Sony SVF1521BGXB - Manual

132Q_Win7_US_Recovery, Backup and Troubleshooting Guide 4-469-095-11 (1)
Recovery,
Backup and
Troubleshooting
Guide
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Introduction
If you are currently logged onto your
computer as a standard user, you may be
prompted to enter an administrator
name and a password.
4
Click Advanced Tools, Restore and
recovery, and Create Recovery Media.
5
Read the on-screen instructions carefully,
and then click Next.
6
Follow the on-screen instructions.
It may take some time to display the current
status of the procedure.
Do not eject or disconnect the media while
creating Recovery Media, as doing so may
result in a failure of the process.
Keep the Recovery Media in a secure place.
You may not be able to create Recovery
Media with a USB flash drive depending on
the drive you use. See the help file included
with VAIO Care for more information.
2
Insert the disc into the optical disc drive
or connect the USB flash drive to the USB
port on the computer while the computer
is in Normal mode.
If your computer is equipped with the
USB port that is compliant with the USB
2.0 standard, connect a USB device to the
port.
3 Turn off your computer.
4 Press the ASSIST button to display the
VAIO Care (Rescue Mode) screen and
click
Start from media (USB device/
optical disc).
The
Windows Boot Manager screen is
displayed.
5
Press the  or  key to select Start VAIO
Care Rescue and press the Enter key.
If the language selection window
appears, select your desired language
and click OK.
6 Select Start recovery wizard.
To perform the custom recovery, select
Tools and click Start advanced recovery
wizard.
7 Follow the on-screen instructions.
To recover from the
recovery area
1 Press the ASSIST button while your
computer is off.
The
VAIO Care (Rescue Mode) screen
appears.
2
Click Start VAIO recovery solutions.
Follow the on-screen instructions until
the
VAIO Care Rescue screen appears.
If the language selection window
appears, select your desired language
and click OK.
3 Click Start recovery wizard.
To perform the custom recovery, select
Tools and click Start advanced recovery
wizard.
4 Follow the on-screen instructions.
To recover from Recovery
Media
1 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) or the docking
station with a built-in optical disc drive
(supplied with selected models) to the
computer and to an AC power source.
If your computer is equipped with the
USB port that is compliant with the USB
2.0 standard, connect a USB device to the
port.
About recovery
What is recovery?
Recovery is the process of restoring your
computer back to its original factory
condition.
There are two ways to recover your
computer:
 From Recovery Media
 From the recovery area
When do I have to perform recovery?
 If your computer has been unstable
 If your computer has been infected with
a computer virus
 If your computer is experiencing
problems which cannot be solved
through troubleshooting
 If you have formatted the C: drive by
mistake
Which software should I use to
maintain and recover my computer?
Use the following software.
VAIO Care
 Creating Recovery Media
 Checking your computer hardware
VAIO Care Rescue
 Rescuing (backing up) your data
 Recovering your computer
 Erasing the data on the built-in hard disk
drive or SSD
See the help file included with VAIO Care
and VAIO Care Rescue for more
information.
What is a recovery area?
The recovery area on the built-in hard disk
drive or SSD contains data for system and
application recovery. Typically, you cannot
modify or delete data in this area, however,
there is commercially available software
designed for this purpose.
Why do I have to create Recovery
Media?
Recovery Media are used to restore your
computer back to its original factory
condition.
If Windows does not start and you have
deleted the recovery area, you will need the
Recovery Media to perform recovery. Create
the Recovery Media immediately after the
computer is ready for use.
About backup
What is a backup process?
The backup process creates a backup copy
of your data stored on the built-in hard disk
drive or SSD and saves it to another
location.
Why do I have to back up my data?
Due to unexpected events or computer
viruses, you might lose various data stored
on the built-in hard disk drive or SSD. To
restore the lost data, its backup copy is
needed.
It is strongly recommended that you back
up your data regularly.
Creating Recovery Media
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You cannot use DVD-RAM, CD-R, and
CD-RW discs as Recovery Media.
You can use optical discs or a USB flash
drive as Recovery Media.
 On the model without a built-in optical
disc drive:
Use a USB flash drive.
 On the model with a built-in optical disc
drive:
It is recommended that you use DVD-R
media, because data can be accidently
deleted from a USB flash drive.
The number of necessary discs, the types of
media you can use, and the capacity of the
USB flash drive you need will be displayed
during the Recovery Media creation process.
USB ports that are compliant with the USB
3.0 standard do not support recovery with a
USB flash drive that is compliant with the
USB 3.0 standard. On models without the
USB ports that are compliant with only the
USB 2.0 standard, be sure to create
Recovery Media using the USB flash drive
that is not compliant with the USB 3.0
standard.
1 Connect your computer to the Internet,
download and install the latest updates
using
VAIO Update.
2 If you create Recovery Media (optical
discs) on the model without a built-in
optical disc drive, connect an external
optical disc drive (not supplied) or the
docking station with a built-in optical disc
drive (supplied with selected models) to
the computer and to an AC power source.
3 Click Start , All Programs, and VAIO
Care.
If the
User Account Control window
appears, click Yes.
Recovering your computer
To restore your computer back to its original factory condition, follow one of the recovery
methods below.
Recovering your computer will delete all the data on the built-in hard disk drive or SSD.