Using The Vaio Recovery And Documentation Disc; Introduction - Sony Vaio Troubleshooting Manual

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Using the VAIO Recovery and Documentation Disc

Delivered with your Sony VAIO computer is a disc labelled VAIO Recovery and Documentation Disc. This section
explains the purpose and contents of the disc, which will become a valuable source of information and important
accompaniment to your daily use of the VAIO.
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You can only use this disc on the Sony computer it came with and not on any other Sony PC or other manufacturer's PC.

Introduction

From the VAIO Recovery and Documentation Disc, you can access the user guides, install applications and perform a
complete recovery of your system.
To start using the disc, proceed as follows:
1 Insert the disc into your VAIO's disc drive.
If the disc does not launch automatically, go to Start and My Computer. Double-click on the disc icon to open
the contents of the disc, then double-click the file Autorun.exe.
A welcome screen appears.
2 Click Continue.
The options screen appears.
3 In answer to What would you like to do?, make your choice and click Go!.
Details of these four options are described in the next section of this guide.
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Option 1, see "Reading the documentation" on page 22
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Option 2, see "Recovering the operating system" on page 24
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Option 3, see "Installing all applications" on page 32
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Option 4, see "Installing individual applications" on page 33
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