Where can i get a cd drive for a sony vaio pcg4

Hello sir, Hi, unless we find a replacement cd drive for your laptop. I don't see how this goes. you see, the laptop you have does not support boot from USB drives, (see setup on the bios first boot, hopefully theres a usb boot option, if not you may opt for a WINME install.) so its useless to use the internal CD rom drive.

you shouldn't need to have to press f9 to boot from cd rom if you have it set in the bios as the first boot device , are you sure the copy of windows on cd that you have is bootable. Try booting from the disc on another laptop or pc and see if you can start it



Another option to try is to boot from a usb drive


instructions on how to do that are here

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=118576

once you have booted to usb you should be able to access the cd rom

depending on what version of windows you are trying to install you will need to run different programs.

you could also install vista or windows 7 to usb drive and install it from that, it is much quicker than installing from cd/dvd you would need to be able to boot from usb to start with though

how to install vista or windows 7 from usb instructions can be found here

http://www.intowindows.com/how-to-install-windows-7vista-from-usb-drive-detailed-100-working-guide/

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below is a link for a 320 gig hard drive for your model, i hope this helps

http://www.upgradecomputermemory.com/ram.cfm//memory/s/sony-vaio/sony-notebooks-vaio-pcg-series/VAIO-GR-PCG-GR-Series-Notebook/VAIO-PCG-GR370/320GB-Notebook-Hard-Drive-for-the-Sony-VAIO-PCG-GR370.html

See: http://www.laptoppartsexpert.com/c-76798-sony-vaio-pcg-pcg-7xxx-series-pcg-7112l.html

According to that web-page, you have a 200 Gbyte SATA-interface disk-drive.

I have vaio DVD/CD writer.
Sony CD/DVD Unit model AW-G540A it was removed from a Sony Notebook laptop Model PCG-9U1M. The Unit was working perfectly until the laptop was dropped and the screen was damaged,
You can find the specification on the net.
Let me know if it’s suitable for your laptop or if you are interested.
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This might be handy: http://www.sony-driver.com/notebook-driver/PCG-C1/
http://www.notebook-driver.com/sony-vaio/drivers-and-utilities-for-sony-vaio-pcg-c1-picture-series-notebook/
http://www.notebook-driver.com/sony-vaio/sony-vaio-pcg-c1-driver-for-win98/

Call sony, the disk is 12 bucks. I had this problem after my hard drive crashed. Be careful though, because I replaced the hard drive and it would not recognize the disk after that. Sony wanted me to pay 100 dollars to fix it.

Sony Vaio K415B/S (PCG-9U1M) XP Drivers:
ftp://ftp.vaio-link.com/pub/Vaio/Original/K4_DRIVERS.ZIP
and Utilities:
ftp://ftp.vaio-link.com/pub/Vaio/Original/K4_UTILITIES.ZIP

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