关于SONY的安装,似乎各大论坛的说法都不太一致
在某网看到了一个美国的装机方法,比较适合美版的SONY机子,把完整的帖子让大家看看,供广大本友参考一下
A:Recently, I re-installed my Sony laptop (PCG-GR390) with an original
XP Prof. CD. I notice that the Fn keys are no longer working.
However, the Fn keys work fine if I re-installed the laptop with the
System Recovery CD (i.e. XP Prof. CD that comes with the laptop).
Does anyone know for any workaround to solve this problem: to enable
the Fn keys?
B:Originally posted by Jef Norton; this is his procedure for which Vaio
owners are grateful.
To restore the proprietary drivers, Hotkey Utility, Sony Notebook Setup
Utility and PowerPanel Utility from your recovery CD's on newer Sony
installations, you'll need to download a small utility called KCAP.EXE -
you
can pick it up (zipped) here: http://pages.sbcglobal.net/jefn/kcap.zip
You'll then need to work through your Restore CD's one-by-one, looking
for
the following items:
Sony Drivers installer
Sony Utilities Library/Sony Shared Library installer *
Sony Utilities DLL installer *
Hotkey Utility installer
Sony Notebook Setup Utility installer
Power Panel Utility installer
* One or both of these items may be found. If you find both, you'll
need to
install both. If you find only one, you'll need only one.
All of the above are stored in proprietary archive files that need to be
unpacked to your hard disk.
Begin by creating a folder on your hard disk (suggest D:\Sony) and then
unpack KCAP.EXE from the above download into that folder.
Then, working one-by-one with your Restore CD's:
1. Insert each restore CD in your computer.
2. You'll get a warning that the CD was not designed to be run on your
computer or from within Windows - click the OK button.
3. Look for a file called SONYxxxxxxxxx.PAC - be sure to look through
any
sub-folders on the CD before giving up on it - if you find one, continue
below - if you don't, start this process with the next CD.
4. Copy SONYxxxxxxxx.PAC to D:\Sony. Be patient - this will take some
time.
5. From a command prompt, navigate to D:\Sony and type the command:
KCAP SONYxxxxxxxx.PAC D:\Sony
6. KCAP will unpack a bunch of sub-folders to D:\Sony, each containing a
different application - be patient - this will take some time. The
sub-folders will appear to have gibberish names - don't worry - we'll
get to
deciphering all the gibberish once all the SONYxxxxxxxx.PAC files are
decompressed.
7. Delete SONYxxxxxxxx.PAC from D:\Sony.
8. Repeat steps 1 - 7 for each of your Restore CD's.
9. In Windows Explorer, step through each of the sub-folders, viewing
each
xxxxxxxx.INF file (right-click and then select OPEN) to determine what
the
installer in the folder installs. If you don't see a xxxxxxxx.INF file,
look
at the other items in the sub-folder (and any sub-folders below it) to
determine what the folder contains. Clues can be icon files
(xxxxxxxx.ICO),
readme.txt files, or even the name of the installer itself.
10. If you find an application you want in a sub-folder, rename the
sub-folder to something more appropriate (like D:\Sony\Hotkey) to avoid
confusion.
11. Delete sub-folders for applications you don't want.
12. When finished with steps 9 - 11, click on Start | Run and navigate
to
each of the applications you wish to install, keeping in mind that you
want
to preserve the following order of execution:
.. Sony Drivers installer
.. Sony Utilities Library/Sony Shared Library installer (if found)
.. Sony Utilities DLL installer (if found)
.. Hotkey Utility installer
.. Sony Notebook Setup Utility installer
.. Power Panel Utility installer
.. any other Sony proprietary utilities you wish to install
13. When finished, you can burn D:\Sony to a CD and you'll have a backup
of
your installers for future restore, if needed.
The above worked with my V505DC2 and I've heard reports from other users
that the approach works with many other more recent models. Earlier
models,
such as my R505EL allowed me to run the Application Recovery CD's after
clean-installing Windows XP.
Thanks to Jef.