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    Vaio Z recovery center gone?

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by lfliliu, Jun 29, 2011.

  1. lfliliu

    lfliliu Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi, I just purchased a VPC-Z122GXB from eBay and I totally love this machine. However, I want to do a clean install since I want to change some settings... I cant seem toffind the Vaio Recovery Center anywhere. I tried the search tab to no avail. ow can I solve this issue?
     
    lfliliu, Jun 29, 2011
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  2. anytimer

    anytimer Notebook Virtuoso

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    Maybe the previous owner deleted the recovery partition. Go into Disk Management and check. Right click My Computer>Manage>Disk management.
     
    anytimer, Jun 29, 2011
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    pyr0 100% laptop dynamite

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    If there is still the recovery partition, switch off your laptop and power it on and boot it directly into the recovery console via pressing the ASSIST button.
     
    pyr0, Jun 30, 2011
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