Sony Vaio, no CD drive. Have installed Lubuntu, want to overwrite it with TinyXP.

alsmith · 08-01-2013, 10:13 AM

Hi! I hope the title is clear enough.

Machine: Sony Vaio. No CD drive, plenty of USB ports. (I do not have access to a USB CD drive.)

Goal: Install TinyXP to Sony Vaio.

Timeline of events:

Originally, the Vaio had Windows 7 Starter on it.
On Windows 7 Starter, using the "Rufus" tool, I create a USB bootdisk for TinyXP from its .iso file.
I boot from the USB bootdisk. It starts to delete Windows 7. It "installs" TinyXP, then requests a reboot.
Upon reboot, "Windows XP Setup" appears. Setup errors accessing the file "E:\I386\asms" from the USB stick -- "Access is denied" -- failing the installation.
I try unpacking the contents of the .iso using UNetBootin on my Ubuntu desktop PC onto a USB drive, in the hope that the Vaio will read the contents and install.
Access is constantly denied to "I386\asms" and setup continually fails.
As an interim measure I install Lubuntu over everything to get a working OS on the Vaio.

Where can I go from here? Thanks.

Ztcoracat · 08-06-2013, 01:20 AM

Hi:

Quote:

Where can I go from here?

Your title is clear; however; there are a few options--

You could keep Lubuntu on your Vaio.
Or you could re-install Win's 7...do you want Windows back?

You could if you wanted to set your computer up in a dual boot:

Code:

Windows 7 and Lubuntu ?

In order to install tinyxp like you want I think you have to have the key.

I have a Vaio too. It came with Win's 7 but I installed Fedora on it and it runs great!