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If you use Recovery Media (optical discs) on the model without a built-in optical disc drive,
connect an external optical disc drive (not supplied) to the computer. See Connecting an
External Drive for more information on how to connect the external optical disc drive.
If an AC adapter or a power cable is supplied, plug it into a power source.
1. Create Recovery Media if you have not yet created it.
See Creating Recovery Media for more information on how to create Recovery Media.
2. Insert the Recovery Media into the optical disc drive or connect a USB flash drive (not
supplied) to the USB port on your VAIO computer while the computer is in Normal mode.
3. Turn off your VAIO computer.
4. Press the ASSIST button to display the VAIO Care (Rescue Mode) screen and select
Start from media (USB device/optical disc).
Follow the on-screen instructions until the VAIO Care (Rescue Mode): VAIO recovery
solutions screen appears.
5. Select Tools and Remove recovery partition.
6. Follow the on-screen instructions.
Creating Partitions
This topic describes how to create partitions.
Note
If you reduce the volume of the C: drive partition, you may not create Recovery Media or
complete the recovery process successfully because the free space on the built-in storage
device is not sufficient.
1. Open Control Panel, select System and Security, and select Create and format hard
disk partitions under Administrative Tools. (See Opening Control Panel to open
Control Panel.)
If the User Account Control window appears, select Yes.
2. Right-click the C: drive and select Shrink Volume.
3. Enter the size of the partition to be created in Enter the amount of space to shrink in
MB and select Shrink.
4. Right-click Unallocated and select New Simple Volume.
5. Follow the on-screen instructions.