Unable to Recover to new hard drive - Sony Vaio Sony Vaio vpcs11g7e
I have bought a new larger hard drive yo replace the one in my laptop. The original Sony one is a Toshiba SATA 500Mb, and the replacement is a Western Digital Scorpio Black 750Gb.
I use the recovery disks to format and install the OS, but when it restarts, I get the following message: 'Windows Setup could not configure Windows to run on this computer's hardware'.
After restarting, I then get 'Windows could not complete the installation. To install Windows on this computer, restart the installtion'.
I have made several attempts, with different options (with/without extra software, default/custom partition sizes), each with the same result. I have even tried a set of recovery disks from another similar laptop, but they don't work probably due to serial number difference.
Surely there must be a way to use the recovery disks to install the OS on a new hard drive, without having to purchase a replacement from Sony?
Any ideas on what to try next (a part from purchasing a non oem set of OS discs).
I use the recovery disks to format and install the OS, but when it restarts, I get the following message: 'Windows Setup could not configure Windows to run on this computer's hardware'.
After restarting, I then get 'Windows could not complete the installation. To install Windows on this computer, restart the installtion'.
I have made several attempts, with different options (with/without extra software, default/custom partition sizes), each with the same result. I have even tried a set of recovery disks from another similar laptop, but they don't work probably due to serial number difference.
Surely there must be a way to use the recovery disks to install the OS on a new hard drive, without having to purchase a replacement from Sony?
Any ideas on what to try next (a part from purchasing a non oem set of OS discs).
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The only time this has happened to me it was because the recovery disk was a customized Windows image that had a finite set of hardware drivers on there (which is ridiculous, but that's how it was). My only workaround was to use another Microsoft-supplied Windows disk for which I had to pay for a license (again, ridiculous).
On another occasion, with a Dell, I tried the opposite approach and after the install began, it would blue screen. When I contacted Dell about it, the install was tied to a specific serial number and that's what was causing the BSoD.
From: http://community.spiceworks.com/topic/164079-unable-to-recover-to-new-hard-drive-sony-vaio-vpcs11v9e-b
On another occasion, with a Dell, I tried the opposite approach and after the install began, it would blue screen. When I contacted Dell about it, the install was tied to a specific serial number and that's what was causing the BSoD.
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