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Windows Vista Sony Laptop w/ new hard drive

Discussion in 'Legacy Windows' started by Intimidator1988, 2008/06/08.

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    Intimidator1988

    Intimidator1988 Inactive Thread Starter

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    I have a Sony laptop VGN-AR300N series about a yearold. It had a 60 gig hard drive in it. I changed out the hd to a 120 gig and have the recovery disks sent directly from Sony. I installed the new hd & the recovery disk is not showing a hd in the computer.
    I did also replace the hd in another Sony laptop & I had no problems with the recovery disk working on the other computer. It had Windows XP. And the AR300N has Vista. Is there something I am missing on this install. Please advise
     
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    Steve R Jones

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    Guessing that it's a SATA drive?....Look in the BIOS for an option to put it in IDE mode.
     
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    Intimidator1988

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    How do I do that? I tried getting into the Bios by pressing F8. I keep getting sent to the Rescue disk menu.
    Thanks for the reply
     
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    Steve R Jones

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    F8 is windows safe mode...

    It should show you what to press to "Enter Setup." F1 and DEL are two popular keys.
     
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