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Event: Windows doesn't start after installing the upgraded drivers. Comment: Run in Safe mode by following the following steps and re-install the driver. 1 Press the power button of this device, and when the VAIO logo is displayed on the screen press the F8 key on the keyboard. 2 When "Windows extended options menu" displays, press the Page Up key or the Page Down key, select Safe mode and press the Enter key. 3 When Windows runs, click the Start button. Then select Control Panel > Performance and Maintenance > System. From the Systems Properties screen, click the Hardware tab and click Device Manager. 4 Select the installed device or the updated device in the Device Manger screen. Display the properties screen by clicking Properties in the list, which displays by right clicking. Then click the Driver tab. 5 Click Roll Back Driver and install the driver that was running normally. 6 Restart this device with a normal restart. Event: Windows does not start (Note: RAID requires two or more hard drives.) Comment: When a RAID volume and a drive not configured as a RAID volume are mixed in the system, Windows may not run. For this case, change the Boot Volume settings according to the procedure below. 1 Press the power button of this device and when the "VAIO" logo is displayed on the screen, press the F2 key on the keyboard. The BIOS setup menu runs and the the main menu screen is displayed. Note: The BIOS setup menu may not run immediately after pressing the F2 key depending on the condition of this device. 2 Select the setting 1st Drive of the volume on the drive with the newest port number in Hard Disk Drives in the Boot menu. VGX-XL2A Digital Living System 157

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VGX-XL2A Digital Living System
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Event:
Windows doesn't start after installing the upgraded drivers.
Comment:
Run in Safe mode by following the following steps and re-install the driver.
1
Press the power button of this device, and when the VAIO logo is displayed
on the screen press the F8 key on the keyboard.
2
When "Windows extended options menu" displays, press the Page Up key or
the Page Down key, select
Safe mode
and press the
Enter
key.
3
When Windows runs, click the
Start
button. Then select
Control Panel >
Performance and Maintenance > System
. From the Systems Properties
screen, click the
Hardware
tab and click
Device Manager
.
4
Select the installed device or the updated device in the Device Manger
screen. Display the properties screen by clicking Properties in the list, which
displays by right clicking. Then click the
Driver
tab.
5
Click
Roll Back Driver
and install the driver that was running normally.
6
Restart this device with a normal restart.
Event:
Windows does not start (Note: RAID requires two or more hard drives.)
Comment:
When a RAID volume and a drive not configured as a RAID volume are mixed
in the system, Windows may not run. For this case, change the Boot Volume
settings according to the procedure below.
1
Press the power button of this device and when the "VAIO" logo is displayed
on the screen, press the F2 key on the keyboard.
The BIOS setup menu runs and the the main menu screen is displayed.
Note
:
The BIOS setup menu may not run immediately after pressing the F2 key
depending on the condition of this device.
2
Select the setting
1st Drive
of the volume on the drive with the newest port
number in
Hard Disk Drives
in the Boot menu.