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How do I reduce the volume of the recovery area?
Your built-in storage device contains the recovery area where the data for system recovery is stored. If your computer
includes a solid state drive, you might want to minimize the recovery area by removing such data.
1
If you recover your computer from Recovery Media (optical discs) on the model without a built-in optical disc drive, connect
an external optical disc drive (not supplied) to the computer and to an AC power source.
2
Insert the disc into the optical disc drive or connect the USB flash drive (not supplied) to the USB port while the computer
is in Normal mode.
!
Use Recovery Media you created upon delivery of your computer.
You cannot use USB devices if you disable the USB ports in the BIOS setup screen. To enable the ports, follow the steps in
Disabling Built-in Devices
.
3
Turn off the computer and turn it on once again.
✍
If you are using the external optical disc drive or USB flash drive, press the
F11
key repeatedly until the VAIO logo disappears.
4
Press the
M
or
m
key to select
VAIO Care Rescue
and press the
Enter
key.
5
Click
Tools
and
Start advanced recovery wizard
.
✍
When the
Do you need to rescue data?
message appears, make a backup copy of your data, if needed.
6
Follow the on-screen instructions until the
Select recovery type
window appears.
7
Select
Custom recovery - Remove recovery contents
.
8
Follow the on-screen instructions.
