feedback folks...
Matt
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