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    Creating TZ150 recovery discs

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by epbrown, May 23, 2010.

  1. epbrown

    epbrown Notebook Consultant

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    The time has come to replace my trusty TZ150N/B. Before putting it on eBay and/or Craigslist, I'd like to run the recovery program on it and take it back to factory stock settings (the computer, port replicator, and spare 2X battery will be in their original boxes, after all), and I'll need to make the discs. I seem to recall certain disc types were advised against back in the day. What sort of DVDs will I need?
     
    epbrown, May 23, 2010
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    zimbros12 Notebook Deity

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    when u first got the TZ have u created the recovery disks ??
     
    zimbros12, May 23, 2010
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    epbrown Notebook Consultant

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    Nope, but I didn't delete the disc images, as far as I know. I was never that tight for space.
     
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    u can use the recovery partition if no disks were created
     
    zimbros12, May 23, 2010
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    epbrown Notebook Consultant

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    I thought there was one, but I don't see a way to access it. There doesn't appear to be a boot-up option, as with most pcs.
     
    epbrown, May 23, 2010
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    epbrown Notebook Consultant

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    Fingers crossed. The Recovery program wouldn't create the CDs, so I just ran recovery from the drive image. Hopefully it won't crap out midway...
     
    epbrown, Jun 7, 2010
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    press F10 when you see the vaio logo
     
    mobytoby, Jun 9, 2010
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    epbrown Notebook Consultant

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    Thanks for the tip, but it's done. Cleaned, put back in its original box, waiting for its new owner.
     
    epbrown, Jun 11, 2010
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