topic Re: I need help desperately! in PCs & Accessories https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/pcs-accessories/i-need-help-desperately/m-p/87905#M57714 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>when i press enter, it just continues starting up<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:23:11 GMT pyszny 2008-10-28T09:23:11Z I need help desperately! https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/pcs-accessories/i-need-help-desperately/m-p/87896#M57707 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>My vaio wont start properly, everytime i try to login it says welcome then turns off, how can i restore it without logging in?<BR /><BR />Its a VGN FZ21M<BR /><BR />Thanks for any help<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 27 Oct 2008 11:38:17 GMT https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/pcs-accessories/i-need-help-desperately/m-p/87896#M57707 pyszny 2008-10-27T11:38:17Z Re: I need help desperately! https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/pcs-accessories/i-need-help-desperately/m-p/87897#M57708 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi pyszny,<BR /><BR />welcome to Club VAIO.. <img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://community.sony.co.uk/html/@3191CA7235A406D833094BA2DD1CF2FF/images/smilies/011.png" alt=":slight_smile:" title=":slight_smile:" /> <BR /><BR />Are you able to start your Vaio in safe mode.?<BR /><BR />To boot into safe mode start your Vaio and when you see the Vaio logo press the F8 key repeatedly..<BR /><BR />If so you can try running a system restore to an earlier point..<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:01:03 GMT https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/pcs-accessories/i-need-help-desperately/m-p/87897#M57708 Thalamus. 2008-10-27T14:01:03Z Re: I need help desperately! https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/pcs-accessories/i-need-help-desperately/m-p/87898#M57709 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>thanks for your reply, i can start in safe mode, but i always get a message saying something about plug and play, and that it needs to shutdown, so i never get enough time to start the system restore wizard. Im gutted, its only 3 months old and im lost without it!<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:14:40 GMT https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/pcs-accessories/i-need-help-desperately/m-p/87898#M57709 pyszny 2008-10-27T14:14:40Z Re: I need help desperately! https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/pcs-accessories/i-need-help-desperately/m-p/87899#M57710 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>i have a friend with the same laptop, would it be possible for him to make a recovery disk for me to use?<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:51:44 GMT https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/pcs-accessories/i-need-help-desperately/m-p/87899#M57710 pyszny 2008-10-27T14:51:44Z Re: I need help desperately! https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/pcs-accessories/i-need-help-desperately/m-p/87900#M57711 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi pyszny,<BR /><BR />you're Vaio has a hidden HDD recovery partition so as long as it has not been deleted you should be able to recover your Vaio back to the original installed OS and programs just as it was when you first used your Vaio.<BR /><BR />To do this Start your Vaio and when you see the Vaio logo screen press F10 repeatedly this normally would start the recovery process..<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:45:41 GMT https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/pcs-accessories/i-need-help-desperately/m-p/87900#M57711 Thalamus. 2008-10-27T18:45:41Z Re: I need help desperately! https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/pcs-accessories/i-need-help-desperately/m-p/87902#M57712 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>when i do the f10 thing, it says edit boot options, and then something like:<BR /><BR />"[ noexecute:optin"<BR /><BR />and im not sure what to do, i can delete the above and type something else in, but i am unsure what to type, any ideas. Thanks for your time and help, i am very appreciative.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 27 Oct 2008 20:16:32 GMT https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/pcs-accessories/i-need-help-desperately/m-p/87902#M57712 pyszny 2008-10-27T20:16:32Z Re: I need help desperately! https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/pcs-accessories/i-need-help-desperately/m-p/87903#M57713 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><PRE __jive_macro_name="quote" class="jive_text_macro jive_macro_quote">when i do the f10 thing, it says edit boot options, and then something like:<BR /><BR />"[ noexecute:optin"<BR /></PRE><BR /><BR />What happens if you press the Enter key.?<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 27 Oct 2008 21:07:44 GMT https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/pcs-accessories/i-need-help-desperately/m-p/87903#M57713 Thalamus. 2008-10-27T21:07:44Z Re: I need help desperately! https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/pcs-accessories/i-need-help-desperately/m-p/87905#M57714 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>when i press enter, it just continues starting up<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:23:11 GMT https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/pcs-accessories/i-need-help-desperately/m-p/87905#M57714 pyszny 2008-10-28T09:23:11Z Re: I need help desperately! https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/pcs-accessories/i-need-help-desperately/m-p/87907#M57715 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><PRE __jive_macro_name="quote" class="jive_text_macro jive_macro_quote">when i press enter, it just continues starting up<BR /></PRE><BR /><BR />Hmmm... :smileythinking: <BR /><BR />It clearly states in the recovery guide attached below that if the edit Boot option window appears to press Enter to continue.. <img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://community.sony.co.uk/html/@13A2E6A3774A8B47B4EC6F04089539E1/images/smilies/063.png" alt=":thinking:" title=":thinking:" /> <BR /><BR />Have you tried contacting Vaio support for assistance, you can do this either by phone (Mon - Fri) or via e-Support, use the following link to find the contact details: <A href="http://support.vaio.sony.co.uk/contacts/contacts.asp?site=voe_en_GB_cons" target="_blank">Sony Vaio Support</A><BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 01 Nov 2008 13:31:51 GMT https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/pcs-accessories/i-need-help-desperately/m-p/87907#M57715 Thalamus. 2008-11-01T13:31:51Z