Well, the trick is to extract all applications from sony.pac archives on “Application Recovery CDs” #1 and #2. For that you’ll need to copy CD:\image\SONY.PAC and unpacking utility kcap.exe (download the app from http://www.myplc.com/sony/bin/kcap.zip to directory on your HDD.

On C: disk make folder “sony”. Copy \image\SONY.PAC from “Application Recovery CD #1” and kcap.exe to C:\sony. Open Command Prompt set path to C:\sony type command “kcap sony.pac c:\sony”. All programs will be extracted to C:\sony with meaningless folder names like “0133101.SNC ... 0129801.SUC” for each application. To see which application is in each folder open in notepad file \bin\SONYINSTALL1.INI on “Application Recovery CD #1”. There you will find, for each application, something like:

[Common Solutions for Support Agent]
text=Common Solutions for Support Agent
cmd=0129801.SUC\Setup.exe
prompt=Insert your VAIO Application Recovery CD Disk # 1
volume=ARCDG111B2D1
icon=165
compress=1
PromptBefore=
PromptAfter=
hide=off

Where “[Common Solutions for Support Agent]” contains application name and “cmd=0129801.SUC\Setup.exe” contains folder name it is extracted to. So, just rename folder “0129801.SUC” to “Common Solutions for Support Agent”.

After renaming all folders replace C:\sony\SONY.PAC with \image\SONY.PAC from “Application Recovery CD #2” and repeat above extraction procedure for other applications.

Look for the last 3 or 4 discs.  On TR2 models, I believe they don’t call the file sony.pac anymore.  But you should still find a file with the .pac extension.

Cheers.

TR3A recovery CDs came with sony.img instead. Does anybody know how to extract applications from it? Thanks.

Terrance, the first 3 cd will have .img files.  You don’t want to use that.  You need to use the application cds (disc 4 through 7 I believe).  Those are the one that has .pac file in it.

You are right, my careless mistake.

I would like to have Adobe Premier LE on my desktop instead of my TR.  Will this trick allow me to install on a different machine?

Thanks.

I am not able to get this to work, the two .pac files are copied to a “sony” folder but they will not unpack, what do I do? any other options for doing this.

I figured it out, boy trying to remember some of those old DOS commands can wear you out!!!

Can you explain what you did, I am having the same issues…it’s not upacking.

Erik

Make that folder on C: call it sony. Copy kcap and sony.pac to the sony folder, there will be two of them just do them one at a time. I used the command prompt from start, all programs etc. Once there use"cd\” to get to “C:” then “cd\sony” to get into the sony folder and type in the rest “kcap sony.pac c:\sony” as indicated from the original post, make sure you wait a little while depending on processor etc. Then view the files in explorer you will figure it out from there. Good luck!