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    how to restore the recovery partition back

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by oldman1881, Jun 28, 2011.

  1. oldman1881

    oldman1881 Notebook Enthusiast

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    made a mistake to delete the recovery partition, how to restore the recovery partition back? any one can advise?

    I and using sony Z46 and have recovery disk backuped.
     
    oldman1881, Jun 28, 2011
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  2. miki69

    miki69 Notebook Evangelist

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    if you didn't shrink/extend partitions after accidental deletion, you can try via Acronis Disk Director.
     
    miki69, Jun 28, 2011
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    mnm372 Notebook Enthusiast

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    well, if you have the recovery disk you can try to restore the partition from the disk. not to sure though if you will have to restore the whole system to factory setting
     
    mnm372, Jun 29, 2011
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  4. sixthday

    sixthday Notebook Enthusiast

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    You will need the recovery disc to do it. Using the recovery disc will wipe out all of your data , i.e., it reinstalls everything.
     
    sixthday, Jun 29, 2011
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  5. ScuderiaConchiglia

    ScuderiaConchiglia NBR Vaio Team Curmudgeon

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    I did this when I put a new (bigger) drive in my FZ. First I cloned my existing partitions (except the recovery one) to an external drive. Then I booted up my recovery DVD and did a full restore of the hard drive. This recreated the recovery partition and put it in EXACTLY the right place where the BIOS actually REQUIRES it to be. Then I restored my own partitions from the external drive, and rebooted.

    Gary
     
    ScuderiaConchiglia, Jun 29, 2011
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  6. oldman1881

    oldman1881 Notebook Enthusiast

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    noted, thanks tour guys.
     
    oldman1881, Jul 2, 2011
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