Sony VGC-RA825GY - Manual (Page 159)

Immediate Help and Support
You can locate helpful information immediately by consulting your hard copy guides and supplements, or by accessing the
online Computer User Guide and individual software Help files.
Your computer is supplied with these support options:
 VAIO ® Computer Quick Start — The Quick Start contains information on how to set up your computer quickly and
easily. You can find instructions on how to connect power cords, cables, peripheral devices, and register your
computer with Sony
® . The Quick Start can also provide basic troubleshooting support.
 About RAID Systems — Contains an overview of RAID-0 and RAID-1 levels, along with simple instructions on RAID
configuration. This guide is available only with configure-to-order (CTO) computers that are shipped as RAID-0 or
RAID-ready.
 VAIO ® Recovery Options Guide — Provides information about restoring individual software programs, software
drivers, drive partition(s), or your entire hard disk drive to the original factory installed settings.
 VAIO ® Computer User Guide — The online User Guide provides information about configuring, maintaining, and
upgrading your computer. This support resource offers a variety of available topics, enabling you to quickly view
specific information using context-sensitive search features. To access the online guide:
1. Click Start in the Windows ® taskbar, then click Help and Support.
2. From the VAIO Help And Support Center menu, click VAIO User Guide.
 Specifications — The online specifications sheet describes the hardware and software configuration of your VAIO
computer. To view the online specifications sheet:
1. Connect to the Internet.
2. Go to the Sony online support Web site at http://www.sony.com/pcsupport .
3. Click the Documentation button and follow the on-screen instructions to locate your model's
specifications sheet.
4. Preinstalled software Help files — Each preinstalled software program provides online Help within the
software, that describes the software's features. In these Help files, you can find tutorials that teach you
to use the software and locate troubleshooting support, should problems occur. To access software Help
files:
1. Click Start in the Windows taskbar and point to All Programs. A submenu appears, listing all
preinstalled software programs.
2. Click the desired software program. 1 The software's main window appears.
3. From the menu bar, click Help. The software program's Help appears.
5. VAIO Software — This feature provides specific information on preinstalled software on your computer.
To access this online software information
1. Click Start in the Windows taskbar.
2. Click Welcome to VAIO life.
1 Y ou c an loc ate the online H elp for Sony ® s oftware programs by pointing to the individual s oftware program's ic on and s elec ting H elp from the
s ubmenu.
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