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Using Your Recovery CDs
12
Navigate
to the optical drive, and click to select the Application
Recovery
CD. The CD contents
are displayed.
13
Click the folder name of the device in which you want to reinstall,
and click
OK. The Hardware
Update
Wizard
appears.
14
Click Next, and select the device folder. The Microsoft®
Windows®
operating
system automatically
reinstalls
the device driver(s)
from the
Application
Recovery
CD.
15
Click Finish,
and remove the Application
Recovery
CD from the optical
drive.
16
Turn off your computer
by clicking
Start,
and then Turn off computer.
17
Wait 30 seconds,
and turn on your computer.
tf you have any questions
about using the Application
Recovery
CD(s), visit
http://www.sony.com/pcsupport.
Using the System
Recovery
CDs
The System Recovery
CDs enable you to format your hard disk drive and restore
the operating
system and all original,
preinstalled
progranas.
If the operating
system or programs
become corrupted
or are erased, you can restore your
computer
to the original
thctory settings.
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The System Recovery process removes all programs that you may have
installed since you starred using your computer. Reinstall any program
that was not included with the computer when you purchased it.
You may not need to reinstall the entire contents
of your hard drive. If you
experience
a problem
with your computer,
reinstalling
an individual
device
driver or prograna
may correct the problem.
Use the Application
Recovery
CDs
to reinstall individual
programs
and device drivers.
See "Using
the Application
Recovery
CDs" for morn information.
The System Recovery
CDs contain
a backup copy of all the programs
originally
installed
on your hard disk. It can be used only to recover the hard disk of the
Sony computer
you purchased.
When you successfully
complete
your system recovery,
you are prompted
to
complete
the Windows®
registration
process.
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