Sony VAIO GRX570 (PCG-GRX570)... the system cannot find the Operating System, when I insert my xp cd, it starts looking for whatever but the screen keeps shutting off. So I connect an external monitor, NOTHING, I have a brand new hard drive,insert it... nothing. The system powers up but the screen won't stay up for too long to finish the OS installation. By the way that vaio has been fixed by sony in CA for the same issues but only lasted 6 months. They ****! Please help

Hi there, it seems that the OS (operating system) is corrupted. You will need to reinstall it. Download an installation cd, burn it and you can start the process.

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This laptop was originally installed with Windows XP.
You maybe able to get a Recovery CD from Sony WEB site.

You can download the device drivers from the Sony WEB site.
Select your model notebook and the Windows drivers you require. Please click on this link to the Sony support WEB site :-
http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/select-system.pl?PRODTYPE=1,24,72&DIRECTOR=DRIVER

Download the SP3 installation ISO. Save it to your Desktop. Download ImgBurn and save it to your Desktop. Double-click the installation executable for ImgBurn and click "Next." Follow the remaining onscreen prompts and click "Finish" to complete installation of ImgBurn. Insert a blank CD-R/DVD-R into your DVD drive. Open ImgBurn by going to "Start," "Programs" and "ImgBurn." Click "File," then "Browse for a source file." Navigate to your Desktop and select the SP3 ISO file. Click "Open." Click the blue "ISO to CD" button located on the bottom left of ImgBurn. The program will begin creating the Windows XP SP3 installation CD. This process may take anywhere from 10 to 20 minutes to complete depending on the speed at which the CD-R/DVD-R is being burned. Click "OK" once the CD-R/DVD-R has finished burning. You've successfully created a Windows XP SP3 installation CD.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=2fcde6ce-b5fb-4488-8c50-fe22559d164e&displaylang=en xp pro sp3 iso http://www.imgburn.com/ Download the iso also download the imageburn or

http://windows-xp-pro-startup-disk.soft32.com/ Bootable disk for XP Professional. The Windows XP start up disk allows computers without a bootable CD-ROM to perform a new installation of the operating system. Hope this helps.

The model of your sony vaio is VGN-T2XP/L and chassis type is PCG-4D1M

I can only give you a link where you can download necessary drivers, updates/firmwares or original drivers that comes with this unit. It depends on what operating system you are currently using.
If you then upgrade your operating system for example from windows vista to windows 7, then suddenly some hardware including sounds, lancard, vga experienced some troubles, I do suggest you downgrade again your operating system or find appropriate compatible drivers that will work for your new operating system.
In this link you will find something that might help you.
http://support.vaio.sony.eu/computing/vaio/downloads/preinstalled/index.aspx?l=en_GB&m=VGN-T2XP_L

Let me know.

Device Type: Sound Card
Manufacturer: Sony Electronics
Model: Sony VAIO VGN-B55G or PCG-5B5P
Operating System(s): Windows® XP
ADI SoundMAX® Audio Device Driver @ http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/swu-download.pl?mdl=VGNS170&upd_id=1571&os_id=7

Hope it helps.

you need to get a copy of that operating system and insert it. But It might Happen that your Note Book has Crushd u Need to Reinstall your operating and Delete everything inside it and Start on a New Page of Your Notebook :)

Sorry, your question doesn't make sense. Try it again with more details like error messages.

Boot from the "System Restore" CD-ROM.
One of the "setup" options for XP (or for Vista) is to "format" the entire disk-space, before continuing with the re-install.

Look at the bios and see if the hard drive is detected

if not suspect a virus , faulty hard disk or motherboard

There should be a factory image on the HD when you try restarting it. Hold down the F8 key or F10 key while its rebooting this should start the recovery process you shouldnt need a windows disk.