i have a sony vaio laptop VGN-FW370j with windows vista on it.
i went and brought windows 7 ultimate today ( a small shop was selling them early), i want to install it but im wondering how i will get all the drivers for my laptop back as the sony site is absolutely useless.
a fast answer would be awsome as im dreading every moment of vista
So far as I can tell, the BIOS says that the 1st boot device is Internal Optical Drive, 2nd Internal Hard Disk Drive. No drives are "Excluded from Boot." I'm having problems getting the OS to boot on the HDD, so I've got my Win 7 Installation Disc in the DVD drive to try to do a re-image. But it won't boot from the CD!
What else could I do/check on this in order to get it to boot from the CD?
I have a Sony Vaio VPCEB1Z0E/B and yesterday I was browsing the internet the all of a sudden it turns off and doesn't turn back on. When I press the power button it does nothing and also the indicator lights are off as well. Here are the specs of my laptop.Specifications for VPCEB1Z0E/B,Operating System Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit)
I went and booted the computer from the last known good configuration and the system worked. At night she shut it down. In the morning when she started it up, it wouldn't boot. I went and selected the last known good configuration again and rebooted.
I need drivers for my Sony Vaio Laptop Model PCG-K33 using Windows 7. It came with XP and I have upgraded to Win 7 and have no drivers. Can you give me any ideas about where to find the drivers especially for the display.
my sony vaio vpcyb2m1e won't boot. Gets past the splash screen and then says preparing your computer for first use. However I shut the lid and opened it back up and now I am at a logon screen which says administrator logged on but when I click on it says - your account has been disabled
I have a sony Vaio laptop and last night, i was streaming a football match when it suddenly froze. I turned it off for a couple of minutes and then turned it back on. I t certainly receives power as it shows the VAIO screen but after that it just displays "OPERATING SYSTEM NOT FOUND". I have tried it several times since then but this is the message i still get.
my sony pcg 7184l laptop with windows 7 is crashed.i am trying to take the data back up by pressing alt+f10 but an error is encountered when its 70% complete after 4 hrs.how can i format my laptop by taking data backup..i dont have any windows 7 CD.
I recently opened my laptop (already void of Warranty) to clean up the dust from the FAN which was giving so much of noise. After replacing the fan - i was able to control the noise - but my laptop starts to powers down automatically. This does not happen always. I checked the below things
1) Power Supply - no issues 2) Battery - no issues
I am not sure what is causing the laptop to power down automatically.
My Sony Vaio Eseries with Windows 7 64 bit won't come out of sleep no matter what button I push. I always seem to have to do a hard shut down (a no-no, i realize) in order for it to respond at all!
We have a Sony Vaio laptop running Windows 7. Over the past two months or so, we have noticed that it will not shut down - the screen goes black (like it should) but the power switch shows that the computer stays on. This also happens when we tried shutting down in safe mode. Any ideas how to fix this? Could it be related to some f the drivers not loading?
i have loaded windows 7 ultimate in my sony vaio laptop. after rebooting its not booting Operating system... its just showing "--" at top left corner in the boot process.
I have a Sony VAIO Laptop computer. The laptop uses the Microsoft Windows 7 Operating System. TodayI turned on my computer and got a message that my Operating System Not Found.I tried re-booting the computer but I get the same message, Operating System Not Found.
i have just bought a new sony vaio e5 laptop, it has windows 7 installed, with a preinstalled bing toolbar, i just want to put the "custom icons" on the top toolbar as i do on my windows xp laptop, how can i alter it so that i have a toolbar on the top where i can add the little icons like ebay, pcadvisor, facebook, Internet, yahoo, hotmail, etc., etc., (i use yahoo toolbar on my windows xp laptop which is great for adding the little custom ap.
Cannot seem to get the webcam to work in any application, I think I need correct drivers or something, been on the sony website and downloaded everything that I thought would be relevant to no avail...
For example when I use Windows live messenger it says "we cannot connect to your webcam, your webcame may be in use by another program, please check it and try again"