topic Re: boot from memory stick- s5xp in PCs & Accessories

boot from memory stick- s5xp

daryl_mushtaq — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 06:21:33 GMT

hi all

popped into my local sony store yesterday. was interested in buying a 1gb sony mem stick for booting a live linux o/s from.

asked the fellow behind the counter if the s5xp supports this. as he was unsure he phoned customer support who told him to go away or ring a premium rate number as the laptop is over a year old. he understandably didn't want to do the latter.

does anyone know if i can boot from the flash drive???

if yes i will buy a lexar card rather than put any more dosh in the sony coffers.

sorry- grumpy 'cause i assumed that the premium price i paid for the s5xp was to cover style and customer support- silly me- o well back to hp when upgrade time comes along.

tnx in advance

Re: boot from memory stick- s5xp

Thalamus. — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 12:19:49 GMT

Hi daryl,

Unfortunately you can't boot from a memory stick as this option is not available in the BIOS..

Re: boot from memory stick- s5xp

skykit84 — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 21:42:34 GMT

Still, have to state that this is disgusting service
It's like another meaning of that message they say about dogs...
" A Sony is for Christmas NOT for life"

I'd have kicked a fuss and made sure he either rang the premium number (not yours or his problem) or pointed you into the right direction.

Re: boot from memory stick- s5xp

daryl_mushtaq — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 06:12:57 GMT

thanks Thalamus- saved me wasting money on a memory stick that would have probably been to high capacity to even use in my old net walkman.- cant face the idea of contacting the net walkman customer services to find out what the max supported capacity is.

still- extremely disappointed by sony customer services- reminds me why i stopped buying their phones.

wrt new laptops, i know that Dell have improved recently- always been happy with hp- toshiba and acer are as bad as sony seem to be- any suggestions????

thanks Daryl

Re: boot from memory stick- s5xp

Thalamus. — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 12:36:56 GMT

You're welcome Daryl..

Re: boot from memory stick- s5xp

kee-lo_ — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 13:14:00 GMT

I have been harping about this to Sony for years now, I asked them if we could have MS support when we boot up, yet they still say no, or maybe.

Talk about ignoring customers.