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Need Help Formating

a7med_360 — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 11:27:53 GMT

hey, ive decided to format my laptop and re-install vista, but ive heard many places u can only install vista once is that true?...also how do i format because the vaio laptops "F" keys on boot are different from other machines i have delt with also, i would just like to format my C:\ drive not the D:\ drive will it give me an option to do that???

thankss

Re: Need Help Formating

a7med_360 — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 11:52:53 GMT

anyone... i need to do this withing nxt 45minutesssss

Re: Need Help Formating

WASonline — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 12:16:10 GMT

hey, ive decided to format my laptop and re-install vista, but ive heard many places u can only install vista once is that true?...also how do i format because the vaio laptops "F" keys on boot are different from other machines i have delt with also, i would just like to format my C:\ drive not the D:\ drive will it give me an option to do that???

thankss

You can only install OEM Vista (which comes with a Vaio) on the computer where you got Vista with. So you can't install Vista on your other PC, using the same licence.

But you probably don't have a Windows Vista installation cd to reinstall it manually. You don't get one with your laptop. So I would advise you to use the recovery tool, and recover your computer to it's original state.

Re: Need Help Formating

a7med_360 — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 12:37:06 GMT

i got the vista installations discs from sony/moduslink with the drivers....

Re: Need Help Formating

a7med_360 — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 13:58:13 GMT

so does this mean i can re install vista and only format my C:\ drive?????? and leave my D:\ drive un-touched??...

Re: Need Help Formating

a7med_360 — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 16:31:10 GMT

anyone???? im sorry for asking alot but I REALLY NEED TO DO THIS, WITHIN THE NXT HALF HOUR PLZZZZZZ someone tell me 😞

Re: Need Help Formating

kee-lo_ — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 16:43:16 GMT

Sorry, I would help you, but I've never had to use the Vista upgrade DVDs because Vista was preinstalled.

Re: Need Help Formating

a7med_360 — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 16:52:59 GMT

Sorry, I would help you, but I've never had to use the Vista upgrade DVDs because Vista was preinstalled.

No need to apologize,,,, but do u have any idea what are "F" boot keys for vaio?

plzzz if anyone else knws if i can format n reinstall using the upgrade discs plzz post

Re: Need Help Formating

kee-lo_ — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:06:44 GMT

F10 for the recovery system
F2 for the BIOS

hope that helps.

Re: Need Help Formating

a7med_360 — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:43:25 GMT

thankss...now all i need to knw is will it only format my C:\ drive or actualy install after i format.....thanks for ur help kee-lo

Re: Need Help Formating

a7med_360 — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 19:54:56 GMT

seriously no one knows?

Re: Need Help Formating

a7med_360 — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 11:01:05 GMT

im sorry if i keep annoying everyone here about this..... but u dnt understand how important it is, for me to do this at this moment please someone must know??? will it re install with the same key and will it only format my C:\ drive

Re: Need Help Formating

Blencogo — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 11:18:25 GMT

I really don't know as I (like most people) have never used the Express Upgrade Disc to re-install Vista.

As the Express Upgrade Disc carried out a clean install, it is reasonable to suppose it will act the same way again as when you used it last - this can only be a few weeks ago.

When you installed Vista did it give you an option where to install Vista and also the choice of keeping your existing partitions? I expect it will do exactly the same as before but it would be the sensible approach to back up any data you need to keep just in case.

Using the Fn keys will only recover XP on your Vaio - you will need to do it from the Upgrade Discs.

Re: Need Help Formating

a7med_360 — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 11:21:20 GMT

thankssss yeee it allowed me to leave prtitions....thank you ill back everything up on a BD disc and the partitioned harddrive then try it