Topic: Laptop wont identify my Sony HiMD MZ-M200. Is there a fix?

[Darren]

I am running Windows 7 on a newer laptop bought last year.

I finally moved into a new place and want to set fourth in transferring all of my shows I recorded on Mini Disc to the hard drive as WAV and ATRAC files.

Several years ago I bought the now impossible to find Sony MZ-M200 that allows the lossless transfer of ATRAC files.   One big problem is that the laptop will not identify the MD player.

I have about 50 shows I taped with my Mini Disc recorders and most haven't been circulated yet. I intend to torrent and can transfer the data on my old PC but would rather used the quicker laptop.

Anyone have suggestions??

[Marshall7]

Will it work on an XP machine?  You should be able to run virtual XP on the Windows 7 machine, I think.

[Darren]

Yes. My old PC is an XP.

Please link how to run virtual XP on my laptop.  Thanks!

[Marshall7]

Never done in myself, but lots of Google hits with instructions.  Here is one from MS themselves.

http://windows.microsoft.com/is-IS/windows7/install-and-use-windows-xp-mode-in-windows-7

[Ziggz]

You need SonicStage 4.3 Ultimate Edition. Is your Win 7 64 bit? There's also drivers available somewhere on this forum http://forums.sonyinsider.com/topic/12903-sonicstage-43-download-links/
I can't pinpoint them at the moment, but if you can't find them I can upload them somewhere for you.

[Ziggz]

This should get you up & running on Win 7


NETMD760.zip (15 KB)   64bit drivers
https://mega.co.nz/#!7MxzBD7Z!RqKmygLAaUGIf4PBDcYrS23abzA93u-25cAB2wvPup8



SS43_ULTIMATE.exe (35.9 MB)
https://mega.co.nz/#!SVJzRbqS!aw9xHSNGLRXi8DrWgMp8e3Mwo6wYRHMvrt84e_OF-d4


driver install on 64bit Win7
http://youtu.be/VW-u9z0KwHI