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  • From: John Broome <jbroome AT gmail.com>
  • To: "Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/" <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [internetworkers] sony vaio question
  • Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 11:56:27 -0400

On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 11:03, Jan Nichols <jan AT ncjustice.org> wrote:
> I need to format and reinstall the os on a sony vaio. (have a rootkit that
> nothing will remove!!!)
>
> I have changed the boot order to boot first from the dvd drive but the
> system will not do it.  The current os is windows vista ultimate ( really
> want it to be gone.)
>
> Is there some secret handshake the vaio needs to accept the change?


>From the vaios i've run into here at work, *they're* the problem you
need to get rid of more than whatever internet nasty you've run
across.

Is there a recovery partition it would restore from vs. an optical restore
disc?

Other than that i'm not sure.




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