Re: Windows Vista recovery installation CD(s) from Sony Vaio



"John Goche" <johngoche99@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:3a5d8f69-d9e0-4d00-8e5f-9cb84569f267@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On Sep 16, 4:54 pm, "Mike Hall - MVP" <mikeh...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

Use the Vaio Recovery Wizard (should be in the Start Menu somewhere) and if
you can't find it, call Sony Support..

Thank you. I was able to find the link under
Start Menu -> Vaio Recovery Center -> Vaio Recovery Center
and then on the left hand side I clicked on
Create Recovery Disks
and then scrolled the pane on the right hand side until a button
labelled "Start" was visible in the lower right hand corner and
clicked on it to create the Recovery DVDs.
Basically it is not possible to have backup CDs like with
versions of windows available prior to Windows Vista.
Now you need 3 DVDs (or 2 DVDs in case of DL (double layer)
DVDs which are the ones which can be written on both sides).

Thank you for your help on how to create the 3 backup DVDs.

I am going to do this as I plan to install Linux for dual booting
and want to make sure that I don't lose my data.

Best Regards,

John Goche

John

They are NOT backup disks. Use of them will setup your machine to factory setting, that is, as you bought it.

You need to use a backup application like Paragon or Acronis TrueImage..

--

Mike Hall - MVP Windows Experience
http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/

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