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    sony vaio recovery

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by mrsad, Oct 15, 2010.

  1. mrsad

    mrsad Newbie

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    hallo
    I recently deleted the sony recovery on hard drive by formating clean c drive :eek: i have no back up dvd's ,but i managed to get the sony folder of the previos format with vaio recovery utility's in it by using a recovery software.
    My question is if there is a way to make the back up dvd's ??
    When i click the vaio recovery utility a error pops up saying PX.dll not found ....
     
    mrsad, Oct 15, 2010
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  2. XnetX

    XnetX Notebook Enthusiast

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    Did you delete the recovery partition? Formating C: won't touch the other 2 hidden partitions. Install a clean Win 7 with all the utilities from Sony(Vaio Care is the one you're interested) and try VC to burn the DVDs or restore the factory image from that partition.
    Other option is to call Sony.
     
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  3. mrsad

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    i found my recovery dvd's :eek: , but now i have the following problem when i am at application Recovery the progress stays at 72% ,a command window pops up
    c:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe

    c:\windows\Temp\VARU\Temp1\SP-011634-00\BIN should i type something here ??
     
    mrsad, Oct 16, 2010
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  4. J&SinKTO

    J&SinKTO Notebook Deity

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    Did you un-hide the recovery partition and then delete it? If not, it should still be there. Formatting C does not erase it. Try Hitting F10 when the machines boots - that will take you into the recovery options. If that is gone your only other choice if your back-up DVDs don' work is calling Sony.
     
    J&SinKTO, Oct 16, 2010
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  5. mrsad

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    yes i deleted the c drive and the other partition where vaio recovery was installed, it was a little partition . But thats not my problem anymore because i have found the recovery dvd's my problem now is in the recovery option the 3d part when it restores factory-installed applications it gets stuck on 72% .
     
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  6. XnetX

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    That's good. It will stay about 10-15min at that point. It's normal. Just watch if HDD light it's on. It will pass and finish. Don't worry.
     
    XnetX, Oct 16, 2010
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  7. mrsad

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    i have done this process of recovering before ,yes i knouw sometimes i just wait like you say 10-or 15 minutes and it gets past 72% and completes installation , but sometime not i have had cases of waiting a whole night and nothing happens , the hdd light is of , should i just restart the whole process??
     
    mrsad, Oct 16, 2010
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    i did restart the process over and over again and finely it got through 72% and finished recovery process , weird thou sometimes it works sometimes not anyway thank you for your replies .
     
    mrsad, Oct 17, 2010
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  9. e14

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    This was probably because the burn quality of the dvd was not good, you should make a new set of recovery disks using a high quality dvd "-R" right away :)
     
    e14, Oct 17, 2010
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