Third party boot device help please

loucypher · 06-20-2006, 11:25 PM

HI

I have a Sony PCG-FX190K laptop, and the CD-ROM drive does not work.

I have to do a re installation of the operating system (W2K).

The following is taken from the Sony Troubleshooting Site:

HTML Code:

Can I perform a third-party recovery on my VAIO with a USB external CD-ROM drive?

Solution:

NOTE: A third-party recovery is when you use a non Sony VAIO CD-ROM drive to reset your VAIO back to the factory default settings using the product recovery CD that was supplied with your VAIO.

This is not possible as the recovery is done in DOS and DOS does not support USB. 
You will need to use a CD-ROM drive connected via a PCCARD (PCMCIA) in order to perform a recovery on your VAIO.

I have been and got a PCMCIA USB Adapter card, and the card works fine, and when i plug the External USB CD-ROM Drive, it also works fine.

My problem is that it is not recognised in the BIOS, so therefore i can not boot from it.

I spoke to Sony tech support, and they do not no anything about this info on there own site!

Can anybody here help with this please.

Thanks

**hwm54112** · 06-21-2006, 08:00 AM

Assuming you have a floppy drive, you can make boot floppiesthat include the drivers for your external rom. If you have a win2k disk rather than a restore disk, you can make the disks from that rather than download them

loucypher · 06-21-2006, 09:24 AM

Hi

Thanks for the reply.

I have already tried the boot floppies route with no sucess.

Thanks.

**laboye** · 06-22-2006, 11:33 AM

What was the problem, with the floppies?

The drive itself is not to be recognized by bios, as it is cardbus. Did you try booting from it at all though?

06-20-2006, 11:25 PM	#1 (permalink)
loucypher Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 5 OS: XP	Third party boot device help please HI I have a Sony PCG-FX190K laptop, and the CD-ROM drive does not work. I have to do a re installation of the operating system (W2K). The following is taken from the Sony Troubleshooting Site: HTML Code: Can I perform a third-party recovery on my VAIO with a USB external CD-ROM drive? Solution: NOTE: A third-party recovery is when you use a non Sony VAIO CD-ROM drive to reset your VAIO back to the factory default settings using the product recovery CD that was supplied with your VAIO. This is not possible as the recovery is done in DOS and DOS does not support USB. You will need to use a CD-ROM drive connected via a PCCARD (PCMCIA) in order to perform a recovery on your VAIO. I have been and got a PCMCIA USB Adapter card, and the card works fine, and when i plug the External USB CD-ROM Drive, it also works fine. My problem is that it is not recognised in the BIOS, so therefore i can not boot from it. I spoke to Sony tech support, and they do not no anything about this info on there own site! Can anybody here help with this please. Thanks

06-22-2006, 11:33 AM	#4 (permalink)
laboye TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Hollywood, FL Posts: 1,246 OS: Windows xp Pro/Vista Beta 2/Ubuntu 6.06 LTS My System	What was the problem, with the floppies? The drive itself is not to be recognized by bios, as it is cardbus. Did you try booting from it at all though? __________________ Repair Windows XP Guide --- Resolutions Crazy Computer that I'm saving up for::Antec P180 Case;PC Pwr&Cooling 1kW Quad SLI PSU;Asus P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe;Intel Core2 XE X6800;Corsair TWIN2XP2048 2GB PC2-6400 DDR2 RAM;2xAsus GeForce 7950 GX2;BFG PhysX Accel.;IBM DVD-RAM/Plextor DVD±RW;Seagate 750GB HD 7200RPM;WDX 150GB 10000RPM;Vigor Monsoon TEC Cooler

06-21-2006, 08:00 AM	#2 (permalink)
hwm54112 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 2,233 OS: WINXP	Assuming you have a floppy drive, you can make boot floppiesthat include the drivers for your external rom. If you have a win2k disk rather than a restore disk, you can make the disks from that rather than download them

06-21-2006, 09:24 AM	#3 (permalink)
loucypher Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 5 OS: XP	Hi Thanks for the reply. I have already tried the boot floppies route with no sucess. Thanks.