Sony VGN-SZ3XRP - Manual (Page 11)

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To perform the C Drive Recovery
1 Start the Recovery Wizard as described in “Starting the recovery process” on page 7.
2 When you get to the Recovery Menu, select the button next to
C Drive Recovery (Recommended) and click Next.
3 Read the summary of the recovery process about to be performed and click Start.
4 Click Yes to confirm.
The system restarts the computer and begins the recovery process.
When launching the recovery from a recovery disc or by pressing the F10 key, the
recovery process will start directly.
You can see the progress as the installation is carried out.
5 When the process is finished, remove the disc (if applicable), click OK, and then click
Restart in the progress window.
Your system is restored to its initial settings and reboots automatically.
You are guided through the Windows setup.
6 Now follow the instructions in “Completing the recovery process” on page 13.
When using recovery discs: if you do not remove the disc before clicking Restart, the system
recovery will start again.
Recovering the system with modified partition sizes
(C and D Drive Recovery)
Choosing C and D Drive Recovery allows you to manually select the size of your C drive,
leaving the remaining gigabytes to the D drive and recovery partition. Meanwhile, all current
partition sizes are deleted, the hard disk is reformatted, and all the original software is
restored as with a standard system recovery.
You can also choose to delete the recovery partition here if your recovery files are on the
hard disk drive.
You will lose all the data on your hard disk drive through this process.
Although you can perform a system recovery and change the partition settings in order to have
one C drive only, this option is not recommended if you want to use video editing applications
like DVgate Plus (depending on your model).
Do not try to add, delete, or resize partitions unless you really need to. Changing partition settings
will delete all your files on the hard disk.
To recover your system and change partition sizes
1 Start the Recovery Wizard as described in “Starting the recovery process” on page 7.
2 When you get to the Recovery Menu, select the button next to C and D Drive
Recovery (Change Partition Sizes) and click Next.
3 Recovery Media Kit: In the following screen, choose whether you want to delete or
keep the recovery partition. See “Recovering the system with modified partition sizes
and deleting the recovery partition” on page 10 if you want to delete it. If you want to
keep it, click Keep Recovery Partition and click Next.
4 In the screen that appears, select different configurations for hard disk drives from the
drop-down menu and click Next. Selecting Customized drive size allows you to
specify a desired drive size within the predetermined range.
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