Using The Product Recovery Cd-Roms - Sony VAIO PCG-N505SN User Manual

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Using the Product Recovery CD-ROMs

Supplied : 2 CD-ROMS (one
application and one system
recovery CD).
!
Applying a system recovery
means that you will lose all
your data stored on the hard
drive. Therefore, before
applying a system recovery,
save your data stored on the
hard disk to an external disk.
If this is not possible under
®
Windows 98, try to save
your data from the DOS-
prompt to an external disk
(floppy, zip or additional
Hard Disk, etc..).
!
CAUTION: make sure that
your computer is connected
to AC (not the batteries)
before you attempt a system
recovery.
!
CAUTION: when the recovery
is performed, you must
remove the recovery CD-
ROM from the drive before
restarting the computer. If
the CD-ROM is still in the
drive, you will restart a
recovery process.

Using the Product Recovery CD-ROMs

In the event of a serious system crash, you may need to recover the whole contents of
your hard drive. A system recovery is required.
Furthermore, if you encounter a problem with your computer (probably caused by a
badly configured system) reinstalling an individual device driver may solve the
problem.
Another problem could be that a pre-installed application is not working properly
any more. Reinstalling the appropriate application should fix the problem. You
should therefore perform an application recovery.
Performing a system recovery.
Use this option only when your system is seriously damaged, e.g. if Windows
does not work any more, or your PC behaves abnormally, etc. The system recovery
will completely reinstall the originally configured system on your PC.
You can only use this Recovery CD-ROM on the Sony notebook you purchased and not on
any other Sony PC or other manufacturer's PC!
To perform a system recovery, the notebook should not be docked (port replicator).
For more information about using your CD-ROM drive, read "CD-ROM Drive" on page 36
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