Sony = fuckwits.
Simple as that, they gave me a bollocks WinXP licence, which I am unable to upgrade, if I try to upgrade XP it'll just bluescreen after rebooting.
Anyway, I'm gonna bitch at Sony, once the flu I have, has passed, but for the time being my laptop is pretty much back to its former glory (backing up the stuff I wanted via a Win2K installation took all of 10 minutes, restoration has taken longer but has gone smoothly.)