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From: B. R. 'BeAr' Ederson on 21 Sep 2006 05:22
On Thu, 21 Sep 2006 01:25:31 GMT, Craig wrote:

> I'm still looking for something to bust open the *.img's on the Sony
> Recovery CDs.

Maybe, you don't need that. Usually, the files Sony.img, Sony.i01,...
just carry the OS installation files. They get extracted into an i386
directory somewhere. (Either c:\i386 or inside the Windows directory
or on another - eventually even hidden - partition.) You can use that
folder as source for an (extracted) installation CD or DVD.

All other programs and utilities provided by Sony are usually inside
*.pac files, which can be extracted with KCap.exe. You either have
this one already on your disk, maybe here:

Program Files\Sony\VAIO Application Recovery Utility\bin

or you can download it from here:

www.myplc.com/sony/sony_apps.htm

That site also has some usage instructions for the tool.

As I don't have any Sony computer on hand, I can't check anything of
the above. Just try and find out... ;-)

BeAr
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From: rich on 21 Sep 2006 06:03
In message <bphQg.3739$6S3.83(a)newssvr25.news.prodigy.net>, Craig
<netburgher(a)REMOVEgmail.com> writes
>Howdy;
>
>I've been stymied by this for several weeks now. I'd like to use
>autostreamer (http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=223562)
>to create a slipstreamed cd install for one of our sony laptops.
>
>Sony only offers their system restore disks. The files carry a .img
>suffix. I need to unpack them to be able to proceed. So far, I've
>tried the following:
<snip>

You could try Filedisk - http://www.acc.umu.se/~bosse/

<blurb>
FileDisk is a virtual disk driver for Windows NT/2000/XP that uses one
or more files to emulate physical disks. A console application is
included that let you dynamically mount and unmount files.......
FileDisk can also use CD-images.

Certainly works for me with my .img files - whether it will work with
the Sony "flavour" is try-and-see.


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rich
From: beenthere on 21 Sep 2006 07:01

"Susan Bugher" <sebugher(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:4ndot8F9vapdU1(a)individual.net...
> beenthere wrote:
>
>> Hi Craig, MagicISO may be able to help. Go here..
>>
>> http://www.free-press-release.com/news/200312/1071224729.html
>
> sigh. . .
>
> Magic ISO Maker is *Shareware*.
> http://www.download.com/3000-2646-10191803.html
>
> A small portion of it (MagicDisc Virtual DVD/CD-ROM) is free. If you want
> a challenge try finding the free app on the author's site. . .
> http://www.magiciso.com/
>
> Susan
>
My apologies Susan. I did that in a bit of a rush. Sorry.
OJ.


From: Susan Bugher on 21 Sep 2006 09:08
beenthere wrote:
> "Susan Bugher" <sebugher(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:4ndot8F9vapdU1(a)individual.net...
>>beenthere wrote:

>>>Hi Craig, MagicISO may be able to help. Go here..
>>>
>>>http://www.free-press-release.com/news/200312/1071224729.html
>>
>>sigh. . .
>>
>>Magic ISO Maker is *Shareware*.
>>http://www.download.com/3000-2646-10191803.html
>>
>>A small portion of it (MagicDisc Virtual DVD/CD-ROM) is free. If you want
>>a challenge try finding the free app on the author's site. . .
>>http://www.magiciso.com/

> My apologies Susan. I did that in a bit of a rush. Sorry.

S'okay. :) Dad dratted author with his bait and switch techniques. IMO
he does his best to encourage that kind of mistake.

Susan
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From: Craig on 21 Sep 2006 19:31
B. R. 'BeAr' Ederson wrote:
> On Thu, 21 Sep 2006 01:25:31 GMT, Craig wrote:
>
>>I'm still looking for something to bust open the *.img's on the Sony
>>Recovery CDs.
>
> Maybe, you don't need that. Usually, the files Sony.img, Sony.i01,...
> just carry the OS installation files. They get extracted into an i386
> directory somewhere. ...

Thanks for that. I found the extracted files you referred to in the
i386 folder but, autostream does not recognize it as such.

>
> All other programs and utilities provided by Sony are usually inside
> *.pac files, which can be extracted with KCap.exe. You either have
> this one already on your disk, maybe here:
>
> Program Files\Sony\VAIO Application Recovery Utility\bin

Yea, that's the way they did it for other systems, not ours
(pcg-r505jlk). No .pac's, no KCap...
>

I appreciate the help everyone, thanks. For the record, Sony .img files
are of a special flavor resistant to extraction. On top of that, Sony
support (so far) won't budge. But hell, I'll "stay in touch" w/them.
Maybe they'll want to get rid of me so badly...

-Craig
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