Sony VGN-A140 Laptop User Manual


 
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VAIO Recovery Wizard Utility
System and Application Recovery CDs are not supplied with your VAIO®
computer. Your VAIO computer is equipped with the VAIO Recovery
Wizard, a fast and easy-to-use system recovery utility. This system and
application recovery utility enables you to recover preinstalled software
programs, recover the operating system, and create a VAIO Recovery
Media Kit.
About the VAIO Recovery Wizard utility
Use a variety of recovery options to restore your preinstalled software
programs and specific partitions on your hard disk drive.
Follow the instructions that guide you through various recovery options,
choosing the default selections or customizing your computer's recovery.
Discover the advantages of recovering your computer without using CDs or
other external media.
Create your own Recovery Media Kit, using your own CD or DVD media.
Creating a Recovery Media Kit
You can create a VAIO Recovery Media Kit using your own blank CDs and
DVDs
*
, which enables you to recover your computer at a later date in the event
the computer’s operating system fails. The Recovery Media Kit also enables you
to reclaim the portion of your hard disk drive space reserved for the recovery
partition.
For more information about creating the Recovery Media Kit, see the VAIO
Recovery Options online guide:
1 Click Start in the Windows® taskbar, and click Help and Support.
The VAIO Help and Support Center window appears.
* The number of CDs and/or DVDs required to create a Recovery Media Kit varies, depending
on the computer model purchased.