Sony VGN-AW21M/H Troubleshooting Manual page 20

To make a backup copy of your file with the
Windows Complete PC Backup and Restore feature
1 Launch VAIO Recovery Center (see page 14).
2 Select Windows Backup and Restore and click Start.
3 Click Back up computer.
4 Click Continue in the User Account Control window.
If you are currently logged onto your computer as a standard user, enter
an administrator name and password and click Continue.
5 Follow the on-screen instructions.
To restore your data using the Windows Complete PC Backup and Restore feature, you
need your own recovery discs.
For instructions on how to create the recovery discs, see "To create recovery discs" on
page 17.
You cannot select which files to restore when restoring the files from the backup copy you
made with the Windows Complete PC Backup and Restore feature.
The files which you have changed or created after the backup cannot be restored.
To restore your data from the backup copy made with the
Windows Complete PC Backup and Restore feature
Your computer may not work properly after the restore process because restoring your data
changes system files. Be sure to make a backup copy of your data before restoring the data.
1 Insert a recovery disc to the drive while the computer is on, turn off your
computer, and turn on the computer again.
The Windows Boot Manager is displayed.
2 Press the
Enter key.
3 Select a keyboard layout and click Next.
4 Select an operating system and click Next.
5 If you have saved a backup copy of your data to an external hard disk
drive or discs with an external optical disc drive, connect the external
device to your computer.
6 Select Windows Complete PC Restore.
If you have saved the backup copy to CD or DVD discs, insert a disc to
the (external) optical disc drive.
7 Follow the on-screen instructions.
On models with an analog TV tuner, restore the backup data of the Recorded TV folder
where the video contents recorded by Windows Media Center are saved to C:\Users\Public
manually. See the online specifications to see whether your model is equipped with an
analog TV tuner.
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