Sony Vaio Series, Operating Instructions Manual

20

Recovering your VAIO system when you can 
start Windows

You can recover your computer system from the recovery partition on your 
hard disk. if you can start Windows. There are two options to recover the 
computer system: to restore the C drive or to restore your entire computer 
system. If you cannot start Windows, see “Recovering your VAIO system 
when you cannot start Windows” on page 21.

Be sure to remove an optical disc from the optical disc drive before following the steps 
below.

To restore the C drive

1

Click 

Start

, point to 

All Programs

 and 

VAIO Recovery Tool

, and 

then click 

VAIO Recovery Utility

.

The main menu appears.

2

Select 

Recover your Computer

 and click 

OK

.

3

Read the backup note and click 

Yes

 if you have already performed a 

backup of your data.

The 

Recovery Wizard

 window appears.

4

Click 

Next

, then read and accept the end user license agreement.

The 

Recovery Menu

 window appears.

5

Select 

C Drive Recovery (Recommended)

 and click 

Next

.

If you have changed partition sizes and created another partition other than the C drive 
on your hard disk, the data on the partition will remain unchanged even after 
recovering your computer system.

For instructions on how to create a hard disk partition, see “Creating a hard disk 
partition” on page 22

.

If you select 

C and D Drive Recovery (Change Partition Sizes),

 see “Creating a hard 

disk partition” on page 22.

If you select 

Complete Recovery

, the current working partitions are deleted and the 

hard disk is reset to its original factory state.

6

Follow the on-screen instructions.

You can still choose to abort at this time.

After completing the recovery process, restore your data from the backup 
copy you have made.