topic Factory reset VPCF24M1E in PCs & Accessories https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/factory-reset-vpcf24m1e/m-p/377700#M15595 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi alderdavidoff,</P><P></P><P>If your machine has an Assist button then press this when fully shut down - this will launch the Vaio Recovery utility - follow the on screen instructions.</P><P></P><P>Otherwise press and hold F10 at boot which should also launch the recovery utility.</P><P></P><P>Be aware that this procedure will wipe all personal data and third party software.</P><P></P><P>Both of the above assume that the recovery partition is still present and working.</P><P></P><P>Rich</P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 18 Nov 2012 15:08:16 GMT rich912 2012-11-18T15:08:16Z Factory reset VPCF24M1E https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/factory-reset-vpcf24m1e/m-p/377696#M15593 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Factory reset VPCF24M1E</P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 18 Nov 2012 11:42:08 GMT https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/factory-reset-vpcf24m1e/m-p/377696#M15593 adlerdavidoff 2012-11-18T11:42:08Z Re: Factory reset VPCF24M1E https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/factory-reset-vpcf24m1e/m-p/377699#M15594 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>who can tell me about factory reset on VPCF24M1E or where is the hidden recovery settings.thanks</P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 18 Nov 2012 11:48:31 GMT https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/factory-reset-vpcf24m1e/m-p/377699#M15594 adlerdavidoff 2012-11-18T11:48:31Z Factory reset VPCF24M1E https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/factory-reset-vpcf24m1e/m-p/377700#M15595 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi alderdavidoff,</P><P></P><P>If your machine has an Assist button then press this when fully shut down - this will launch the Vaio Recovery utility - follow the on screen instructions.</P><P></P><P>Otherwise press and hold F10 at boot which should also launch the recovery utility.</P><P></P><P>Be aware that this procedure will wipe all personal data and third party software.</P><P></P><P>Both of the above assume that the recovery partition is still present and working.</P><P></P><P>Rich</P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 18 Nov 2012 15:08:16 GMT https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/factory-reset-vpcf24m1e/m-p/377700#M15595 rich912 2012-11-18T15:08:16Z Re: Factory reset VPCF24M1E https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/factory-reset-vpcf24m1e/m-p/377702#M15596 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><IMG alt="20121128_152912[1].jpg" class="jive-image-thumbnail jive-image" onclick="" src="http://community-stage.sony.co.uk/legacyfs/online/195067_20121128_152912[1].jpg" width="450" /></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 28 Nov 2012 20:08:00 GMT https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/factory-reset-vpcf24m1e/m-p/377702#M15596 adlerdavidoff 2012-11-28T20:08:00Z Re: Factory reset VPCF24M1E https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/factory-reset-vpcf24m1e/m-p/377703#M15597 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Assuming the screenshot results from pressing either the Assist button or F10 it would seem that there is a problem with the recovery partition. Have you created recovery disks? If so you can use these to return your machine to factory defaults.</P><P></P><P>Rich</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 28 Nov 2012 20:19:11 GMT https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/factory-reset-vpcf24m1e/m-p/377703#M15597 rich912 2012-11-28T20:19:11Z