hey all

i just got myself a brand spanking new TR2AP3 and im lovin it!

i read a post earlier from sowelu titled ” Just got a TR2A - Need a bit of help!” and was wondering if someone could walk me through the steps to get to the same end result - below is a description of how id like my TR to be

<taken from the post>
“...a TR2 with 1 (big) 37.2GB partition, a clean install of XP Pro with all the devices/drivers installed and running properly. All the VAIO extras like the Camera, Capture, Magnification, Volume, Brightness, Power Control, and other functions running perfectly without the other bloated software, hidden partition that holds the recovery image (that steals over 5GB of your storage) and that other partition that they created.

No more mess, just a fast, clean, lean little VAIO…[with] the room to add all my MP3s, home videos, pictures and so on for when on the road.”

i read the instructions that jeo4long posted…but im a little “technologically-challenged”  :? i also need to know how sowelu got to the point where all he needed to do was extract the needed applications.

please help!

thanks

This really depends on your level of knowledge about device drivers, and moving files and folders around….

basically what I did was this…

copied all drivers and apps off the cd to a folder on my hard drive, then extracted all files individually into folders that meant something to me… ie… you extract the video driver… its default name might be 65932de23… so you rename it video, and put it in a brand new folder where you specify, named “video”... this makes it heaps easier later…

when you’re done extracting all the files… you need to go into the device manager in windows, and find out which devices need to be installed… they will be the ones that have a little yellow icon next to them… and say something along the lines of “the drivers for this device have not been installed”... or “this device is not working properly”...

Right click on these… one by one, and select update driver from the list.

Make sure you select the little box that says “specify the location of the driver” and point it to the location on your hard drive where you extracted all your drivers, neatly in their respective folders…

when you’re done… do the same with the applications, and utilities, provided also on the cd…  but of course, only install those that you want…  otherwise you defeat the purpose of doing the whole excercise… to reduce the bloat factor…

hope this helps a little… I’ll keep an eye on this post and see how you get on… don’t be afraid to ask for help…

as an example of how I organised my files, drivers, and utilities for my vaio, you may view them at the following link… hell… if you’re really lazy, you could download them all from my webpage!!!

all the best

GadgetMan

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