About recovery, How to use – Sony SVL241190X User Manual

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About Recovery

Recovery is the process of restoring your VAIO computer back to its original factory
condition.
There are two ways to recover the computer:

From Recovery Media
From the recovery area

When do I have to perform recovery?

If your VAIO computer has become unstable
If your VAIO computer has been infected with a computer virus
If your VAIO 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 VAIO

computer?

Use the following software.

VAIO Care

Creating Recovery Media
Checking your computer hardware

VAIO Care Rescue

Rescuing (backing up) your data
Recovering your VAIO computer
Erasing all the data on your built-in storage device

Hint

Refer to 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 storage device 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 VAIO 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.

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