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What could be the real cause of MBR coruption on my hard disk SONY VAIO VGN-SZ79MN? What is the cause for no OS System found upon boot up of a brand new unit?

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  • Anonymous Feb 03, 2010

    Pressing F8/ F10 was done by a customer care service man but to no avail. It says Can the installation repair be done using another OS Disk since there was no back-up disk yet of the Windows Vista OS which is built in with the unit? or can it be repaired using the XP OS Disk to recover the missing WIN32.dll file?

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When putting a new system online before configuring any antivirus or other security software opens up the system to immediate infection. It is possible that if you spent any amount of time online before properly configuring your Antivirus and/or firewall that your system was infected with a virus that manipulates your system to thinking the Windows installation has been corrupted. Running a installation repair on your windows installation will resolve the issue. Simply press f8 on startup and select use last known settings that worked, or you may need to use your disks to restore the system.

Good Luck,

NOLA Tech

  • Anonymous Feb 03, 2010

    No you have to use the same OS version as is installed, but it does not have to be the Sony version. Did your system come with the Windows 7 upgrade DVD? I know newer systems that have Vista on it came with the upgrade DVD for free. I would recommend upgrading to 7 anyway since Vista is fraught with error.

    Good Luck,

    NOLA Tech

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