Sony Vaio Desktop

Friend got new computers at work.

Was told to either junk or take home old system.

Told him I had a copy of XP Pro, and he had the key on sticker, so I'd
format and reload a fresh copy to get rid of any sensitive data.

Well, after I tried to format, it tells me disk is unformattable,
possible disk failure, but I've got a real strong hunch I deleted
someting Sony had hidden like the other makers do.

Tried to do a repair, but everything is gone.

I'm "over my head" as Fleetwood Mac sung 30 years ago.

Thanks
Mark

pheasant wrote:
> Friend got new computers at work.
>
> Was told to either junk or take home old system.
>
> Told him I had a copy of XP Pro, and he had the key on sticker, so
> I'd format and reload a fresh copy to get rid of any sensitive data.
>
> Well, after I tried to format, it tells me disk is unformattable,
> possible disk failure, but I've got a real strong hunch I deleted
> someting Sony had hidden like the other makers do.
>
> Tried to do a repair, but everything is gone.
>
> I'm "over my head" as Fleetwood Mac sung 30 years ago.

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