Notes On Creating Recovery Media - Sony VAIO Tap 21 User Manual

Keep Recovery Media in a secure place.
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If you are signed in to your VAIO computer as a standard user, you may be prompted to enter an administrator name
and a password.

Notes on creating Recovery Media

When you create Recovery Media, use VAIO Care. If you create the Recovery Media in any other way and perform
recovery, your VAIO computer may not be restored to its factory condition. Sony does not guarantee the compatibility
of the computer with such Recovery Media.
Recovery Media is specific to your VAIO computer of which it was created.
You cannot refresh your VAIO computer using Recovery Media.
Create Recovery Media immediately after your VAIO computer is ready for use. In the following cases, you may not
be able to recover the computer from the recovery area and Recovery Media will be necessary:
You have modified the recovery area with apps designed for data modification.
You have installed an operating system different from the preinstalled operating system on the computer.
You have formatted your built-in storage device without using VAIO Care (Rescue Mode): VAIO recovery
solutions.
Do not touch or allow the surface of the discs to become dirty. Fingerprints or dust on the surface may cause
read/write errors.
To create Recovery Media, you may need to use the free space on your C: drive more than double capacity of media
you use. Depending on your model, you cannot create Recovery Media even at the time of purchase due to the
shortage of free space, regardless if the optical disc drive supports Blu-ray Disc or Double/Dual Layer DVD media.
Refer to the help file included with VAIO Care before using a USB flash drive as Recovery Media.
Related Topic
About Recovery
Recovering from the Recovery Area
Recovering from Recovery Media
Notes on Recovery
Notes on use
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