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hi
I have a Sony Vaio SZ-110 laptop with Windows Xp as OS.
I was used to access my Desktop PC via Wi-Fi all the time.
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You can't format a laptop. You can only format a partition on a drive (a USB-stick, a diskette, a hard disk).
Formatting a partition is totally emtpy. What did you do after formatting it?
Let me guess: you reinstalled Windows XP, but you didn't install the right protocols, give it a correct workgroup name or enable filesharing. That's kind of half work. Why not finish it?
Kees
Look at this HP XP Install at http://forums.cnet.com/7726-7587_102-2699006.html
And look at this other XP Install at http://www.fastfs.com/help_pages/hp%20downgrade.htm
It's no less than 10 drivers from here, there and how many reboots?
Let Sony tell you all the details for XP on your machine!
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