Sony driver package corrupted?

[steadyonabix]

Hi All

I am trying to rebuild my old Vaio Laptop - VGN-FE11S

My wife was using it and managed to pick up a vicious virus that I just couldn't get rid of.

So I ran Gparted  to clean off the partitions and format the disk to NTFS and then installed WinXP Pro.

Now I am having trouble finding the drivers for it. I found this section on the Sony site: -

http://support.vaio.sony.eu/computing/vaio/downloads/updates/index.aspx?old=n&l=en_GB&m=VGN-FE11S

Under the "Originally Installed" tab there is an archive of "Original Driver Packages" I downloaded.

My problem is that if I try and unzip it I get the error message  - can't open as archive

I get this message with all of the archives on this tab.

Also, on the "Updates" tab about half of the downloads report the error "I don't have permission to run" when I try to install them. Even when installing as an administrator.

I'm hoping this is me being a muppet and missing something obvious rather than the drivers are corrupt.

If I had my own way I'd just install Ubuntu and be done with it but my wife won't go near linux unfortunately.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Brad

[Blencogo · Accepted solution]

Hi Brad,

Firstly how are you trying to unzip the Original Drivers and the Original Utilities files? 

Download FE11_Drivers.zip and right-click on the downloaded file and choose "Extract All".  Choose to extract the files to C:\Drivers.

Download  FE11_Utilities.zip and right-click on the downloaded file and choose  "Extract All".  Choose to extract the files to C:\Utilities..

You cannot install the updates until you have installed the original software and some software will not install unless it recognises that you have a Vaio.

Install some of the Utilities files first so your PC is recognised as a Vaio.  Run the Setup.EXE in the following Utilities Installers IN ORDER: -

1.  Utils Installer 1 (Sony Utils DLL)

2.  Utils Installer 2 (Sony Shared Library)

3.  Utils Installer 4 (Setting Utilities Series)

4.  Utils Installer 5 (Vaio Event Service)

Install ALL the drivers in the Original Drivers Package.

Install ALL the remaining utilities in the Original Utilities Package.

Install ALL the updates under the Updated Tab.

Here is some background reading for you from Sony on a clean XP Installation: -

http://esupport.sony.com/EN/osmig/xpclean.html

[steadyonabix]

Hi Blencogo

Thanks for the reply, it is very helpfull.

I realised that the zip utility I was using was the problem. I downloaded the drivers to my new vaio and unzipped them there and they were fine.

So I'll follow your advice on how to reinstall them and hopefully get the old Vaio back on its feet.

Cheers

Brad