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UBT - Terry
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Can someone point me in the right direction Please

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My lappy has somehow lost it's Cd/Dvd/Rw driver and as with most VAIO's I've no drivers disc and even if i did can't use the drive!!
Would someone be kind enough to give me a link to a mirror site or something coz I'm at the end of me tether looking for one.
I need driver for sony+dvd+rw+dw-d56a
Thanks...

 Terry
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UBT - Mikee
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Post by UBT - Mikee »

I used to use...

http://www.driverguide.com/

Haven't lost any drivers lately so I don't know if it's still any good.
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Timby
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Post by Timby »

Hi Terry, don't know if this is of any help, sounds like lots of people have the same problem with this drive!!

http://www.opendrivers.com/driver/23587 ... nload.html
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Rockinfroggi
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Re: Can someone point me in the right direction Please

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UBT - Terry wrote:My lappy has somehow lost it's Cd/Dvd/Rw driver and as with most VAIO's I've no drivers disc and even if i did can't use the drive!!
Would someone be kind enough to give me a link to a mirror site or something coz I'm at the end of me tether looking for one.
I need driver for sony+dvd+rw+dw-d56a
Thanks...

 Terry
Hope you managed to sort out your driver problem but just in case you didn't know, all Vaio's either come with a recovery disk or a hidden partition on the drive and instructions on how to create a recovery disk from this partition.

As you said, the disk would not have helped you this time but you really should take the time to create the recovery disk for future mishaps and I also copied all driver files from it onto my backup drive so that should I just need a driver to get me going I can transfer it too any media or just copy it over via the network and then update it later.

If you bought your Vaio in the last few years new, then check your user manual for details on making your disk, before it's too late.


Gary.
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UBT - Terry
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Post by UBT - Terry »

Cheers guys but no luck oh bugger it i'll have to install linux on this too lol.
Will check that partition though thanks Gary.

 Terry
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Joshrandom
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Post by Joshrandom »

I expect you have probably tried this site, but I thought I post a link to it anyway, just in case.

http://support.vaio.sony.co.uk/download ... -FS&m=1869

Hope it helps. :?
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