Recovering Your Vaio System When You Can Start Windows; To Restore The C Drive - Sony Vaio series Operating Instructions Manual

Recovering your VAIO system when you can
start Windows
You can recover your computer system from the recovery partition on your
hard disk. if you can start Windows. There are two options to recover the
computer system: to restore the C drive or to restore your entire computer
system. If you cannot start Windows, see "Recovering your VAIO system
when you cannot start Windows" on page 21.
Be sure to remove an optical disc from the optical disc drive before following the steps
below.

To restore the C drive

1
Click Start, point to All Programs and VAIO Recovery Tool, and
then click VAIO Recovery Utility.
The main menu appears.
2
Select Recover your Computer and click OK.
3
Read the backup note and click Yes if you have already performed a
backup of your data.
The Recovery Wizard window appears.
4
Click Next, then read and accept the end user license agreement.
The Recovery Menu window appears.
5
Select C Drive Recovery (Recommended) and click Next.
If you have changed partition sizes and created another partition other than the C drive
on your hard disk, the data on the partition will remain unchanged even after
recovering your computer system.
For instructions on how to create a hard disk partition, see "Creating a hard disk
partition" on page 22.
If you select C and D Drive Recovery (Change Partition Sizes), see "Creating a hard
disk partition" on page 22.
If you select Complete Recovery, the current working partitions are deleted and the
hard disk is reset to its original factory state.
6
Follow the on-screen instructions.
You can still choose to abort at this time.
After completing the recovery process, restore your data from the backup
copy you have made.
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