Ray Davison wrote:

>Ray Davison wrote:
>  
>
>>To further stir the pot, the BIOS boot sequence is set floppy-CD 
>>ROM-Hard Disk.  It will boot from FDD and HDD.  I have several 
>>bootable CDs including Symantec System Works, DFSEE, eCS 1.1.  None of 
>>them boot.
>>
>>Both W4 and eCS install, booted from install floppies, install stops - 
>>I assume - at the point where it first attempts to access the CD.
>>
>>The CD drive is accessible after booting from FDD or HDD.
>>    
>>
>
>And ECS said:
>
>Hello,
>
>The CDROM drive or IDE cable is possibly faulty so try another known 
good drive or cable to isolate the problem. Verify the jumper settings on
the CDROM drives, one should be setup as "master" and the other
as "slave".
>
>ECSUSA Tech Support
>
>Since I said the CD is accessible after booting from FDD or HDD, does
their reply have any validity at all?
>  
>

Hi Ray,

Responses coming from a dumb "bot"?

Whilst trying to determine how to remove/swap the 2.5" drive in my VAIO 
Notebook, I went through Sony-Europe looking for some exploded-view type 
diagrams indicating what I had to remove to access the drive.

On Solution 30291 in the KnowledgeBase there - I found some great 
information:

          Solution 30291

          Description:

          I have been traveling with my PCG-700 series VAIO - When I
    start my VAIO, I get the error message OS not found and I cannot see
    the hard disk drive in the BIOS.

          Solution:

          The hard disk drive of your VAIO may have become loose while
    you were traveling. To resolve this issue - Remove the hard disk
    drive, check the contacts and then reinsert the hard disk drive.

Note: there is an exploded view  - zoomed, even, for the procedure to 
add to/replace/remove MEMORY fitted in the machine, but there is no 
reference anywhere on their global sites which illustrates the "remove 
hard disk" procedure mentioned above!!

Tech-Support is Brilliant isn't it?

-- 
Regards,
Mike

Failed the exam for
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