How do you format a Sony vaio laptop without using the discs?
I bought a used laptop, sony vaio model sz220b I was just wondering how i can completley format the computer making it like i just bought it new. Ok sorry i think i said it wrong.. i want to reformat the hard drive. Dell has this think where you push of the the "F1" buttons while its booting and it takes you to this thing that pretty much makes your computer brand new.
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1 :
Just need the boot disk. run it and your set.
2 :
Come on, you at least need new a Windows CD or what are you going to put on it after it's formatted? What about applications? Have you thought this through? If not DO NOT DO IT.
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If nothing is wrong with the computer, you don't need to format it. Otherwise you may have to buy the recovery discs from sony or worse get a copy of windows XP to load back on. Maybe you should go to some local pc shop and ask if they can sell you a copy of an OEM licence of XP. Some dealers will do that but I think that way, it's still a genuine licence but at least you're paying for it. Otherwise go to a flea market and see if there are genuine copies that people are selling. Remember not to buy the recovery cds, it must be a genuine stand alone copy of xp. Or buy a genuine retail box of the operating system if all else fails. BTW, couldn't you access the hidden partition? I am sure if it is the original hard drive, the OS is hidden in the partition. Check the sony website or forum on how to recover the partition.
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use the vaio recovery tool in all programs in start
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