topic Re: Recovery Discs in PCs & Accessories

Recovery Discs

jmellis3 — Fri, 21 Oct 2005 18:30:17 GMT

Hello
I was wondering if any of you received system recovery discs with your VAIO laptops (in particular the FS series) - that is if bought from the UK :), or does the recovery utility do exactly the same as recovery discs?
Thanks for any help

Re: Recovery Discs

kee-lo_ — Fri, 21 Oct 2005 18:51:40 GMT

That series has a hard disk recovery system, so you need to make a set of DVDs ASAP

Re: Recovery Discs

jmellis3 — Fri, 21 Oct 2005 19:32:32 GMT

you make the dvds using the VAIO recovery utility?

Re: Recovery Discs

rich912 — Fri, 21 Oct 2005 19:36:18 GMT

Have a look here, select your model and then click on "how can I create recovery disks" for a guide to the procedure.

Re: Recovery Discs

jmellis3 — Fri, 21 Oct 2005 22:40:18 GMT

Thanks.

Re: Recovery Discs

n_jepson — Fri, 21 Oct 2005 23:38:21 GMT

I have a T2XP and have created a system recovery disk and an application recovery disk.

Is this enought to recover the system to delivery status if I wipe and format ALL partitions on the hard disk ????

The reason is that I'm thinking about install Linux FC4, but obviously want to be able to restore if I run into problems with drivers.

Many thanks
Nigel

Re: Recovery Discs

robpaxton — Fri, 21 Oct 2005 23:59:03 GMT

Using the recovery disks will restore the computer software back to it's original configuration. I dont know if it restores the recovery partition though.

I would do a couple of extra sets of disks before changing or erasing any partitions.

Re: Recovery Discs

n_jepson — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 00:18:25 GMT

Yeah good idea thanks.

Out of interest whats the diff between the system recovery disk and the application recovery disk ????

Thanks

Re: Recovery Discs

robpaxton — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 00:22:20 GMT

The system recovery disk restores the OS and most of the software. The application recovery disk allows you to reinstall most applications if you have uninstalled them.

Re: Recovery Discs

n_jepson — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 06:59:57 GMT

Many thanks for you help Rob

Re: Recovery Discs

robpaxton — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 08:14:37 GMT

No problem - good luck with Linux install.