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Vaio AR61M upgrade to Win 7?

vijsingh — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 22:44:46 GMT

Has anybody installed Windows 7 on the AR61M? (full install using Win 7 disk, not the upgrade disk) If so, do all the features work? (shortcut/media buttons, webcam, card readers, blu-ray etc.)

If no one has done it, anyone know if it is possible?

Thanks

Re: Vaio AR61M upgrade to Win 7?

wilburt99 — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 06:23:49 GMT

I have made a clean Win7 install on my AR71M and it works 100% OK.
There is some work to be done. You have to download and install programmes and drivers for your AR61M from Vaio.
Good luck amigo!

Re: Vaio AR61M upgrade to Win 7?

vijsingh — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 09:37:20 GMT

I have made a clean Win7 install on my AR71M and it works 100% OK. 
There is some work to be done. You have to download and install programmes and drivers for your AR61M from Vaio.
Good luck amigo!

Hi, Can you please list the drivers and software that was needed.

Re: Vaio AR61M upgrade to Win 7?

wilburt99 — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 10:49:28 GMT

You will find it here:
http://support.vaio.sony.eu/computing/vaio/downloads/preinstalled/index.aspx?l=en_GB&m=VGN-AR61M

Open '2008Q1 Utilities' and install (in this order!):
'Sony Shared Library 4.1'
’Vaio Event Service’
’Vaio Control Center’
’Vaio Original Function Settings’
and then
'Setting Utility Series'
'Shared Library'
'Utilities'
'Graphics Driver (NVidia)
and finally
under Windows 7 'Vaio Update' and the Ricoh driver if you have built-in webcamera.

Quite simple, my dear Watson!

Re: Vaio AR61M upgrade to Win 7?

vijsingh — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 13:00:48 GMT

Thank you.

Am I right thinking that my recovery hidden partition will be wiped when installing 7?

Re: Vaio AR61M upgrade to Win 7?

wilburt99 — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 13:24:52 GMT

It won't.
Unfortunately not; in my opinion. The partition is still there, but I succeded in some way to format it and I use the 11.4 GB for storing varia. I think it can be made better.

Re: Vaio AR61M upgrade to Win 7?

vijsingh — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 18:05:56 GMT

Now i'm back on my laptop I have checked that link that you posted but I cannot find most of the drivers you listed.

I cant seem to find '2008Q1 Utilities' anywhere, from the list under 'origally installed' I can see 'Graphics Driver' & 'Camera Driver Ricoh' but nothing else from your list.

Re: Vaio AR61M upgrade to Win 7?

wilburt99 — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 06:45:57 GMT

Sorry amigo!
You shall download 'Original Utilities Package'. In this package you will find the listed '2008Q1 Utilities' and in which you will find the listed files. (A Vaio Kinder Egg s.t.s..)

Re: Vaio AR61M upgrade to Win 7?

vijsingh — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:20:06 GMT

Right, I've found most of them but not ’Vaio Original Function Settings’, 'Shared Library' & 'Utilities'.

From your list I have:
Sony Shared Library 4.1
VAIO Event Service 3.3
VAIO Control Center 2.1
Setting Utility Series 3.1
Graphics Driver (NVIDIA)
Camera Ricoh 6
Vaio Update

In the Original Utilities Package there was also:
Appmon Utility 2.3
Battery Checker 2.3
Sony Video Shared Library 3.3
Vaio Power Management 2.3

Re: Vaio AR61M upgrade to Win 7?

wilburt99 — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 12:36:42 GMT

’Vaio Original Function Settings’ is there. If 'Shared Library' & 'Utilities' isn't there I don't know why. I have installed all the listed software and have downloaded it from Vaio.
You have to work my way; trial & error.

Re: Vaio AR61M upgrade to Win 7?

vijsingh — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 10:19:58 GMT

Blencogo/Thalamus can you please provide some input here.

Vaio AR61M upgrade to Win 7?

Ap0st0lis — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 10:04:13 GMT

i have read the instructions you gave for win7 clean install, but i didn't understood which version of win7 you refer to, 32bit or 64bit.

i have win7 64bit and i want to do a clean install on my sony vgn-ar61m.

i need your help about drivers for win7 64bit architecture.

thank you!!!