VPCW11S1E wont start aftyer installing new HD with Windows 7

[denismen]

I purchased a used Vaio without a HD or RAM and put a 120 gig HD with WIN 7 and 1 Gig Ram in it but I keep getting error messages and it wont start.

The HD is fine because I put it into another PC and it worked fine.

Do I need some drivers or something else to make this work

[rich912]

Is this Win 7 32Bit or 64Bit? The minimum requirement for 64Bit OS is 2Gb RAM.

That said the OS should be installed on the drive once fitted to the machine.

Rich

[denismen]

Go raibh Mina maith agat Rich.

It is Win 7 32 bit with 1 gig RAM for now.

After the computer scanned for errors the error was error = 0x0

There was some other stuf but I couldnt save all the message

[rich912]

Hi denismen,

You have the absolute minimum of RAM but that shouldn't prevent booting.

Can you confirm whether the OS was pre-installed on the drive or whether you installed from scratch with the drive in this machine?

If the OS was installed on this machine with a blank, new hard drive did the install complete as expected?

Have you tried either a startup repair or booting in safe mode?

Rich

[denismen]

Hi Rich

Because I have no CD drive I installed windows on another machine and it was ok but when I put it into the Sony I get these error messages...Windows Error Recovery.

I have launched Styartup Repair but it didnt fix it and the error messages were Error=0x0

There were some others but the 0x0 was in quite a few places throughout the error log which I was unable to save either.

I thought you spoke Gaelic when I saw your little line at bottom of your message [Go n-éirí an bóthar leat] but as you havent remarked on the thank you in Garelic I replied then I am now not so sure as that partiucular saying you have on your messages is quite popular even outside the Irish community apparently.

[rich912]

Hi denismen,

Gabh mo leithscéal – I did mean to respond in kind but forgot in my haste to answer. Not a fluent Gaelic speaker (infact far from it) although originally (albeit many years past) from that best of all possible countries, plus my grammar leaves a lot to be desired:smileyblush:

Due to the range of devices that are tailored to Sony requirements I can only assume that there is something conflicting from the install on another machine. I suggest that you try and install on the Vaio, from USB (stick or CD/DVD drive) if necessary – preferably with the original Sony media if at all possible.

Ádh mór ort.

Rich

[denismen]

Thanks Rich

My Irish is not that great either but I did have a fainne ring when I was a youngster way back at school in Dublin.

I forget most of it now anyway.

I did have a USB CD drive but seem to have mislaid it as its so long since I used iut but I got one on ebay yesterday and it should arrive in the next couple of days.

I can then try install win 7 from there and see how it goes. Thanks again anyway.

I have seen several posts on the internet with people having similar problems apparently from automatic updating

Slan leat Rich for now.

[rich912]

denismen wrote:
I did have a fainne ring when I was a youngster way back at school in Dublin.

Hi denismen,

I’m impressed – a cúpla focal brooch would be more appropriate for me and my excuse is that I was exiled from Attanagh at a young age.

I think your problems stem from the install on another machine rather than Windows updates.

Please let us know how you get on.

Tá súil agam go gcluinfidh mé uaitse,

Rich