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VAIO was a brand of computers formerly made by Sony Corporation.

VAIO was a brand of portable and desktop computers made by Sony Corporation. Created in 1996 for Sony's re-entrance to the global computer market, the acronym originally stood for Video Audio Integrated Operation, but in 2008 was amended to Visual Audio Intelligent Organizer.

Some notable VAIO computers include the P series subnotebooks and the Z series high-end thin-and-light laptops.

As of February 2014, Sony has exited the PC business and no longer makes VAIO PCs.

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My sony vaio pcg-61611L will start, and be working perfectly fine, and then stop with a blank screen

Computer will start, and work perfectly normally for a few minutes, and then the screen will go blank and the computer will stop communicating with the hard drive and become completely unresponsive. It has nothing to do with the software on the hard…
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Why are folders called .JPG.files appearing on my laptop?

I've got a new laptop. When I copy photos to it from my camera I get additional folders with the same file name prefix e.g. DSC01234 and the suffix ".JPG.files". I get one for each photo. They each contain files with names like…
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Brand new Sony Vaio Laptop ( E series) screen broken internally?

My new sony vaio laptop is 3 month old. Recently, I finished working on the laptop, shut it down. I woke up the next morning, switched on the laptop and the screen has developed a black feather (leaf shape) on the left side. and it is now spreading.…
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How to troubleshoot a dead Sony Vaio VPCSA?

Yesterday morning it was in sleeping mode, then I pressed spacebar to activate the laptop and it turned itself off. Then it can't get started. It gets power since the battery light is lit. The store were I bought it (Sony Center Stockholm) has gone…
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Unable to create a Recovery disc in Sony Vaio computer complaing "not a supported disc type"

I am trying to create a Recovery Disc in Sony Vaio through Vaio care. I have inserted the blank disc but it is complaining "The disc in the drive is not blank or is not a supported disc type"
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sony vaio installing windows 7 home premium 64-bit over windows 7 ultimate 32-bit and not lose personal files

i have a sony vaio VPCEG34FX and was running windows 10 i dropped the laptop hard drive toasted. I have my old hard drive with windows 7 ultimate 32-bit out of my dell, it boots and runs on vaio but missing a lot of drivers. Question is I want to…
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Why can't in format the new HDD on my sony vaio laptop?

I am working on a Sony Vaio Laptop, Model VPPCCA2FXX. Upon boot-up the error message, "Your HDD is in danger of immanent failure. Replace your HDD" appears. Press F2 to continue...the machine then continues to boot into Windows 7 although painfully…
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Laptop screen flickering

My laptop screen shows up random black spots, what can be the cause? Its a sony vaio, NVdia graphics. Recently the screen has started flickering, that too randomly. please help
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Switch the Fn and Ctrl keys on a Sony VAIO

I just got a Sony VAIO (Fit 13). All my current and previous laptops have Fn key that's to the left of Ctrl key. I remember seeing a Sony utility on a VAIO Z that allows you to switch the Fn and the Ctrl key, but I couldn't find it anymore. I've…
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How to boot SONY VAIO notebook from USB stick?

I have a VAIO notebook and I want to boot it from USB flash. How could that be done?
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Uninstall Vaio Premium Partner

I am trying to uninstall marketing tools on my Vaio, such as Vaio Premium Partner. The uninstaller in the appwiz.cpl starts, but the application is always there.
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when I type too fast on my Sony Vaio laptop, it interprets keystrokes as commands

I can be typing away, and all of a sudden a popup screen will open - not the same one every time - or whatever text I was typing will highlight and delete - this happens in word and on the internet, regardless of browser. It's like I am typing…
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My laptop does not turn on

My Sony VAIO laptop doesn’t turn on with or without battery. I left it in sleep mode yesterday and now I can not turn it on. I can remember while saving a photo on Photoshop it showed some error regarding RAM. I have no idea if it is anything to do…
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Sony Vaio can't install bootloader

When trying to install Ubuntu or Win10 with my Sony Vaio laptop, it complains that the bootloader can't be installed. It seems to be a software or partitioning problem. What can I do about it?
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