On Jun 30, 9:02 am, liu <spamfree...******.com> wrote:
> On Jun 29, 3:16 am, "M.I.5¾" <no....@no.where.NO_SPAM.co.uk> wrote:> "liu" <spamfree...******.com> wrote in message
>
> > > Also, I would not buy a SONY notebook again. They don't provide you
> > > with an OS installation DVD. All the drivers, OS is located in a
> > > hidden partition that takes up the space from user. If your HD is
> > > broken, how can you recover? How about other manufacturers? Do they do
> > > different?
>
> > Don't blame Sony for this. This is down to Microsoft. The licensing of OEM
> > versions of Vista require the OS reinstallation be placed on a separate
> > partition of the hard disk. You cannot even make a backup CD (or DVD) of
>
> ...
> Then why can Dell provide the DVD? Well, the purpose of this post is
> to see if anyone has installed WinXP successfully on this SONY laptop
> so I can do the same.
>
> Thanks,

I think you were not aware of the fact that Sony stopped providing
recovery CD and DVDs but the customer is provided with the information
how they can make their own recovery disk. If you just reread what
Quaoar & M15 has mentioned above you will not insist that Sony is at
fault but your very own stubbornness.
When I got a Sony notebook neary two years ago that was during the
months of October 2005 I was given the direction by the reseller to
create my own recovery disk as Sony stopped in providing such since
few months earlier.

I suggest that you try to do that with yours as well.