About recovery, How to use – Sony SVD1121BPXB User Manual

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Troubleshooting

How to Use

Windows 8: The Basics

Parts Description

Setup

Network / Internet

Connections

Settings

Backup / Recovery

Security

Other Operations

Notifications

About Recovery

Recovery is the process of restoring the built-in storage device back to its original factory

condition. Refresh is the process of reinstalling the operating system with the main settings

and personal data retained.

Refresh your VAIO computer first if the computer becomes unstable. If the problem persists,

recover the computer.

There are two ways to recover the computer:

From Recovery Media

From the recovery area

Note

The 64 GB or 128 GB SSD equipped models do not support the refresh function. If you

check the capacity of the SSD, press the

ASSIST button while your VAIO computer is

off to display the

VAIO Care Rescue Mode screen, and select Start BIOS setup.

When do I have to perform recovery or refresh?

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 apps should I use to recover or refresh my VAIO

computer or create Recovery Media?

Use the following apps.

VAIO Care

Creating Recovery Media

Checking your computer hardware

VAIO Care (Rescue Mode) : Recover or maintain your system

Recovering your VAIO computer

Rescuing (backing up) your data

Erasing all the data on your built-in storage device

Windows Recovery Environment (Windows RE)

Refresh

Hint

Refer to the help file included with

VAIO Care and VAIO Care (Rescue Mode) :

Recover or maintain your system for more information.
You can also recover your VAIO computer from Windows Recovery Environment

(Windows RE).

What is a recovery area?

The recovery area on the built-in storage device contains data for system and app recovery.

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