what vaio have i

[pele66]

hi all
have been given a sony vaio laptop for my daughter ,but can not find link to it so can not find out what spec it has , model number is pcg-6g2m,intel centrino sticker on bottom right corner,13inch screen pleas help as need to do a clean install .looked on sony site says nothing found web search also nothing very strange

[Blencogo]

Hi pele66 and welcome to Club Vaio.

The reason you cannot find anything is because PGC-6G2M is the chassis number. The model number is usually on the screen surround.

I think you have a VGN-S4 Vaio, possibly the VGN-S4M.

Does it look something like this?: -

http://support.vaio.sony.co.uk/specifications/specifications.asp?site=voe_en_GB_cons&c=0&s=VGN-S&m=1...

User Guide: - ftp://ftp.vaio-link.com/pub/Manuals/Notebooks/S4/S4_H_EN.pdf

The Vaio may have a Recovery Partition on the hard drive. If this is intact, you can reformat and return the Vaio to factory condition by tapping F10 during boot. You will have a few updates to install!!

If you need to do a clean install with a retail version of XP, the Drivers and Utilities can be downloaded but the original software will be lost.

Good Luck.