Before using your computer
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To create recovery discs
When your computer is ready for use, follow these steps to create recovery
discs.
1
Make sure you have blank discs ready beforehand.
You can confirm the number of necessary discs and types of media you can use for
recovery disc creation in the
Choose your media
window.
It is recommended that you download and install the latest updates on your computer using
VAIO Update
before creating a recovery disc.
To download and install the updates on the computer, it must be connected to the Internet.
For information on how to connect the computer to the Internet, see the on-screen
User
Guide
.
Note that you cannot use Blu-ray Disc™ media, DVD-RAM, CD-R, or CD-RW discs as
recovery discs. To find out which types of media your optical disc drive supports, see the
on-screen
User Guide
.
2
Launch
VAIO Recovery Center
(see page 14).
3
Click
Create Recovery Discs
and
Start
.
4
Read the on-screen instructions carefully, and then click
Next
.
5
Select the disc you want to use.
By selecting the check box near the bottom of the window, you can verify whether the
recovery disc is properly created at the end of the procedure. It is recommended to do so
although the procedure takes more time.
6
Follow the on-screen instructions.
It may take time to display the current status of the procedure.
If there is not enough free space on the hard disk drive, you cannot create recovery discs.
Do not press the drive eject button while creating a recovery disc, as doing so may result
in a failure of the process.
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