Hi all,
I bought an very old Sony Vaio PCG-961C, with an installed Windows XP Prof 32bit.
I bought it at first for the internal harddrive to use it for another laptop.
But someone is interested so I thought I will check the system etc.
I found out that there were 3 windows installations in the Windows Explorer. 2 of them were to see before starting up.
I installed a very old version of Firefox because Internet Explorer gave issues during the browsing.
When I started the next day the laptop and clicked on firefox it gave an error message and I had to do a SFC/ Scannow.
During that scan it asked for a windows cd. I did not get a windows xp or recovery cd`s.
The CD drive does not read my own Windows XP CD and I have also tried to install Windows by an USB sticks. I have tried it will all programs that are available. I have also tried to install it by an external CD/DVD drive.
Today I have read that it is impossible to install Windows by USB because that is blocked by Sony.
What can I do without making to many costs for such an old laptop?
I thank you in advance for your advise.