Hi. I NEED some advice please. Could anyone tell me how I can get WINDOWS 7 only from my restoration disks that came with my Vaio. My reason for just having a operating system is; I do not want the large bundled software that seems to install with the recovery disks. This way I can choose what software I want to use, plus I dont have to have all those Sony Apps that just sit on my laptop doing nothing. Any help very much appredciated. Best RegardsThe simple answer is, you can't.I thought perhaps it was a no goer, but then you never know......just hoping SOMEONE would know a trick or two......Thanks anyway.You're very welcome Why don't you use the recovery disks and then straight away:

1. uninstall all the extra software you don't want

2. get a FREE disk IMAGING program such as Paragon Backup & Recovery Free Edition

http://www.paragon-software.com/home/db-express/

3. use it to create a set of recovery disks that just contains the bare install.

Also you can then install all the software that you actually want and then use Paragon again to make a backup of your preferred setup. If you get a USB external hard drive you can save backups onto there at regular intervals (I do it every week).


ok thanks i will look into the software you mention