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    change boot device

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by anjunab!tch, Sep 5, 2007.

  1. anjunab!tch

    anjunab!tch Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have got AR41M, how can i change boot device, so I can boot it from DVD Drive, 'cause I want to recovery my system, thank you all,

    that would be great if you could tell me how can I recovery my system by using HDD partition, thanks again
     
    anjunab!tch, Sep 5, 2007
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  2. Kwakkel

    Kwakkel Weirdo

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    Setting boot order is done in the BIOS.

    Recovery can be started from within Windows, with one of the Sony Vaio utilities :)
     
    Kwakkel, Sep 5, 2007
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    anjunab!tch Notebook Enthusiast

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    thank you for the quick reply, but I still don't really get it

    how can I get in the BIOS, and what Sony Vaio Utlities exactly? thanks again Kwakkel :)
     
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    Kwakkel Weirdo

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    The BIOS, you can enter by pressing the F2 key right after booting the laptop.

    Normally, your laptop came with a bunch of programs pre-installed. One of those is named Vaio System Restore (or something similar). If you launch that, it'll begin restoring your laptop to factory default settings (it'll ask you for confirmation first, and you'll have to reboot somewhere).
     
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  5. anjunab!tch

    anjunab!tch Notebook Enthusiast

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    thank you for your reply,


    nothing happends when I press F2 while it's booting, and my laptop is having a clean windows vista (anactived).

    thanks again mate
     
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    Kwakkel Weirdo

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    Did you press it at the right time?
    Too soon or too late will result in not entering the BIOS. Try shutting down the laptop and press the power button. Then begin pressing F2 and continue doing so untill you enter the BIOS. It "should" work :)

    I think you can download the program from the Sony website a well. Download and install it. Then you can run the restore (assuming you didn't remove the back-u partition)
     
    Kwakkel, Sep 5, 2007
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