Hi guys,

I have PCG-TR1 and like most of guys i tried to upgrade it to XP Pro. What I did was that I just formatted the C drive and installed the XP Pro without considering anything about this Recovery Stuff.
Current Scene is that I have installed basic drivers from Sony site and system is atleast up but without many functionalities.
No button i.e. Capture, Volume and Zoom on LCD and Fn Combo (Except Home, end etc) are working anymore. I really want to use that Zoom button and volume buttons as well.
I have got no Recovery disc but 2 GB hdd space is missing. I cant find that hidden Recovery Partition either :( . I am stuck guys….

Who is there to help me out of this….

Cheers,

Saif.

The TR1 didn’t have a recovery partition (from what I remember). It came with CDs (or at least mine did). The 2GB you think you’re missing isn’t missing. It’s just lost once your format a drive. A 30GB drive is not really a full 30GB. You lose some of it when you format it.

You may need to call Sony to order the discs if you don’t have them. I believe they cost around $20-25. Otherwise, you may want to search the forums for tips on how to recover the OS properly. There’s tons of threads here.

Hey,

I’ve put up most if not all softwares that were needed for proper functioning of some of the stuff that didn’t work after reinstalling win xp.

Link

However, I have obtained these from a TR3 recovery disc…they should function fine on a TR1 too but thought I’d just mention it.

Hey Rahul bhayya,

Thanks for the link. It looks really useful and i’ve started downloading. I hope I’ll not need to order those CDs now.

Thanks again,

Saif.

[quote author=“Rahul”]Hey,

I’ve put up most if not all softwares that were needed for proper functioning of some of the stuff that didn’t work after reinstalling win xp.

Link

However, I have obtained these from a TR3 recovery disc…they should function fine on a TR1 too but thought I’d just mention it.

the tr3 stuff works fine on the tr1 - they are almost identical computers anyway

Saif bhai,

you’re most welcome!  :D

Also, refer to this thread for the tutorial on installing all the softwares (It’s for TR3AP3, but it should work fine even for TR1, if not blame it on japaneseimportscomau :wink: ):

http://www.siliconpopculture.com/sonytr/viewtopic.php?t=807

If you need something else lemme know.

i offer the same guarantee as sony hehe, and will get back to you in about the same time as them - so about the time the TR7 is out.
8)