Sony VGN-T370P - Manual

© 2004 Sony Electronics Inc.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
The following information describes how to keep your computer operating smoothly, how to protect it from
potential threats, and how to recover your hard disk drive if it should become corrupted or erased. Be sure to
read the following information to ensure an enjoyable computing experience.
❑ Recovering Your Hard Disk Drive
❑ Keeping Your Computer System Secure and Up to Date
❑ Working with Double Layer DVD+R Media
❑ Writing Premiere Projects to DVD Media
Recovering Your Hard Disk Drive
This section provides information about restoring individual software programs, software drivers, drive
partition(s), or the hard disk drive to the original factory settings.
It can be difficult to troubleshoot or to decide on the best repair solution. If you are experiencing problems that
affect your computer’s performance, consider performing a recovery.
Activities That Can Affect Your Computer’s Performance
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Your VAIO computer uses the VAIO Recovery Wizard, a fast and easy-to-use recovery utility program, to recover the
operating system, preinstalled software and drivers. You can use the VAIO Recovery Wizard to create a VAIO
Recovery Media Kit. System and Application Recovery CDs are not supplied.
Attaching devices like printers,
network systems, and
installing related drivers. Adding and removing
software, or creating,
changing, and deleting data.
Downloading content
from the Internet.
Any of these changes to your system
can create problems
The operating system or software programs
may stop responding.
Printers or other attached peripheral
equipment may stop working properly.
A destructive virus or malicious code may
be downloaded from the Internet.