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    System Recovery from HDD

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by srlpst, Jan 17, 2007.

  1. srlpst

    srlpst Newbie

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    Howdy. After purchasing my FE38 today i launched the laptop to find the ridiculous amount of bloatware. While i knew this was coming, i was unaware of the System Recovery feature that could be used to completely restore the entire system

    After having read BlackG35's guide to doing a semi-restore with recovery disks, i have a few questions about launching the process from the hard disk as opposed to the disks:

    Will i need a Windows CD to install the OS if i launch a system recovery from the hard drive?

    Can i choose what programs and drivers to reinstall or will it just install them bundled all together? this is the main reason i would launch this feature in the first place.

    Thanks.
     
    srlpst, Jan 17, 2007
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  2. mujtaba

    mujtaba ZzzZzz Super Moderator

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    No, the recovery partition automatically restores the Windows to it's out of the box state, but usually destroying the whole data on the target partition.
    Sorry, i don't think so.You will have to kill all of them by your own hands.
     
    mujtaba, Jan 17, 2007
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