i have a ten year old Sony Laptop w/ win98 OS. haven't run it in years and just recently started it up. the battery is long dead but it runs ok on AC it booted up and everything worked. i used the floppy and cd rom drives extensively and then decided to do a format and install Win98SE. after format and startup w/ cd rom support i found that i couldnot access the cd rom drive. i went into F2 setup and the drive is listed there, i also set the bios to the default setting but still have the same problem ..
Drive Ecd rom) Not Ready
I then checked to see if another drive letter was used for cd rom. none were !
the cd rom drive opens and closes ok. boot sequence is cdrom-floppy-HD. if i remove the startup floppy and leave the win98 disk in drive the boot stops with the message " Invalid System Disk" so- it seems the system is accessing the cd rom at this point..
Below is from trying to start win98 install in DOS
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the diagnostic tools were sucessfully loaded to drive "D"
MSCDEX Version 2.25
Copyright Microsoft etc.
Drive E:= Driver MSCD001 unit0
A:>
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I then type
A:>E:setup
result
CDR101:Not Ready reading drive E
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I tried
A:>E:
E:>dir
result
same error msg
CDR101: etc.
before trying to find a repacement CD drive is there any way to be sure it is the problem ? the drive was working fine before the format !
I have an Inspiron #2305 All in One, and cant access the cd drive. My Computer shows the D drive, but not the cd drive. I want to transfer pictures from a cd to My Pictures.The computer reads the disk, but no menu opens to allow me to download
who opened I believe Z and connected a hard drive to dvd drive connector while leaving dvd drive in for cosmetic reasons. Can't find this thread. Where exactly can the hard drive go? Inside the tray?
I am afraid there will be too much vibration if I put regular HD there. For this reason I would rather put there SSD but is there a way to make this a primary OS drive? Seems like last bios allows to boot from optical drive.
I just got Z11, but only comes with 100gig. I tried looking for a 250gig SSD at the online sony store, but couldn't find it.
Anybody knows link (and cost) for this part. My 15 day return is almost up and I am evaulating if I should return (futureshop) this lappy and order one on online with 250gig ssd
I'm having some strange happenings with my Vaio FZ of late. I took it apart a couple of days ago to clean it up and after re-assemebling and hitting the power button,
the computer wouldn't go past the initial "Vaio,Phoenix,Intel" screen. I tried a couple of hours later and it booted fine.
(Note, I've took it apart on two occasions before and have had zero problems after).....
I have a Sony Vaio FZ445 which has problems with the Otiarc DVD AD-7560. What happens is that when playing audio, the sound skips playing CDs.
I have tried all the requisite diagnostics, like checking the IDE channels to see if the mode is DMA or PIO, and installing and reinstaling the drivers and firmware updates for the drive. It still happens and looks like I need a new DVD drive. I have XP Pro and Ubuntu 9 and it does this in both OS's (which affirms my suspicion that its not a codecs or driver issue). I have also always cleaned the drive every dozen uses too.
am I limited to using only a new Sony DVD drive to replace it? and... is it easy to replace these drives oneself?
I got my new VPC-Z today, and I teared it apart already
I wanted to perform the same trick, as in old Z - to connect the Micro SATA "Slimline" connector for DVD to the additional SSD with simple cable adapter.
UNFORTUNATELY it looks like Sony decided to stop this practice Additional drive will not be seen.
I spent some quality time figuring out why, and I finally found the reason - POWER. Sony is not delivering power anymore through standard "slimline" microSATA I used voltage meter, and all I got was measly 1V !
To prove that, I connected the SSD to the external power source, and also to the new Z via SATA data part...
Guess what? IT WORKS! - so, either Sony has some new standard for optical drives, which I doubt - or, they built in some kind of protection that detects optical drive behavior - and if it doesn't find it, it cuts the power down to the microSATA connector, which is why I am getting those low voltages..
Question is: - All we need is 5V source, as 2.5" drives only need 5V. It has to have decent power in order to drive HDDs if you wish.
Has anyone already done that? I guess USB would be the best place to get 5V from, but the problem is - everything is so small It is going to be real PITA to do it...
I have the new Z model VPCZ117GG..and unfortunately for my region it didn't come with a Bluray drive and I had no choice of customization as well..
My version is the one with the Full HD screen,256GB SSD and 8GB Ram.
I'm wondering if it's possible to replace the DVD drive with a bluray drive. I know this will void warranty, but i'll be doing it after my warranty expire
i have deleted my main drive (c), i want to recover back to the factory setting by recovery partition, i dont have the recovery center, so i cant use the f10 to recover it, how can i recover the drive by using the hidden recovery partition.
I have a VAIO VGN-AW21Z with a small solid state C Drive which is becoming megga full and in the red So I need to take action and uninstall some of the pre-loaded crap.
Have been down the list and removed all the things I feel confident about but there are some other large files there which I am unsure about and hope some of you can tell me what they do. As I only use my lappie to process photos using Adobe PS, a bit of iTunes, web browsing and emailing........ so I don't need any other specialist type stuff (gaming or producing videos etc).
The following list are what I would like to remove if I knew it is safe to do so.
What do they do? Adobe Acrobat 9 Standard (759mb) VAIO BD Menu data (969mb) VAIO DVD Menu Data Basic (543mb) VAIO Wallpaper Contents (134mb) WinDVD BD for VAIO (113mb)
ALSO this machine runs on VISTA and I heard that Windows 7 is a far smaller file. Is it possible to upgrade to 7 and to delete Vista? That might make a huge difference if it is possible?
the cd/dvd combo drive crapped on me as it only reads CDs now, no dvds. I did however steal a dvd rom drive from a Tr3ap1 , which is also the UJDA755 model so i'm assuming it well work.
Well when i tried disassembling the v505 it was impossible. i've sat for 2 hours trying to split the halves of the case to gain access and looked online everywhere to see if there were any guides but i have failed.
i even looked at the diagram but it didn't help me as all i could figure out from it were the hidden screw.
