Recovery And Backup; What Is Recovery And Backup - Sony VGN-AW41JF/H Troubleshooting Manual

Recovery and backup

What is recovery and backup?

Recovery
What is recovery?
Recovery is to restore your computer system to its factory default settings.
There are two ways to recover your computer: recovering from the recovery discs and
from a recovery partition.
When do I have to perform a recovery?
Recover the computer system in the following cases:
❑ Your computer has been unstable.
❑ Your computer has been infected with a computer virus.
❑ Your computer system is experiencing problems which cannot be solved through
troubleshooting.
❑ You have formatted the C drive on your computer by mistake.
Why do I have to create recovery discs?
Recovery discs are used to restore your computer system to its factory default
settings.
If Windows does not start or if you have deleted the recovery partition, one way you
can perform a recovery is to use recovery discs. Create recovery discs immediately
after the computer is ready to use.
See "Creating recovery discs" on page 6.
What can I do with VAIO Recovery Center?
VAIO Recovery Center offers various recovery and backup functions explained in
this guide.
❑ Creating recovery discs
❑ Backing up your data
❑ Restoring your data with the backup copy
❑ Recovering your computer system
❑ Checking your computer hardware
❑ Erasing all the data on your built-in storage device
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