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132Q_Win7_US_Recovery, Backup and Troubleshooting Guide 4-469-095-11 (1)

Recovery,

Backup and

Troubleshooting

Guide

See the back side.

Printed in China

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.

Click Advanced Tools, Restore and

recovery, and Create Recovery Media.

Read the on-screen instructions carefully,

and then click Next.

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.

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.

Turn off your computer.

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.

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.

Select Start recovery wizard.

To perform the custom recovery, select

Tools and click Start advanced recovery

wizard.

Follow the on-screen instructions.

To recover from the

recovery area

Press the ASSIST button while your

computer is off.

The VAIO Care (Rescue Mode) screen

appears.

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.

Click Start recovery wizard.

To perform the custom recovery, select

Tools and click Start advanced recovery

wizard.

Follow the on-screen instructions.

To recover from Recovery

Media

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:

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From Recovery Media

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From the recovery area

When do I have to perform recovery?

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If your computer has been unstable

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If your computer has been infected with

a computer virus

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If your computer is experiencing

problems which cannot be solved

through troubleshooting

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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

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Creating Recovery Media

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Checking your computer hardware

VAIO Care Rescue

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Rescuing (backing up) your data

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Recovering your computer

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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.

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On the model without a built-in optical

disc drive:

Use a USB flash drive.

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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.

Connect your computer to the Internet,

download and install the latest updates

using VAIO Update.

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.

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.

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