Restore disks
Posted: 07 December 2004 12:46 PM
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Anybody try to use the restore disks from a different TR than your own. Trying to save some time and place XP pro on my TR by using a buds restore disks. BTW, I do own a full version of XP pro just trying to shortcut….
Posted: 07 December 2004 12:55 PM
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[quote author=“nelsdvn”]Anybody try to use the restore disks from a different TR than your own. Trying to save some time and place XP pro on my TR by using a buds restore disks. BTW, I do own a full version of XP pro just trying to shortcut….
What type of different TR?
In most cases it won’t install.
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Posted: 07 December 2004 01:01 PM
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Even if it’s a TR1A using the TR1AP disks, it won’t install. The restore disks check the BIOS.
gr00vy, this should probably be put on the FAQ.
Posted: 07 December 2004 01:11 PM
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[quote author=“Drachen”]Even if it’s a TR1A using the TR1AP disks, it won’t install. The restore disks check the BIOS.
gr00vy, this should probably be put on the FAQ.
True, but will a TR2 Ap1 work with a TR2 Ap3? The only difference being WiFi…I wonder if its still locked.
Also, the model matrix needs updating.
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Posted: 07 December 2004 08:40 PM
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Restore a TR3A w/1gig ram, with the disks from a TR3AP2. The only diff is XP home v. pro
Posted: 07 December 2004 10:28 PM
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[quote author=“nelsdvn”]Restore a TR3A w/1gig ram, with the disks from a TR3AP2. The only diff is XP home v. pro
Have you been successful doing this? We’ve had anectodal evidence that the TR1 series discs are locked to the BIOS (someone bought them and tried on their TR1A).
Posted: 08 December 2004 10:01 AM
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[quote author=“nelsdvn”]Restore a TR3A w/1gig ram, with the disks from a TR3AP2. The only diff is XP home v. pro
No, won’t work.
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Posted: 08 December 2004 10:03 AM
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No, TR1AP disks will not work on TR1A….
I am one who tried and failed. Wanna buy some TR1AP disks??
Posted: 08 December 2004 10:05 AM
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My question is will AP2 work on AP3 or vise versa…I don’t think anyone’s tried that yet.
Model to model TR2 TR3 wont work
But APx to APx might?
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Posted: 08 December 2004 11:02 AM
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[quote author=“DayWalker1”]yes and no!
full recovery will work with TRxA from 1 to 5 with the TRxA disks only
driver and software recovery will work either way. You can recover software and drivers from TR3AP1 disks to TR3A, no problem.
Same with S series.
Same with T Series.
We tried a TR2a to a TR3a and it wouldn’t install.
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Posted: 08 December 2004 01:16 PM
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interesting. what did you try?
I bought the recovery dvd’s from sony, never created the cd’s…
Posted: 08 December 2004 01:29 PM
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[quote author=“DayWalker”]interesting. what did you try?
I bought the recovery dvd’s from sony, never created the cd’s…
Yeah, my official TR2a DVD to my friends TR3a…wouldn’t install. We could extract specific apps, but not full recovery.
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