Need help please

[fluwatue]

I did purchase in a pawnshop a Sony Vaio PGP-R505DCK without the external CDrom drive. Cant start the computer since I do not know the password.OS is Window 2000Pro
Did purchase a new Sony external CDrom drive and have Win2000Pro CD, set "boot from external drive", but it want... guess it wnt recognize the ext.drive. Any help how I can reformat?? i just want a new clean install with all the existing data gone

[Alfons]

I did purchase in a pawnshop a Sony Vaio PGP-R505DCK without the external CDrom drive. Cant start the computer since I do not know the password.OS is Window 2000Pro
Did purchase a new Sony external CDrom drive and have Win2000Pro CD, set "boot from external drive", but it want... guess it wnt recognize the ext.drive. Any help how I can reformat?? i just want a new clean install with all the existing data gone
What is the external CD-ROM connection, parallel or USB? Does this drive have a model or does Sony only provide one type?

[Alfons]

I see from the Sony site that you have a notebook, but the model that you posted isn't listed there. The external drive that you have should come with a PC card interface and should be recognized by the notebook, but to get a DOS driver for it, you might try Emailing Sony Support. You could also view the other information, including tutorials that they have in their support site for things like different OS installation.

[fluwatue]

Hi Alfons, the model is called PCG-631R and belongs to the 505 model series
http://www.sonystyle.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/eCS/Store/en/-/USD/SY_DisplayProductInformation-Start;sid=wny0u9fmpqO0ruh18VW-sJj3rwZiU86ux50=?CategoryName=cpu_VAIONotebookComp uters_V505DSeries&Dept=cpu&TemplateName=item%2fsy_item_c&ProductSKU=V03FA1NB&ContentItemPage=true

The ext. DVD/CDrom is model DRX-510UL from Sony and connects either
via ilink or USB 2.0
I did try both versions/cabels with same result...nothing.