topic Optical Drive problems: three technical questions for the brave in PCs & Accessories https://community.sony.de/t5/pcs-accessories/optical-drive-problems-three-technical-questions-for-the-brave/m-p/13071#M66157 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello everyone,<BR /><BR />I have three questions:<BR /><BR />a) How can I carry out a Recovery System from an external optical drive? Note that this Optical drive doesn't appear in the BIOS and that Sony e-support merely replied I should contact that (external) drive's manufacturer, which was useless as they referred me back to Sony. Can't carry out a system recovery with the internal drive as this is busted and won't read dvds (the Sony recovery disc is a dvd and the only format Sony will provide). The internal drive needs to be replaced, all the usual solutions have been tried (uninstalling drive, system restore etc). It IS a hardware problem, which brings me to my second question:<BR /><BR />b) Whice optical drives are compatible with a Sony Vaio PGC-FR415S? The current drive is a Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-K12D, and I believe there's one other compatible drive around, an LG. Its details will be much appreciated. <BR />This brings me to my last question:<BR /><BR />c) After possibly purchasing one of these compatible internal drives, I would like to install it on my laptop. Myself. <BR />I am told this is not too difficult, and should be straightforward. This move would allow me to carry out a system recovery, which is the entire point of all this, as my machine really needs one.<BR /><BR />Many thanks, and your help would be much appreciated. For any Londoners out there, a pint is a potential reward.<BR /><BR />David Lobina<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 17:38:21 GMT dj_lobina 2007-12-02T17:38:21Z Optical Drive problems: three technical questions for the brave https://community.sony.de/t5/pcs-accessories/optical-drive-problems-three-technical-questions-for-the-brave/m-p/13071#M66157 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello everyone,<BR /><BR />I have three questions:<BR /><BR />a) How can I carry out a Recovery System from an external optical drive? Note that this Optical drive doesn't appear in the BIOS and that Sony e-support merely replied I should contact that (external) drive's manufacturer, which was useless as they referred me back to Sony. Can't carry out a system recovery with the internal drive as this is busted and won't read dvds (the Sony recovery disc is a dvd and the only format Sony will provide). The internal drive needs to be replaced, all the usual solutions have been tried (uninstalling drive, system restore etc). It IS a hardware problem, which brings me to my second question:<BR /><BR />b) Whice optical drives are compatible with a Sony Vaio PGC-FR415S? The current drive is a Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-K12D, and I believe there's one other compatible drive around, an LG. Its details will be much appreciated. <BR />This brings me to my last question:<BR /><BR />c) After possibly purchasing one of these compatible internal drives, I would like to install it on my laptop. Myself. <BR />I am told this is not too difficult, and should be straightforward. This move would allow me to carry out a system recovery, which is the entire point of all this, as my machine really needs one.<BR /><BR />Many thanks, and your help would be much appreciated. For any Londoners out there, a pint is a potential reward.<BR /><BR />David Lobina<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 17:38:21 GMT https://community.sony.de/t5/pcs-accessories/optical-drive-problems-three-technical-questions-for-the-brave/m-p/13071#M66157 dj_lobina 2007-12-02T17:38:21Z