C
Christine
Problem started when tried to reinstall original factory
settings because of missing files when starting various
programs. I was getting so frustrated that I decided to
just start from scratch and didn't care about losing data
files. Anyway, I used to system recovery cd's that came
with the pc from sony. The booklet told me to insert the
cd before starting pc, and it would restore factory
programs, data would be lost, etc. I did this, and about
15 seconds into it, it gave an error about the disk, quit
the utility and just kept restarting the system to this
point over and over. I took out the cd and started up the
system, only to find error: operating system not found.
I talked to some support lady, who didn't seem to know
what she was talking about, and she told me I needed to
get a boot disk from microsoft. I think I need to
reinstall windows, from somehow other than those damn
cd's from sony?? Any ideas on this one?
My friend has a sony vaio laptop, could i use boot disks
from her?
My brother has a dell laptop, would I be able to use the
windows xp reinstallation cd from him? (it says for use
on a dell computer)
any help appreciated! thanks!!
settings because of missing files when starting various
programs. I was getting so frustrated that I decided to
just start from scratch and didn't care about losing data
files. Anyway, I used to system recovery cd's that came
with the pc from sony. The booklet told me to insert the
cd before starting pc, and it would restore factory
programs, data would be lost, etc. I did this, and about
15 seconds into it, it gave an error about the disk, quit
the utility and just kept restarting the system to this
point over and over. I took out the cd and started up the
system, only to find error: operating system not found.
I talked to some support lady, who didn't seem to know
what she was talking about, and she told me I needed to
get a boot disk from microsoft. I think I need to
reinstall windows, from somehow other than those damn
cd's from sony?? Any ideas on this one?
My friend has a sony vaio laptop, could i use boot disks
from her?
My brother has a dell laptop, would I be able to use the
windows xp reinstallation cd from him? (it says for use
on a dell computer)
any help appreciated! thanks!!