Sony VGC-V517G VAIO, User Manual

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1.
Connect to the Internet.
2. Go to the Sony online support Web site at http://www.sony.com/pcsupport .
3. Click the Documentation link and follow the on-screen instructions to locate your model's specifications
sheet.
Creating CDs or DVDs with Sony software
 Create picture & video with:
DVDs with Click to DVD software — Make picture or personal video DVDs. Use JPEG, BMP, of TIFF files for slide
shows; import MPEG, AVI, or Microsoft
®
DVR-MS files for video, or capture footage from an i.LINK / IEEE 1394 camera
or analog source.

Create music CDs with:
SonicStage software — Burn music CDs from MP3, WMA, WAV, and OpenMG files; create ATRAC CDs for your Sony
ATRAC CD Walkman; or make backup copies of your CDs.
SonicStage Mastering Studio software — Burn music CDs of your collection of vinyl records or cassette tapes.
Sonic RecordNow !
®
s oftware — Burn music CDs from MP3, WMA, WAV, and CDA files, or make backup copies of your
CDs.
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Back up your data with:
Sonic RecordNow!
®
software — Drag-and-drop to make custom data CDs or DVDs, or make backup copies of your
CDs and DVDs.
For more information about using the Sony software programs preinstalled on your computer, visit VAIO Life .
To access this software information:
1. Click Start in the Windows
®
taskbar.
2. Click Welcome to VAIO life .
Hard Disk Drive Recovery
Your computer is equipped with the VAIO Recovery Wizard, a utility program that enables you to recover your computer's
operating system and preinstalled software.
For more information about hard disk recovery
1. Click Start in the Windows
®
taskbar, then click Help and Support .
2. From the VAIO Help and Support Center menu, click VAIO Recovery Options .
You can create a VAIO Recovery Media Kit using CD-R, single layer DVD+R, or single layer DVD-R media on VAIO
computers equipped with the appropriate optical drive (a CD-RW, DVD-RW, or DVD±RW drive).
DVD+RW, DVD-RW, double layer DVD+R, and double layer DVD-R media (when it becomes available) cannot be used to
create a VAIO Recovery Media Kit.
Other
A software library containing the Microsoft
®
software and Sony
®
end-user license agreements.
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