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mintjul2703 · 09-07-2008, 08:57 AM

It looks like it should work; however, there is a problem using this method.

The disks that I have are system restore disks that I created the day that I received the laptop. The laptop did not come with a XP recovery disk of its own, and all that information is stored on the Vaio recovery disks. So, when I put the disks in, it boots to a screen that only gives me two options: Restore C:Drive and Restore Complete System. Neither option talks about a repair. In fact, I am not getting the setup screens that the XP setup would see, but instead getting the Sony Vaio screens. Does this mean I need to go and actually buy the XP disks? UGH...I hope not!

09-07-2008, 08:57 AM	#3 (permalink)
mintjul2703 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Macon, GA Posts: 2 OS: XP	Re: Sony Vaio; Missing or Corrupt start up file It looks like it should work; however, there is a problem using this method. The disks that I have are system restore disks that I created the day that I received the laptop. The laptop did not come with a XP recovery disk of its own, and all that information is stored on the Vaio recovery disks. So, when I put the disks in, it boots to a screen that only gives me two options: Restore C:Drive and Restore Complete System. Neither option talks about a repair. In fact, I am not getting the setup screens that the XP setup would see, but instead getting the Sony Vaio screens. Does this mean I need to go and actually buy the XP disks? UGH...I hope not!