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    Problem creating recovery DVD on TZ

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by ctdw, Sep 8, 2007.

  1. ctdw

    ctdw Notebook Guru

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    I have tried to create my recovery DVD's 3-4 times with no luck on my TZ90N. I keep getting an error message when it gets to the point where it says "Preparing media". It says "The disk could not be created". I have tried two different brands of DVD+R (Sony and HP) and a Sony DVD+R DL.

    I have 8.2GB free on my SSD, could that be the issue? The error does not mention a lack of free space, but I was wondering if it could be related.

    CTDW
     
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  2. Buellboy

    Buellboy Notebook Guru

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    I just finally made mine
    Yesterday I tried and got message of media error
    I had around 6Gb free
    Today I checked and had 10 Gb free
    I tried again and was successfull
    I think I don't understand why the free space changes for no apparent reason known to me..
     
    Buellboy, Sep 8, 2007
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  3. ubercool

    ubercool Notebook Deity

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    That's due to the varying file size of the Restore function. Good trick waiting for maximum available space! :D I'm down to 6GB right now and I have nothing but Vista and apps on it! :eek:
     
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    I'm pretty sure I followed someone else's lead on that one .Somewhere in these two "error" or "difficulty" threads there was a clue to waiting it out..

    Next I am trying to follow the instructions to "delete the partition" previous to "disk cleanup" but I am cautious and I studied what I saw in disk management and now i am thnking about what I saw and whet to do. It is obvious that there is a hidden partition as well , conraing 5.5Gb..
    a step at a time ...I'll get it

    Bb
     
    Buellboy, Sep 9, 2007
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