Glad your camera is working now Kenster.
I’d reccomend that you’d create an image of your system now while everything is working to avoid repeating the same issues in the future.
I used TrueImage, but there are other apps out there (Ghost, ...)

[quote author=“Anonymous”]Hi Rahul

Thanks a lot for your help!

Incidentally, what version of the TR have you got and what kind of recovery discs?

I have 2 DVDs, both with strange compressed formats that need SOny software or other things installed to extract properly

THanks again,

Ken

I have the TR3AP3 and had created recovery discs using the recovery wizard. But, I just tried to get Sony to send me XP Pro discs and landed up getting 2 free sets of recovery DVD’s (one which says PCG-TR2AP and the other one PCG-TR3AP).

May be you should contact Sony and ask them to send you a new set of Recovery DVD’s since the ones you have are giving you a problem.

I agree ... in a way you already paid for it anyways.

Hi Rahul,

Its the weekend now and finally got the time to play with my TR2MP again! :D

The file you put on ftp was the sonic stage shared library - however, it did not actually install Sonic Stage executable program itself, but copied some lfiles onto the hard drive - perhaps the executable must be installed from another directory.

Could you please check and put the sonic stage program installer on your ftp?

Thanks a lot

Ken

I will contact Sony and specifically ask for the TR3AP3 installation cd’s since they seem to be more useful than my TR2MP ones!

Hey, when I try installing Sonic Stage, it actually installs the program instead of just copying the installation files to C drive (like it did for other files), and the cd has that big .pac file in which all these things are stored. If someone could guide me on extracting files from (I know there is some thread on extracting files from the .pac archive) that I could try and extract the sonic stage program for you.

As far as ordering recovery dvd’s for ur TR2MP is concerned people on this forum have mentioned several times that if the recovery dvd’s/cd’s are not for your TR model, they would refuse to run, so I think you would need to order the ones for your TR2MP only.

ok, even though it proceeds to install sonic stage and co. it did copy the installation files too…but they are extremely huge…I found 3 things related to sonic stage besides the shared library…

Sonic stage itself (11.66 mb zipped)
Sonicstage addon (12.15 mb zipped)
sonic stage sample music (32.77 mb zipped)

I dont have so much space on my ftp to upload all the files so if you know of some source to where I could upload, I’ll upload them for you. Currently, I am uploading only sonic stage main program to my ftp which you’ll find at http://web.njit.edu/~rg24/sonic The upload is in progress…not yet done..I get upload speeds of only 15-16 on my dsl :(

EDIT: I have finished uploading the 1st 2 files. Let me know if you need the last one too so tht I could delete the 1st 2 and upload the last one.

HI Rahul,

Thank you very much - I will have to download it at work on Monday morning because I am on the modem with my TR2MP at the moment - will send another reply to let you know when it is done so you can recover your webspace again.

I am a bit confused at the moment about the recovery disks - how come you have access ll the software and installation libraries? Are these files directly usable from your recovery disks?

As you know mine are in the form of sony compressed files (on my DVDs which means I have no access to any of the software (adobe, sonic, windvd etc) or drivers or libraries, unless I have a decoder for the PAC files like you suggest.

Thanks and have a good weekend,

Ken

When you select a particular library/software to install from the recovery disc, the installation files get automatically copied to the Windows\Sonysys\__$$ucd folder. But, all the subfolders inside this folder have weird names like 0307609.snc, 0308501.snc, etc so I had to open each folder, run the installation and see which software installation files were present in that folder.

Hi Rahul

THanks a lot - got the files so you may delete them

Unfortunately, the SOnic stage says Database corrupt then goes into the famous Send Error to Microsoft dialog.

THe Add on says it needs the PX engine to install.

I looked in 2 images of my TR2MP (with all installed from recovery disc), and one from just 1 recovery disk installed (other not installed) and I could not find the SONYSYS directory. Do you have to crash it before end of installation so that the files remain on the HDD (does the installer delete them?)

Anyway, don’t worry about giving me the files - I am contented with the TR2MP working with the camera which covers 99% of my use of it anyway. The Sonic stage was just a bonus but I don’t really need it to play CDs since Windows Media player does the job ok.

Thanks again for all your help

Ken

You’re welcome, if you want I could reupload them for you…am at my univ. so upload speeds will be real good.