Download drivers using sonyvaiodriver.com and a copy of ftp.vaio-link.com + others: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 23:06, 22 January 2022

Introduction

Sony decided to remove all drivers for Windows 7 and older devices, so now, downloading drivers from the original Sony website is impossible.

However, by simply using two websites, you can find many of them in few seconds.

Disclaimer

The websites we are about to use are sonyvaiodriver.com and dose.0wnz.at. Alternatively, you can also use the archive.org version of the Sony FTP.

We offer no warranty on what you will find on websites external to the VAIO Library. See VAIO Library's General Disclaimer for more informations.

The information we are using are considered valid at the moment of writing this guide.

The steps

We take as an example the research of NVIDIA graphics driver for a VAIO VPCZ11X9R

The first step is to find your Sony VAIO model. Most of the time, your model name will be written on the bezel of the display. Otherwise, you should be able to find your model on the back of your machine, however most of the time the model on the bezel is more accurate.
Now, visit sonyvaiodriver.com and inside the search box write your model (in this case, VPCZ11X9R) and press "GO".
You will find a list of drivers, divided by OS version. In our case, we want to download "Preinstalled Drivers and Utilities – Graphics Driver NVIDIA" under "Sony VAIO VPCZ11X9R/B Windows 7 64 bits drivers".
On the right of it, you can see that there's a link that refers to the old Sony FTP website. This is a dead link because server has been shut down. So just right-click on it and copy the link. In our example, ftp://ftp.vaiolink.com/PUB/VAIO/Original/Z11_Graphics_Driver_NVIDIA.zip. If the link does not start with "ftp://ftp.vaiolink.com", this method will not work. Please use another guide.
Now, paste it your broser, and simply replace "ftp://" with "https://dose.0wnz.at/" and press enter.
You are now downloading your requested driver.

Problems

If you find some problems with this guide, try the steps again, step-by-step.

If you still are facing some issues, just follow the other guides here or contact us on the Sony MegaServer Discord server.

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 ==Introduction==
-Sony decided to remove all their drivers for Windows 7 and older, so that downloading them from the original website is impossible.
+Sony decided to remove all drivers for Windows 7 and older devices, so now, downloading drivers from the original Sony website is impossible.
+However, by simply using two websites, you can find many of them in few seconds.
-However, simply by using two websites, you can find many of them in few seconds.
 ==Disclaimer==
-The websites we are about to use are http://sonyvaiodriver.com/ and https://dose.0wnz.at/.
+The websites we are about to use are [http://sonyvaiodriver.com sonyvaiodriver.com] and [http://dose.0wnz.at dose.0wnz.at]. Alternatively, you can also use the [https://archive.org/details/ftp.vaio-link.com archive.org version of the Sony FTP].
+We offer no warranty on what you will find on websites external to the VAIO Library. See [[VAIO Library:General disclaimer|VAIO Library's General Disclaimer]] for more informations.
-We are not affiliated in any way with them, and we don't take responsibilities on the problems you may find using these websites.
+The information we are using are considered valid at the moment of writing this guide.
-The information we are using must be considered as valid at the moment of the writing of this guide.
 ==The steps==
-''We take as an example the research of NVIDIA graphics driver for a Vaio VPCZ11X9R''
+''We take as an example the research of NVIDIA graphics driver for a VAIO VPCZ11X9R''
-# The first step is to find your Vaio model. You can do that by simply watching in your PC's back for a label with the model written on it.
+# The first step is to find your Sony VAIO model. Most of the time, your model name will be written on the bezel of the display. Otherwise, you should be able to find your model on the back of your machine, however most of the time the model on the bezel is more accurate.
-# Now visit http://sonyvaiodriver.com/ and inside the search box write your model (in this case, ''VPCZ11X9R)'' and press ''"GO".''
+# Now, visit [http://sonyvaiodriver.com sonyvaiodriver.com] and inside the search box write your model (in this case, ''VPCZ11X9R'') and press ''"GO"''.
-# You will find a list of drivers, divided by OS version. In our case, we want to download "''Preinstalled Drivers and Utilities – Graphics Driver NVIDIA"'' under ''"Sony VAIO VPCZ11X9R/B Windows 7 64 bits drivers".''
+# You will find a list of drivers, divided by OS version. In our case, we want to download "''Preinstalled Drivers and Utilities – Graphics Driver NVIDIA"'' under ''"Sony VAIO VPCZ11X9R/B Windows 7 64 bits drivers"''.
-# On the right of it, you can see that there's a link that refers to Vaio website. This is a dead link, because the drivers had been deleted from it. So just right-click on it and copy this link. In our example, <nowiki>ftp://ftp.vaiolink.com/PUB/VAIO/Original/Z11_Graphics_Driver_NVIDIA.zip</nowiki>
+# On the right of it, you can see that there's a link that refers to the old Sony FTP website. This is a dead link because server has been shut down. So just right-click on it and copy the link. In our example, <nowiki>ftp://ftp.vaiolink.com/PUB/VAIO/Original/Z11_Graphics_Driver_NVIDIA.zip</nowiki>. '''If the link does not start with "ftp://ftp.vaiolink.com", this method will not work. Please use another guide.'''
 # Now, paste it your broser, and simply replace ''"ftp://''" with ''"https://dose.0wnz.at/"'' and press enter.
 # You are now downloading your requested driver.
-==Problems?==
+==Problems==
-If you find some problems with this guide, first of all try again, slowly, and step-by-step.
+If you find some problems with this guide, try the steps again, step-by-step.
-If you are still facing some issues, just follow the other guides here: [[Download Drivers]] or contact us via our [https://discord.com/invite/EdccRK73nC Discord].
+If you still are facing some issues, just follow the other guides [[Drivers Downloading Guides|here]] or contact us on the [https://discord.com/invite/EdccRK73nC Sony MegaServer] Discord server.