Sony VGN-AW31M/H Troubleshooting Manual page 4

Recovering your VAIO system
Before using your computer ...................................................... 12
What to do first .................................................................................................. 13
Creating your own recovery discs ..................................................................... 14
To create recovery discs ............................................................................15
Backing up and restoring your data using Backup and Restore Center............ 16
To back up your data ................................................................................. 16
To create a restore point ............................................................................20
Backing up and restoring your data with the VAIO software ............................. 22
To back up your data with Rescue Data .................................................... 22
To restore your data with VAIO Data Restore Tool.................................... 24
Restoring the preinstalled software or software drivers .................................... 25
To use Reinstall Programs or Drivers ........................................................ 25
Finding out what to do in case of computer malfunctions.......... 26
If your computer does not work properly ........................................................... 26
If Windows starts........................................................................................ 27
If Windows does not start........................................................................... 28
Recovering your VAIO system .................................................. 29
Before starting the recovery process................................................................. 29
Recovering your VAIO system when you can start Windows ........................... 31
To restore the C drive ................................................................................ 31
To restore your entire computer system .................................................... 32
Recovering your VAIO system when you cannot start Windows ...................... 33
To recover your computer system using recovery discs ............................ 33
To recover your computer system from recovery partition......................... 33
Changing the partition sizes ...................................................... 34
About hard disk partitioning...............................................................................34
Creating a hard disk partition ............................................................................34
To create a partition with the Windows feature .......................................... 35
To create a partition in the recovery process ............................................. 36
Erasing everything on your hard disk ........................................ 37
Erasing all of your data on your hard disk with Wipe and Erase Data .............. 37
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