recovery tool

[zina]

recovery utility is a format of some kind for vaio?
i was told (not from sony) that your not suposed to format your notebook by your self
if it is aformat of some kind is it safe for me to do it by myself and if it is easy?
after the recovery is it suposed to be like the day i bought it?will all the software even the ones i deleted be back?
what about software i installed after the purchase?

really confused!

[Webster]

Hi, Running system recovery is easy to do, it will format your hard drive and restore your Vaio back to how it was when it came from the factory - complete with all the bundled software. However, any additional software you installed plus all your files & emails etc will be lost in the process so you will have to re-install any software that didn't come with your Vaio.

Make sure you backup (copy) all your files, mp3's, documents etc before you do this. You can backup your stuff to cdr's or dvdr's (if you have a writer) or even an external hard drive if you have one.

Hope this helps

[Akita]

hi there,
great reading your post and the reply i know this sounds a little dim but how do you back up your files etc on window xp home. i have been dithering around in the help files for sometime with no result.
please forgive my lack of knowledge.
best regards.:smileyblush: :smileyblush:

[JohnFarrar]

To backup your files go to Start>All Programs>Accessories>System Tools>Backup. Use that to backup what you want.
I can confirm what webster told you about the Recovery. I just had to do that to return my Vaio to factory condition before returning it for exchange.

The whole process took about 30-40 minutes but the laptop was back as when I first started it up.
HTH
John

[rich912]

It is worth mentioning here that the restore only formats the C drive, anything stored on the D drive will remain unaffected. This is one good reason to move the My Documents folder to the D drive.
To do this; in explorer right click on the My Documents folder and select Properties > Move. Click on the + next to My Computer, click on the D drive and then OK.
If you have any shortcuts to files in this folder they may need to be re-established.

[Akita]

:smileygrin: good one Rich912, it's help like this that really proves usefull to us rookies. i would never have known or thought to have done that.
Thank sooooo much.

[rich912]

Pleased to have been of help Akita:smileyhappy:

[zina]

thanks guys....always usefull information...sometimes even more than hoped for:smileyhappy:

[zina]

hey.......at my system tools i dont have back-up!
is it possible?

[Webster]

It is worth mentioning here that the restore only formats the C drive, anything stored on the D drive will remain unaffected. This is one good reason to move the My Documents folder to the D drive.
To do this; in explorer right click on the My Documents folder and select Properties > Move. Click on the + next to My Computer, click on the D drive and then OK.
If you have any shortcuts to files in this folder they may need to be re-established.

Good point Rich912 - I should have pointed that out. sorry Akita/Zina