topic Re: Formatting Without Installing Add On's in PCs & Accessories

Formatting Without Installing Add On's

Jonny_D_1987 — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 13:15:52 GMT

hey guys, just got a lovely vaio yesterday and love it 😄 but i am not happy with all this useless software they have installed 😞 so i am trying to format without installing any of this..... how can i preform a clean install without installing any of this useless software, and only install xp?

thanxs alot guys

jonathan daly

😄

Re: Formatting Without Installing Add On's

Thalamus. — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 13:38:11 GMT

Hi jonathan daly,

Welcome to Club Vaio,

Follow this recovery guide until you get to point 10..

When you see the prompt to click OK to start the Application Recovery click CANCEL..

Then goto Start, click on Run and enter MSCONFIG. A System Configuartation Window should open, click the Startup tab and deselect VARU.exe, then click Apply and OK..

Hopefully you should not see the Application Recovery prompt...

Re: Formatting Without Installing Add On's

Jonny_D_1987 — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 14:29:31 GMT

thanxs alot 😄

Re: Formatting Without Installing Add On's

Thalamus. — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 14:30:32 GMT

You're welcome..

Re: Formatting Without Installing Add On's

Jonny_D_1987 — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 22:03:39 GMT

one little problem guys... got formatted the way i wanted 😄 but the top keys dont work, the ones where ya need to press FN to use them, the brightness and volume etc..... did i uninstall something?

help lol

Re: Formatting Without Installing Add On's

robpaxton — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 23:19:45 GMT

You need to download the 'Preinstalled utilities' from http://www.vaio-link.com

You should install:

1 Sony Utilities
2 Sony Shared Library
3 Vaio Event Service

Once completed re-boot your vaio. You may have to do this a couple of times.

Depending on how many of the other Sony drivers & utilities you have already installed and the model of your notebook. You may also have to install:

1. Sony Shared Library
2. Sony Notebook Control
3. Sony Programmable I/O Control Device
4. Sony Utilities Library
5. Sony UI Library
6. Sony Extended BIOS Dynamic Link Library
7. VAIO Central
8. VAIO Support Central
9. VAIO Event Service
10. Setting Utility

Try the short list first.

Re: Formatting Without Installing Add On's

kee-lo_ — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 11:40:44 GMT

I'm gonna make this sticky as it's a useful post to other users.

Re: Formatting Without Installing Add On's

Jonny_D_1987 — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 17:53:05 GMT

excellent, thank you 😄

Re: Formatting Without Installing Add On's

theSpid — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 19:22:06 GMT

Allright this post is very useful. After clean installation without preforming software recovery, you get windows xp with Northon Internet security and almost all sony lib's with are nescessery to use addicional buttons and etc. But what if i would like to install 1 single program from all that software that vaio provide with laptop.

If you do system recovery without application recovery - vaio recovery tool wont allow you to install single applications (it just wont display the whole list of apps that are avaible, instead it will ask you for full software recovery)

So here's my question. Is there a way to install single (choosen) applications using vaio recovery tool after you preform system recovery without (full) application recovery ?

Re: Formatting Without Installing Add On's

Jelmer — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 14:22:21 GMT

Allright this post is very useful. After clean installation without preforming software recovery, you get windows xp with Northon Internet security and almost all sony lib's with are nescessery to use addicional buttons and etc. But what if i would like to install 1 single program from all that software that vaio provide with laptop. 

If you do system recovery without application recovery - vaio recovery tool wont allow you to install single applications (it just wont display the whole list of apps that are avaible, instead it will ask you for full software recovery) 

So here's my question. Is there a way to install single (choosen) applications using vaio recovery tool after you preform system recovery without (full) application recovery ?

I would also like to know this, I want to know if there's a way to only install the CD burning program for example... Anyone?

Re: Formatting Without Installing Add On's

Thalamus. — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 14:48:03 GMT

Hi Jelmer,

Maybe my posts in this thread may offer you a solution..

Re: Formatting Without Installing Add On's

speculatrix — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 16:15:23 GMT

the recovery partition is simply an NTFS partition whose ID tag has been changed; to make it explorable, use a partition manager to change the ID.

a linux live CD and the fdisk command will do this; partition magic might do it too.

Re: Formatting Without Installing Add On's

RudeYute — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 14:02:52 GMT

Hi,

I have formatted my FS-315Z and installed with a fresh Retail version of XP Pro.

I have got it up and running mostly, but one of the most annoying things missing is the lack of my old invisible scroller. I have installed the sony Utilities, but it still doesn't work.... does anyone know what I've missed?

Thanks

Re: Formatting Without Installing Add On's

JamieM — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 20:36:05 GMT

I have performed a system recovery following the instructions in the recovery manual. I would just like to point out that it says " If you do not click OK:

your system will not be in the same complete state as it was at purchase, and therefore not under full guarantee.

Re: Formatting Without Installing Add On's

awillson — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 22:56:39 GMT

Emm, well i dident install the additional applications and it was still in warrenty to be accepted for repair a few days ago.

Re: Formatting Without Installing Add On's

lutnicx — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 18:31:32 GMT

Hi to all!
I'm new on this forum, just having received my new, lovely Vaio C1Z/B.
I have the same issue with the preinstalled software. I own a licence for Windows XP Pro and would like to have this OS on my clean system. Is it still possible to install other software (like Vaio or Norton) from the recovery disc not having installed the OS from the same disk? I'm mainly worried about all the buttons and Sony specific features working.
Also: anyone tried to install Linux copy? Any results? Regards

Re: Formatting Without Installing Add On's

soul-salien — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 17:02:19 GMT

Hi everyone....just made system recovery and w'd like to know how can to install just couple of app's (RoXio and Adobe premiere) ....any help will be welcome!

cheers

Re: Formatting Without Installing Add On's

Thalamus. — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 17:14:48 GMT

Hi soul-salien,

Have a look at this thread ..

Re: Formatting Without Installing Add On's

soul-salien — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 18:23:56 GMT

Hi soul-salien,

Have a look at this thread ..

Cheers! Will work out!

Re: Formatting Without Installing Add On's

Thalamus. — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 18:28:33 GMT

You're welcome, post back if you require further help..