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Recovery software

stu257k
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June 2007
June 2007

Recovery software

Hi can any help me with the following problem ive just brought my son a laptop off ebay and it has not got the recovery software on it like mine which i think he would need because he downloads game etc "13 year old boy" his laptop is a VGN-A317S not the best laptop but times are tuff

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kee-lo_
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June 2007
June 2007

Did they send a set of recovery disks with the machine? Because I think this series doesn't use the recovery partition.

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rich912
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June 2007
June 2007

Hi stu257k and welcome to the forum :slight_smile:

The A317S does come with a recovery partition.

To check whether it is still present try tapping F10 at boot, when you see the Sony Logo. This should launch the recovery console. If that works then create your recovery media using the Vaio Recover Tool.

If the HDDR partition has been deleted then you will need to purchase a set of recovery disks from Vaio-Link.

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