topic Notebook will not restore to factor settings. Please help. . . in PCs & Accessories https://community.sony.com.mk/t5/pcs-accessories/notebook-will-not-restore-to-factor-settings-please-help/m-p/273815#M32644 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><SPAN style="font-size: 12pt;">Hi Gareth,</SPAN></P><P></P><P><SPAN style="font-size: 12pt;">Error 404 is usually 'Webpage Not Found' when the internet connection fails.</SPAN></P><P></P><P><SPAN style="font-size: 12pt;">Are you sure it wasn't "Error 403"?</SPAN></P><P></P><P><A class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.kb.sony.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=C1000995&amp;sliceId=3&amp;mdl=VGNSZ780U">http://www.kb.sony.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=C1000995&amp;sliceId=3&amp;mdl=VGNSZ780U</A></P><P></P><P><img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://community.sony.com.mk/html/@13A2E6A3774A8B47B4EC6F04089539E1/images/smilies/063.png" alt=":thinking:" title=":thinking:" /></P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 11 Dec 2011 20:13:04 GMT Blencogo 2011-12-11T20:13:04Z Notebook will not restore to factor settings. Please help. . . https://community.sony.com.mk/t5/pcs-accessories/notebook-will-not-restore-to-factor-settings-please-help/m-p/273814#M32643 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I am trying to 'Restore Complete System' for my Sony VAIO (VPCW12S1E/T) but I get the message below.</P><P></P><P></P><P>'The operation was not completed. Shut down the PC, then try the operation again after restarting your system.</P><P></P><P>Error: 404'</P><P></P><P></P><P>No matter how many times I restart my notebook the recovery never works with the above message always showing.</P><P></P><P>Can anyone help? I bought the notebook second hand so want to delete everything and start the notebook from scratch. Please please help!!</P><P></P><P>Kind regards, Gareth</P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 11 Dec 2011 19:57:49 GMT https://community.sony.com.mk/t5/pcs-accessories/notebook-will-not-restore-to-factor-settings-please-help/m-p/273814#M32643 MrHopkins007 2011-12-11T19:57:49Z Notebook will not restore to factor settings. Please help. . . https://community.sony.com.mk/t5/pcs-accessories/notebook-will-not-restore-to-factor-settings-please-help/m-p/273815#M32644 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><SPAN style="font-size: 12pt;">Hi Gareth,</SPAN></P><P></P><P><SPAN style="font-size: 12pt;">Error 404 is usually 'Webpage Not Found' when the internet connection fails.</SPAN></P><P></P><P><SPAN style="font-size: 12pt;">Are you sure it wasn't "Error 403"?</SPAN></P><P></P><P><A class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.kb.sony.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=C1000995&amp;sliceId=3&amp;mdl=VGNSZ780U">http://www.kb.sony.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=C1000995&amp;sliceId=3&amp;mdl=VGNSZ780U</A></P><P></P><P><img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://community.sony.com.mk/html/@13A2E6A3774A8B47B4EC6F04089539E1/images/smilies/063.png" alt=":thinking:" title=":thinking:" /></P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 11 Dec 2011 20:13:04 GMT https://community.sony.com.mk/t5/pcs-accessories/notebook-will-not-restore-to-factor-settings-please-help/m-p/273815#M32644 Blencogo 2011-12-11T20:13:04Z Notebook will not restore to factor settings. Please help. . . https://community.sony.com.mk/t5/pcs-accessories/notebook-will-not-restore-to-factor-settings-please-help/m-p/273816#M32645 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Blencogo,</P><P></P><P>Thanks for the quick reply <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:">🙂</span></P><P></P><P>Is definately 404 - at the top of the error message it says:</P><P></P><P>' An error occurred whileexecuting an application'</P><P></P><P>Is soooooooo frustrating -n any clues?</P><P></P><P>G</P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 11 Dec 2011 20:55:05 GMT https://community.sony.com.mk/t5/pcs-accessories/notebook-will-not-restore-to-factor-settings-please-help/m-p/273816#M32645 MrHopkins007 2011-12-11T20:55:05Z