Well, recently i have updated to window 7, home edition. I have upgraded from my XP sp2, but now, i want to go back to XP. I cant restore my pc because my cd drive is broken. So is there anyway to restore my Sony Vaio? & when i reboot my comp and at the beginning screen, i press f11 to go into system restore but nothing happens, its just reboots. so is there any way to restore my sony vaio back to factory?
YouStoleMyLapto 0 Newbie Poster
finito 46 Nearly a Posting Virtuoso
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If you have the system Disc you can make it USB bootable
YouStoleMyLapto 0 Newbie Poster
Welcome to the forums, please take some of your valuable time to introduce yourself at http://www.daniweb.com/forums/forum165.html
If you have the system Disc you can make it USB bootable
i have the downloaded version off the website.
finito 46 Nearly a Posting Virtuoso
If you downloaded it, it not a System Disc.
YouStoleMyLapto 0 Newbie Poster
Oh oops, well i dont have the cd then. what do i do?
finito 46 Nearly a Posting Virtuoso
Hmmm, the only legal way to obtain a copy of windows is purchasing it.
What I can do is suggest a very nice alternative to Windows and the Mess it is.
I was standing where you are a few months ago, I wanted a new OS, but windows Vista was just an awful experience.
I tried Ubuntu was a treat and I have fully converted to Linux.
I would suggest you try:
YouStoleMyLapto 0 Newbie Poster
Hmmm, on the usb stick, if i have other stuff on it with the boot for ubuntu would it still work? or does it only have to be ubuntu on it?
finito 46 Nearly a Posting Virtuoso
Well yeah you have to clear the USB Drive.
You can do that when you are running LiveCD.
YouStoleMyLapto 0 Newbie Poster
Hmm, im downloading ubuntu right now. Thanks for your help (:
Edit:
Hmmm ! Well would a memory card work? Like an SD card?
finito 46 Nearly a Posting Virtuoso
Hmm, there is a tiny problem.
I forgot you said your CD-Drive is bad, so you are going to have to have a secondary PC, I guess the one you are using right now to do this.
YouStoleMyLapto 0 Newbie Poster
What do you mean?
finito 46 Nearly a Posting Virtuoso
TO format the USB drive and make the bootable USB Drive from the ISO.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick#From%20Windows
YouStoleMyLapto 0 Newbie Poster
But i thought i could just hook up the usb,
Right click on the ISO image,
Burn to disk
Select a disk burner (drive) and choose 'Burn'
finito 46 Nearly a Posting Virtuoso
Yeah, but you need a running machine
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