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    I cannot create recovery disks for the Vaio Z

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by Sprite, Jul 27, 2010.

  1. Sprite

    Sprite Notebook Consultant

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    Okay, I open the Vaio Care and click on Recovery>Create Recovery disks. The stinking program won't let me create any recovery disks, it says I need an optical drive and make sure my AC is plugged in. Well, I have both. Not sure why the program thinks I don't. I tried many things, rebooting, flipping from balanced to high performance, opening/closing dvd drive, it still won't let me click next.

    The user is already frustrated that Sony doesn't provide any recoverable disks and now your stinking program won't let them create any?


    Does anyone have a solution to this problem?
     
    Sprite, Jul 27, 2010
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  2. georgeyiu

    georgeyiu Notebook Enthusiast

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    Did you stick in a blank DVD?
     
    georgeyiu, Jul 27, 2010
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    zimbros12 Notebook Deity

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    I got this from other user.May help recovery.PNG
     
    zimbros12, Jul 27, 2010
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  4. CALBenzo

    CALBenzo Notebook Enthusiast

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    I had this problem as well. Try restarting the computer in "safe mode", and then open the Vaio Care program. It worked for me at least.
     
    CALBenzo, Jul 28, 2010
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  5. Sprite

    Sprite Notebook Consultant

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    Yes, this did the trick! Thank you!

    But its so strange that I have to boot into safe mode to make recovery disks.
     
    Sprite, Jul 28, 2010
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  6. colonels

    colonels Notebook Consultant

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    If it is refusing to recognize media your problem is you have a virtual disk program conflict like daemon tools, uninstall it
     
    colonels, Jul 28, 2010
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  7. arth1

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    Several of the Vaio utilities (including the eject button for some models!) make the false assumption that the CD drive will always be first in the alphabetical list of removable drives. So if you use virtual CD programs or have plugged in USB keys, or any other situation where this isn't the case, use the disk mangler to reassign the drive letters.

    That it works from Safe Mode is indicative of this -- when running in Safe Mode, the other devices won't show up, and the drive lettering scheme is default.
     
    arth1, Jul 28, 2010
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    That was definitely the situation in my case. Thanks!
     
    CALBenzo, Jul 28, 2010
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  9. Sprite

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    alright, thanks. so the CD/DVD drive must be either D or E? lol
     
    Sprite, Jul 29, 2010
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