Sony Vaio VGN-AW21M OPTICAL DRIVE PROBLEM

Laptops require specific drives, you can probably find one for cheap on eBay. To remove the optical drive, flip the laptop over and locate the screw with a CD icon next to it. It will typically be about 3-4" in from where the DVD drive is.

You need the Win7 camera driver, check sony support at:
http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/swu-list.pl?mdl=VGNCR220E&SelectOS=44

just enter your Win7 operating system (there are 9 versions of Win7), and select the downloads (2)
for your computer camera driver.

Versions of microsoft Win7 - determine which yours is by (these instructions are for WinXP);

START > Control Panel > System > General (tab)

Windows 7 Home Basic 32-bit
Windows 7 Home Basic 64-bit
Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Windows 7 Professional 32-bit
Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
Windows 7 Starter 32-bit
Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit

According to the spec. it should be OK. Don't forget to download the drivers from Sony.com otherwise it won't work correctly.

Learn more about the Sony VAIO VGN-CR220E/P Model BrandSONY SeriesVAIO CR Series ModelVGN-CR220E/P General ColorCosmopolitan Operating SystemWindows Vista Home Premium CPU TypeIntel Core 2 Duo T7250 2.0G Screen14.1" WXGA Memory Size2GB DDR2 Hard Disk200GB Optical DriveDVD Super Multi Graphics CardIntel GMA X3100 Video MemoryShared memory CommunicationModem, LAN and WLAN Card slot1 x ExpressCard /34 Slot Dimensions13.2" x 9.8" x 1.25-1.67" Weight5.5 lbs. TechIntel Centrino Duo Mobile Technology CPU CPU TypeIntel Core 2 Duo CPU SpeedT7250(2.00GHz) CPU FSB800MHz CPU L2 Cache2MB Chipset ChipsetIntel GM965 Display Screen Size14.1" Wide Screen SupportYes Display TypeWide XGA Resolution1280 x 800 LCD FeaturesXBRITE-ECO technology Operating Systems Operating SystemWindows Vista Home Premium Graphics GPU/VPUIntel GMA X3100 Video MemoryShared system memory Graphic TypeIntegrated Card Hard Drive HDD200GB HDD RPM4200rpm HDD InterfaceSATA Memory Memory2GB Memory SpeedDDR2 667 Memory Spec1GB x 2 Max Memory Supported4GB Optical Drive Optical Drive TypeDVD Super Multi Optical Drive InterfaceIntegrated Optical Drive SpecDVD+R DL Write: 4x max
DVD+R Write: 8x max
DVD+RW Write: 8x max
DVD-R Write: 8x max
DVD-RW Write: 6x max
CD-R Write: 24x max
CD-RW Write: 16x max
DVD±RW: Yes (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/DVD-RAM)
CD Read: 24x max
DVD Read: 8x max
DVD-RAM Write: 5x max
DVD-R DL Write: 4x max
DVD-RAM Read: 5x max Communications ModemIntegrated V92/V.90 Modem (RJ-11) LAN10/100Mbps WLANIntel PRO/Wireless 4965AGN Network Connection (802.11a/b/g/n)

Hi, you have a defective DVD drive you need to replace it for a new one.

if your system came with vista originally the issue would be is you would need to know what version of vista you have on your system, the version makes the difference if you have vista home premium then your windows 7 should be a win7 Home premium as well, because if you are upgrading vista using your win7 disc and your windows version are different for example you have vista Home premium and your win7 is win7 ultimate and you do an upgrade the problem will be your product key,

but if you have a retail version of win7 and you are installing it on your laptop Vaio insert the disc in the DVD-drive win7 needs a DVD reader to be able to install win7 if you have a cd-rom it wont work, then turn the laptop off power it back up keep on tapping f12 it should bring you a boot menu, select ODD or which ever is your dvd drive then press enter then enter again if it says on the screen press any key to boot to CD, this should begin win7 installation on the screen saying windows is loading files the so on ans so fort ^_^ this will over write everything in vista but in win7 it will still create a windows.old folder from vista only from the my documents folder my picture and my music and my video and desktop Items but remember application icons will not work on win7 you may need to reinstall the program again for it to work on win7 and yeah make sure that you choose custom/advance in the selection screen do no select upgrade unless you vista and win7 are the same version eg. Vista Home premium / Win7 Home premium ^_^

Good day!!! I know the link for the VGN series for windows XP drivers you can download the drivers there ( http://www.getpcmemory.com/drivers/download-sony-vaio-vgn-series-notebooks-windows-xp-drivers/ ) hope this one can solve your problem.Cheers and God Bless.

Right-click on the exe. file and see were run as administrator is click on it and then try to run the exe file again

Vista Home premium drivers will work perfectly with Windows Vista Ultimate. When installing Vaio event service and Vaio Control center make sure that you run setup file as administrator. Right-click the setup file and select option "run as administrator". By reinstalling utilities this way they will work perfectly well

(1) Try to detect manually from control panel "ADD new hardware".

(2) Check the device manger for DVD is not disabled

(3) Check vista is geniue and not tweaked too much

reseat the drive dl firmware update from sony downloads for your model see if u have a updates for del it from devise manger reboot let it find it again