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    No Recovery Wizard on my S480 - How to make CD's?

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by darrenorb, Sep 8, 2005.

  1. darrenorb

    darrenorb Notebook Enthusiast

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    My S480 has no Vaio recovery wizard - nothing where it should be on the control panel. How can I make recovery CD's?
     
    darrenorb, Sep 8, 2005
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  2. mtr

    mtr Newbie

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    here's wat you do...

    look for vaio recovery in start->programs... open the tool and select create recovery kit~ pop in 1 DVD or 6 CDs... burn

    sorry this is not a detailed guide cos i'm currently restoring my vaio and getting rid of the restore partition~~
     
    mtr, Sep 9, 2005
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  3. darrenorb

    darrenorb Notebook Enthusiast

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    That's my problem - there's no Vaio Recovery in my Start->Programs!
     
    darrenorb, Sep 9, 2005
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  4. Skyshade

    Skyshade Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    http://esupport.sony.com/perl/model-faq.pl?mdl=VGNS480

    Put "Recovery Wizard" as keyword, then read Knowledge Article C303787 "How to perform a system recovery using the VAIO Recovery Wizard".

    If you can't even do it with the F10 during booting, see if there is someone who is willing to let you copy his/hers. Otherwise, you need to call Sony (or your retailer) and get (more likely buy, really) one copy.
     
    Skyshade, Sep 9, 2005
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  5. mikec

    mikec Notebook Evangelist

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    I have a recovery dvd for the s480 if you are interested...
     
    mikec, Sep 17, 2005
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