Reformatted the hard disc using a previous version of media center downloaded from net as did not have original discs. Now the display does not fit the screeen ie its too small. looked in the devices manager and could see that the computer now does not recognise the hardware ie the radeon 7000 card so seems to be running without it. Why cannot the computer recognise the pre existing hardware which i have not touched. Have run diagnostic program which also cannot see the existing graphics card or for that matter the wireless conection. How can I get the computer too see the existing graphics card.
Thank you for any help.
Did you use your Key off the CoA label on the back of machine- - If not then you will have an illegal version of the software and not be able to get updates
The reason your hardware is not working is that you need all the drivers for the hardware - which you get from the Sony Vaio support website
not sure what country you are in, but all the drivers should be available here
http://esupport.sony.com/perl/select-system.pl?DIRECTOR=DRIVER&SR=nav:service_support:electronics:drivers_software:esup&ref=http://www.sony.com/index.php
I suspect you will need
Audio Driver
Video Driver - as you have described
Network drivers
and others drivers
Goto device manager and you will see devices that need drivers labeled yellow ? or yellow !
Press the Windows key (bottom left of the keyboard} and at the same time press the R key, now in the search box that appears - type devmgmt.msc
That will show you drivers missing - they should ALL be available from the Sony Vaio site
Post back again, if you cant find the drivers for your model
BUT do check you have legal software - otherwise you will be at a security risk and get virus/malware again.
Also download a Virus scanner - there are free ones available - like avast.com which is my prefered choice, for friends and family
For graphics issues I would recomend geting the latest driver from card mfg. For Radeon cards you want to go here ... then just shose your operating system in box 1, radeon in box 2 and 7000 series in box 3, then hit go below that.
http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/index.aspx
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