topic VGNS4XP recovery in PCs & Accessories https://community.sony.sk/t5/pcs-accessories/vgns4xp-recovery/m-p/16567#M104322 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>hey<BR />i had to format the laptop using my windows xp cd from my desktop pc, i dont have a recovery cd from sony.....where can i get/buy one?<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 02 Nov 2005 17:29:28 GMT Shaggy 2005-11-02T17:29:28Z VGNS4XP recovery https://community.sony.sk/t5/pcs-accessories/vgns4xp-recovery/m-p/16567#M104322 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>hey<BR />i had to format the laptop using my windows xp cd from my desktop pc, i dont have a recovery cd from sony.....where can i get/buy one?<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 02 Nov 2005 17:29:28 GMT https://community.sony.sk/t5/pcs-accessories/vgns4xp-recovery/m-p/16567#M104322 Shaggy 2005-11-02T17:29:28Z Re: VGNS4XP recovery https://community.sony.sk/t5/pcs-accessories/vgns4xp-recovery/m-p/16568#M104323 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Contact VAIO-Link<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 02 Nov 2005 20:25:37 GMT https://community.sony.sk/t5/pcs-accessories/vgns4xp-recovery/m-p/16568#M104323 kee-lo_ 2005-11-02T20:25:37Z Re: VGNS4XP recovery https://community.sony.sk/t5/pcs-accessories/vgns4xp-recovery/m-p/16569#M104324 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>that could be expensive, just out of interest why didnt you use the recovery partition<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 02 Nov 2005 22:29:06 GMT https://community.sony.sk/t5/pcs-accessories/vgns4xp-recovery/m-p/16569#M104324 ant1uk 2005-11-02T22:29:06Z Re: VGNS4XP recovery https://community.sony.sk/t5/pcs-accessories/vgns4xp-recovery/m-p/16570#M104325 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>the partition got deleted, as far as i could see.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 03 Nov 2005 20:43:03 GMT https://community.sony.sk/t5/pcs-accessories/vgns4xp-recovery/m-p/16570#M104325 Shaggy 2005-11-03T20:43:03Z Re: VGNS4XP recovery https://community.sony.sk/t5/pcs-accessories/vgns4xp-recovery/m-p/16571#M104326 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>did you run the rocovery program in the start menu? if so what did the message say?<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 04 Nov 2005 18:39:31 GMT https://community.sony.sk/t5/pcs-accessories/vgns4xp-recovery/m-p/16571#M104326 ant1uk 2005-11-04T18:39:31Z Re: VGNS4XP recovery https://community.sony.sk/t5/pcs-accessories/vgns4xp-recovery/m-p/16572#M104327 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>when i formatted the laptop, it didn't install any of the sony stuff, cos it was formatted with a normal windows xp cd..<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 04 Nov 2005 21:42:13 GMT https://community.sony.sk/t5/pcs-accessories/vgns4xp-recovery/m-p/16572#M104327 Shaggy 2005-11-04T21:42:13Z Re: VGNS4XP recovery https://community.sony.sk/t5/pcs-accessories/vgns4xp-recovery/m-p/16573#M104328 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><PRE __jive_macro_name="quote" class="jive_text_macro jive_macro_quote"> the partition got deleted, as far as i could see<BR /></PRE> <BR /><BR />To check this try tapping F10 at boot. If you are in luck it will take you to the HD recovery utility, otherwise conntact Vaio-Link as suggested.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 04 Nov 2005 22:12:53 GMT https://community.sony.sk/t5/pcs-accessories/vgns4xp-recovery/m-p/16573#M104328 rich912 2005-11-04T22:12:53Z