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Pc Won't read restore disk

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by kayers

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My PC froze up trying to print a page from internet.ALT+TRL+DEL did not work so powered off. When restarted it did scan disk, said it correct problem but now will not go any further, will not readhe restore disk.I am using Windows XP. What can I do to get PC up and running again.

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by oneonlysupermouse

Xp has some really strange security measures to prevent software piracy, and I believe you are experinceng this. If you have it still under warranty send it in or call tech support. They can help you more than I can.

by kayers

This was a refurbished unit and; warranty ran out three weeks ago. Anything short of sending back to Sony?

by dpalsen

When you say it ran scandisk and won't go any further, what exactly does that mean? I might suspect a hard drive problem here, but it's kind of hard to say. As the previous post said, check the warranty.

by john hoover

Try downloading a boot disk from www.bootdisk.com and attempting to boot up with that. Where does the system stop in the boot process now? You may need to go into the BIOS and make sure that it is set up to boot from CD-Rom, then put in the Restore CD, shut down and power back up and see if it loads the restore programs.

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