topic Re: problems starting up FR285M in PCs & Accessories https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/problems-starting-up-fr285m/m-p/89800#M125087 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Karen.<BR /><BR />Bad news I'm afraid, sounds like the hard disk is packing up <img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://community.sony.no/html/@8A5BDCECEE2E5AB683F2BDAA500F2036/images/smilies/035.png" alt=":slight_frown:" title=":slight_frown:" /> - but fear not as it's probably within it's first 12 months - therefore those people at VAIO-Link can repair it for you.<BR /><BR />When you do send it in, tell them you don't have a recovery DVD.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 14 Aug 2004 14:17:07 GMT kee-lo_ 2004-08-14T14:17:07Z problems starting up FR285M https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/problems-starting-up-fr285m/m-p/89796#M125086 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>hi hope someone can help, my niece aged 13 has a huge problem with her vaio laptop and i said i will try to sort it out for her, but tried all i can think of .She has recently run and installed Windows updates but hasnt downloaded anything else and has Norton anti virus protection<BR /><BR />problems are sometimes when starting it says operating system not found<BR /><BR />or it will start and say system error, hard error for which u cant do anything but turn it off<BR /><BR />sometimes blue screen and close down info comes on<BR /><BR />sometimes F1 F2 black screen comes on<BR /><BR />when i looked through her software realised that she has no recovery disc, and tried the recovery option on computer when i could actually get on but still problems <BR /><BR />any help gratefully received<BR />thanks Karen<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 13 Aug 2004 22:27:29 GMT https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/problems-starting-up-fr285m/m-p/89796#M125086 ksmiles 2004-08-13T22:27:29Z Re: problems starting up FR285M https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/problems-starting-up-fr285m/m-p/89800#M125087 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Karen.<BR /><BR />Bad news I'm afraid, sounds like the hard disk is packing up <img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://community.sony.no/html/@8A5BDCECEE2E5AB683F2BDAA500F2036/images/smilies/035.png" alt=":slight_frown:" title=":slight_frown:" /> - but fear not as it's probably within it's first 12 months - therefore those people at VAIO-Link can repair it for you.<BR /><BR />When you do send it in, tell them you don't have a recovery DVD.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 14 Aug 2004 14:17:07 GMT https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/problems-starting-up-fr285m/m-p/89800#M125087 kee-lo_ 2004-08-14T14:17:07Z Re: problems starting up FR285M https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/problems-starting-up-fr285m/m-p/89803#M125088 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>did think that might be the problem, cos it was making some very odd noises , thanks for your reply, good news it is in warrenty, so will get it sorted for her<BR /><BR /><BR />cheers<BR /><BR />Karen<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 14 Aug 2004 22:12:34 GMT https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/problems-starting-up-fr285m/m-p/89803#M125088 ksmiles 2004-08-14T22:12:34Z Re: problems starting up FR285M https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/problems-starting-up-fr285m/m-p/89805#M125089 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Great :smileyhappy:, let us know how you get on.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 15 Aug 2004 10:30:20 GMT https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/problems-starting-up-fr285m/m-p/89805#M125089 kee-lo_ 2004-08-15T10:30:20Z Re: problems starting up FR285M https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/problems-starting-up-fr285m/m-p/89807#M125090 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>had a reply from Sony saying apparantly there are no recovery discs issued with my nieces laptop, cos there is facility on computer, which seems fine as long as there has been no major problem to that.Anyways run it, has already but thought i had better humor them, and now waiting for reply to my email, thats didnt work , really nosiy hard drive on start up and now wont load programs or auto run any discs<BR /><BR />will let you know what happens<BR /><BR />Karen<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 18 Aug 2004 20:44:53 GMT https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/problems-starting-up-fr285m/m-p/89807#M125090 ksmiles 2004-08-18T20:44:53Z Re: problems starting up FR285M https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/problems-starting-up-fr285m/m-p/89810#M125091 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>As I have said before, VAIO-Link really need to take it in if the hard disk isn't working well.<BR /><BR />Good luck anyway :smileygrin:<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 18 Aug 2004 21:01:15 GMT https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/problems-starting-up-fr285m/m-p/89810#M125091 kee-lo_ 2004-08-18T21:01:15Z