problems while recovering vaio

[nkumar23]

Hi,
I have a vaio FJ3S/W . Recently I started having the blue screen with different information everytime like : DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL, PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA, win32.sys, ntfs.sys, {Unable to locate component}, PFN_LIST_CORRUPT, hard Error.

I tried starting in safe mode, but again got the blue screen. Then I thought about using the recovery disk to recover the c drive. Initially I performed the hard disk check and it passed successfully. Then I tried recovering the vaio using the recovery disk. When it is about 9 percent in the process, the process aborts saying that "failed to read image file". What can I do now? - my warranty has expired recently 😞

Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks,
Nav

[Blencogo]

Hi Nav,

Two other ways to start the Recovery Process if you still have your Recovery Partition intact: -

If you can boot into Windows -

Start -> All Programs -> Vaio Recovery Tool -> Vaio Recovery Utility

and choose 'Drive C:\ Recovery' from the menu.

If you cannot boot into Windows -

At the first Vaio splash screen during boot, tap F10 continuously and this should start the Recovery to factory settings from the hard disc hidden partition.

[nkumar23]

thanks for the prompt reply.

I am not able to log into windows.
if I use F10, would I also lose the data in the 😧 drive? as I have all the important files there?

Cheers,
nav

[nkumar23]

Hi,
i tried using the F10, however the recovery process again terminated at the same point at 9 percent complete! It again gives " failed to read the image file". What should I do now? Please help.
Thanks
Nav

[Thalamus.]

Hi Nav,

did you remove the recovery disc's from the CD/DVD drive before you started your Vaio and pressed F10 at the splash screen to start the recovery process..

[Blencogo]

Hi Nav,

Also try tapping F2 at boot and once in the BIOS reset the BIOS Default Values and Save the changes before trying to run the recovery.



Evening Thalamus

[nkumar23]

Hi,
I had removed the recovery disk and did also restored the default settings for BIOS. still the same error - failed to read the image file! However, now when i pressed the "retry recovery button, it again gave me a blue screen with: Page_fault_in_nonpaged_area error with a STOP message indicating dmboot.sys . Is this becoming worse?
thanks,
nav

[nkumar23]

Hi,
I have opened a case with the esupport for vaio, but they have not responended in 3 days. If the F10 method is not working, doesn't it mean that the recovery partition itself was flawed since the very beginning - as the restored DVD also gives the same error at the same point!
Should I borrow one of my friend's xp disk and try to re-install XP using my own product key? Am not sure how to proceed on this.

Any help is appreciated.
Thanks,
Nav

[kee-lo_]

Yeah, sounds like the recovery partition has been corrupted in some way.

The quickest route to support is via the phone, the eSupport is usually slow.

[nkumar23]

Hi,
I managed to fix the problem myself. I ran the memtest and figured out that one of my 512MB RAM had gone bonkers. I have removed it from the system and its working fine now. Its just a matter of installing the applications on the system.
Had I know about performing memory test earlier, It would have saved me from a lot of trouble (I formatted my hard-drive initially 😞 )

Thanks for all the help.
Cheers,
Nav