https://community.sony.ro/t5/pcs-accessories/downgrading-viao-vgn-ar21s/m-p/127828#M64786 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi bernie1264 and welcome to Club Vaio.<BR /><BR />The VGN-AR21S was originally sold with XP Media Centre installed as the Operating System. So you are just going back to its original configuration.<BR /><BR />Do you have a set of Recovery Discs - these will return the Vaio to its original set-up with Media Centre installed?<BR /><BR />Do you still have a Recovery Partition on your hard drive - if yes you can also use this to return your Vaio to its original configuration? To check if you have a Recovery Partition: -<BR /><BR />Control Panel -&gt; Administrative Tools -&gt; Computer Management -&gt; Disc Management<BR /><BR />Do you have an EISA Recovery Partition shown? If it is not empty you can recover to factory settings using this.<BR /><BR /> <img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://community.sony.ro/html/@0248C33DDCF34AA61B8F8F33F5AFA5BE/images/smilies/013.png" alt=":wink:" title=":wink:" /><BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 10 Jan 2008 22:01:45 GMT Blencogo 2008-01-10T22:01:45Z https://community.sony.ro/t5/pcs-accessories/downgrading-viao-vgn-ar21s/m-p/127825#M64785 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi <BR />I need help downgrading a sony from vista to windows media centre <BR />can any one help please<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:57:10 GMT https://community.sony.ro/t5/pcs-accessories/downgrading-viao-vgn-ar21s/m-p/127825#M64785 bernie1264 2008-01-10T16:57:10Z https://community.sony.ro/t5/pcs-accessories/downgrading-viao-vgn-ar21s/m-p/127828#M64786 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi bernie1264 and welcome to Club Vaio.<BR /><BR />The VGN-AR21S was originally sold with XP Media Centre installed as the Operating System. So you are just going back to its original configuration.<BR /><BR />Do you have a set of Recovery Discs - these will return the Vaio to its original set-up with Media Centre installed?<BR /><BR />Do you still have a Recovery Partition on your hard drive - if yes you can also use this to return your Vaio to its original configuration? To check if you have a Recovery Partition: -<BR /><BR />Control Panel -&gt; Administrative Tools -&gt; Computer Management -&gt; Disc Management<BR /><BR />Do you have an EISA Recovery Partition shown? If it is not empty you can recover to factory settings using this.<BR /><BR /> <img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://community.sony.ro/html/@0248C33DDCF34AA61B8F8F33F5AFA5BE/images/smilies/013.png" alt=":wink:" title=":wink:" /><BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 10 Jan 2008 22:01:45 GMT https://community.sony.ro/t5/pcs-accessories/downgrading-viao-vgn-ar21s/m-p/127828#M64786 Blencogo 2008-01-10T22:01:45Z