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Recovering your computer when you cannot start
Windows
If Windows does not start, you can recover your computer system from recovery discs
or from a recovery partition.
The recovery partition on the built-in storage device contains data for recovery.
You can recover your computer system from the recovery partition faster than from
recovery discs.
It may take some time to display the current status of the recovery procedure.
To recover your computer system using recovery discs
1
Insert a recovery disc to the drive while the computer is on, turn off your computer,
and turn on the computer again.
If you are using an external optical disc drive (not supplied), press the
F11
key
several times when the VAIO logo appears after you restart the computer.
The
Windows Boot Manager
is displayed.
2
Press the
M
or
m
key to select
Start VAIO Recovery Center
and press the
Enter
key.
3
Select
Restore C: Drive
or
Restore Complete System
and click
Start
.
4
Read the information about software or features to solve the problems, select
Skip
if you have already tried all of them, and click
Next
.
5
If warnings are displayed, read them thoroughly, select the
I understand
check
box, and click
Start
.
6
Follow the on-screen instructions.
To recover your computer system from the recovery partition
1
Turn on your computer.
2
Press the
F10
key when the VAIO logo appears.
If the
Edit Boot Options
window is displayed, press the
Enter
key.
On models with the
ASSIST
button, instead of performing the steps 1 and 2 mentioned
above, you can press the button while the computer is off or in Hibernate mode to
launch the
VAIO Recovery Center
.
3
Select
Restore C: Drive
or
Restore Complete System
and click
Start
.
4
Read the information about software or features to solve the problems, select
Skip
if you have already tried all of them, and click
Next
.
5
If warnings are displayed, read them thoroughly, select the
I understand
check
box, and click
Start
.
6
Follow the on-screen instructions.
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