Clean re-install with no discs... possible?

[HarrySpider]

I have a Sony VAIO which came with Win7 pre-loaded, no discs provided.

Experiencing issues, have run SFC / SCANNOW, and then done a "Repair Install" from tutorials on this forum. No improvement.

I have the downloaded ISO from Dell.

Is it possible to do a clean install? The clean install tutorial starts with "boot from Win7 disc..."

I looked for such an option, sorry if it's right here somewhere and I'm blind...

 

[edwar]

There should be some type of program on your PC tp make the system discs from a reserved partition on the drive. See if you can use that to make your Sony Re-install disc.

If not then you can use the other downloaded ISO to burn a DVD and use your key on the COA sticker located somewhere on your system.

 

[Golden]

I have a Sony VAIO which came with Win7 pre-loaded, no discs provided.

Experiencing issues, have run SFC / SCANNOW, and then done a "Repair Install" from tutorials on this forum. No improvement.

I have the downloaded ISO from Dell.

Is it possible to do a clean install? The clean install tutorial starts with "boot from Win7 disc..."

I looked for such an option, sorry if it's right here somewhere and I'm blind...

If you write the ISO to a USB, you can boot from the USB too. Use this as your definitive reference - it covers everything you need to do a clean install to your Vaio:

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/219487-clean-reinstall-factory-oem-windows-7-a.html

Regards,
Golden

 

[Britton30]

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/3413-repair-install.html#post31238
The 3rd point in the Warning box...

You can do a repair install on a factory OEM installation with the latest official Windows 7 with SP1 ISO file here: Dell Community - Windows 7 ISO Downloads, and use Windows 7 USB-DVD Download Tool to create a bootable DVD or USB flash drive with the ISO to do the repair install with.

 

[AddRAM]

Step 2 of the Tut

 

[theog]

I have a Sony VAIO which came with Win7 pre-loaded, no discs provided.

Experiencing issues, have run SFC / SCANNOW, and then done a "Repair Install" from tutorials on this forum. No improvement.

I have the downloaded ISO from Dell.

Is it possible to do a clean install? The clean install tutorial starts with "boot from Win7 disc..."

I looked for such an option, sorry if it's right here somewhere and I'm blind...

You can boot the DVD from the one time boot menu.

   Information

We always assume you have made your Recovery Disks using the OEM manufacturer's Recovery Media Creator app the first day you had your new PC.
& made the Startup Repair CD.
startup repair disc-create
​

Did you make the OEM manufacturer's Recovery Disks?

How to make Sony Recovery Disks:
View Document

How to use Sony Recovery:
View Document

How to use Sony Hardware Diagostics:
View Document

How to order Sony Recovery disks:
1.Go to http://servicesales.sel.sony.com.
2.Enter your computer's model number (for example, PCV-XXXX), and click List Parts and accessories.
3.Follow the online instructions to order the Recovery Media Kit.
If you are not able to access the Sony Direct Accessories and Parts Center Web site, contact a customer service representative at 1-800-488-7669.

 

[HarrySpider]

Awesome folks here, thanks! Plenty of options, I see... I hadn't noticed that bit in step 2, sped right by it... d'oh !!!

There goes my evening... my wife does NOT thank you, but I do!

Cheers!

 

[Britton30]

Say hi to the boss your wife from all of us.

 

[HarrySpider]

hey! she's not such a bad boss... she let's me rent back my own balls now and then ... better than some I know...

 

[ICIT2LOL]

Hiyya Harry hum been there done that

If you get real stuck a factory default is another option mate only you will get all the bloat again and you lose all the data but if you have an image well should ok

Key is Alt+F10 on power up or used to be

 

[HarrySpider]

ok, thanks for the tip, Icit... getting it all together right now, may start tonight... just double checking that all my files/data are backed up... trying to find install discs for all the software I want to re-load... deciding what to jettison...

I have a band that played in Gold Coast in 07, Coolum the following year... it was funny both times, the Saturday right around Jan 26, which I had no idea going in... I had to ask, do they always drink like this, party by the thousand in the afternoon, and yell oy oy oy! so much... but the locals clued me in, what the party was all about... went to Byron bay, a great day that was... what I remember of it...

cheers!

 

[HarrySpider]

Clean re-install done... man this thing runs great now... shoulda done this ages ago...

now to reload ProTools and get back to work... tomorrow... thanks for the help gents!

 

[ICIT2LOL]

Great to hear Harry mate just one last thing if you want to squeeze a litle more speed out of it at the slight expense of the transparent windows frame etc they Brinks tutorial - it's my Bible chapter and verse.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/11728-optimize-windows-7-a.html?filter[2]=Performance Maintenance

Only takes a few minutes and I am sure you will be pleased with the result anything you change if you don't like it they can all be reversed and it won't cost you a cent well except for the electricity

 

[AddRAM]

Make sure you create an image after you get it just right.

 

[Britton30]

Pro Tools may be something to avoid too, if it is a tweaking tool.

Glad to hear you're running well!

 

[ICIT2LOL]

Pro Tools may be something to avoid too, if it is a tweaking tool.

Glad to hear you're running well!

Hum I was going to say something B but didn't I am like you not a great lover of those we can fix the whole kit and caboodle apps

 

[HarrySpider]

no worries mates... Pro Tools is a digital audio workstation platform for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X operating systems, by Avid Technology. It is widely used by professionals throughout the audio industries for recording and editing in music production, film scoring, film and television post production, musical notation and MIDI sequencing. Much of pop music these days is recorded/produced using ProTools, on MUCH larger systems though...

I'm trying to record music demo's. It's the reason this PC exists at all, pretty much. Thanks for the concern though gents, your good intentions are appreciated.

 

[Britton30]

Pro tools should be just fine then.