Sony Vaio Desktop

[Kwickkwack]

Hi tech Guys
I have been given a Sony Vaio desktop PC to give to my daughter, I know the full history of the machine and it 100% genuine.
I thought the best thisng to do to get rid of all the old data was to do a full restore, (i have all the original 5 discs).
This is the problem, i have done hte first bit, repartioned drive (default values) and started to restore the software, however on disc 3 at around 67% I get a critical error and the whole thing cancels.
The problem I now have is windows is not installed and I cannot get it to get past this error.
Anyone got any ideas, the discs are for SONY PCV-LX2
at the moment it is a useless piece of rubbish cluttering my front room
Any help would be appreciated.

[sacko]

Get yourself an XP disk, then download all the drivers from the Sony website ;)

Ill pm you about the xp disk.

[Kwickkwack]

cheers

[HiltonSteve]

Maybe the easiest option would be to get hold of a xp installation disc and re-install from that. You would then have to download all the drivers etc which you could probably get from the sony website so it should not be too much of an issue.

Do you have an XP key with the discs or maybe on a sticker on the machine? If so you could use this one no matter what installation cd you use, if you don't have a key then pm me as I am sure I could sort something out for you.!:)

[Kwickkwack]

Cheer Steve, I have the key etc and Paul has offered me a disc to help.
And thanks to Paul (Sacko) for all his help

[Holst]

Once you have the disk it will be easy to get it working.
It will run much better with a basic install from a disk as opposted to a cluttered install from Sony.