Recovering Your Vaio System When You Can Start Windows; To Restore The C Drive; To Restore Your Entire Computer System - Sony VGN-AR88E Troubleshooting And Recovery Manual

Recovering your VAIO system when you can
start Windows
You can recover your computer system from the 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 33.
Be sure to remove an optical disc from the optical disc drive before following the steps
below.

To restore the C drive

Follow these steps to restore the C drive to the original factory condition:
1 Launch VAIO Recovery Center (see page 14).
2 Select Restore C: Drive and click Start.
3 Read the information about software or features to resolve the problems,
select Skip if you have already tried all of them, and click Next.
4 Follow the on-screen instructions to change partition sizes.
5 Read the warnings thoroughly, select the I understand check box, and
click Start.
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 34.
6 Follow the on-screen instructions.

To restore your entire computer system

Follow these steps to restore the entire data on your hard disk to the original
factory condition:
1 Launch VAIO Recovery Center (see page 14).
2 Select Restore Complete System and click Start.
3 Read the information about software or features to resolve the problems,
select Skip if you have already tried all of them, and click Next.
4 Follow the on-screen instructions.
A warning window prompts you to create the recovery discs. If you have not yet created
them, follow the on-screen instructions.
After completing the recovery process, restore your data from the backup
copy you have made. To restore the data from the backup copy, see
"Backing up and restoring your data using Backup and Restore Center" on
page 18.
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