SONY Wio Laptop Notebbook PCG-Z505SX problems

[Ritter197]

My son-in-law gave me a SONY laptop and asked that I re-install the software
which came with it. He gave me all the diskettes from SONY. I can power up,
see the c: drive and the directories, but I cannot get to the CD ROM D:
drive. It always says invalid drive.

I tried the 6 individual disks from SONY which came with the unit and it
never succeeds to boot up from them. Holding F8 does not get me to the Boot
sequence, nor does Delete.

The Windows installation on it is missing some files and that is why he
wants me to re-install from the SONY Recovery CD's, but I am stumped in that
I cannot get to the CDROM drive.

It is a SONY Notebook PCG-Z505SX and the CDROM drive is an external drive by
SONY and it works. Tested it on my own laptop. It also shows Power on when I
power up his Laptop.

Any ideas?

 

[Guest]

http://ciscdb.sel.sony.com/perl/modelpage.pl?
template=EN&mdl=PCGZ505SX&session_id=ed45cf498ad2748fd179f
8113bf10496

click on the primary user manual link (lower right-
need .pdf reader)

info on getting in the BIOS and using the recovery cd's
is near the end (page 69).......good luck

if unable to get in the BIOS try the reset switch located
on the bottom of the laptop see page 7 of manual

 

[Ritter197]

I clicked on the Hyperlink above and looked at the site, but did not find
the manual.

Is my eyesight getting worse?

Help appreciated though. Thanks in advance

 

[xfile]

Hi:

Does this CD-ROM need driver to be installed first?

 

[Victor]

Reboot and tap F2 to get into BIOS. Set CD ROM to1st boot .

Pop SONY Product Recovery CD-ROM (vol.1 of 2) into drive to install O/S.

Victor

 

[Ritter197]

Great advice. Shall try right away.

Thanks!

Reboot and tap F2 to get into BIOS. Set CD ROM to1st boot .

Pop SONY Product Recovery CD-ROM (vol.1 of 2) into drive to install O/S.

Victor

 

[Ritter197]

Thanks again. I tried F2 and it does get me where you said it would. But it
does not accept the original SONY recovery disks which are PCG-R505
TSK/TEK#1

Is there a way that you know to install Windows 98 from a MS CDROM?

When I put that one in it never went to it and when I used the C: prompt and
then typed D: it said invalid drive.

 

[Victor]

Have you tried setting the floppy drive to 1st boot and then use the 6
floppies to setup the O/S?

Victor

 

[Victor]

If the floppy drive works, you should format the c: drive before you install
Windows 98.

Victor

 

[Ritter197]

Yes.
I did set it to the CDROM drive and it boots now from it, but says these are
not the proper Sony recovery CD's. He has another Sony notebook and maybe
they only work on that one, not this one I have from him and where he wanted
me to re-install the OS.

When I have the CDROM selected as first boot sequence it will not initialize
a MS Windows 98 CD though. Strange, is it not?

 

[Ritter197]

Unfortunately it has no floppy input, only CDROM

I did set it to the CDROM drive and it boots now from it, but says these are
not the proper Sony recovery CD's. He has another Sony notebook and maybe
they only work on that one, not this one I have from him and where he wanted
me to re-install the OS.

When I have the CDROM selected as first boot sequence it will not initialize
a MS Windows 98 CD though. Strange, is it not?

 

[Victor]

This SONY comes with an external USB floppy drive. You should check with
your son-in-law. Those 6 floppies may be useable.

The other option is to buy an OEM Windows 98.

Victor

 

[Ritter197]

I have his 6 CDROMS, not floppies. But it says they are not the proper
Recovery disks for that SONY. He has another SONY, they are probably for
that machine.

I have to ask him whether he has a Floppy insert.

But why does it not boot up from a MS full version windows 98?

 

[Malke]

I have his 6 CDROMS, not floppies. But it says they are not the proper
Recovery disks for that SONY. He has another SONY, they are probably
for that machine.

I have to ask him whether he has a Floppy insert.

But why does it not boot up from a MS full version windows 98?

Because not all Win98 disks were bootable.

Malke