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Recovery Question

mikem3 — Tue, 16 May 2006 23:20:34 GMT

Hello All,

I have a Vaio RS222, when I bought this machine, I got no discs
with it.
Now I would like to run a repair/Recovery on it.
Can anybody tell me how to put the installed software/OS on to
CD's.
I do not have the Vaio Recovery Tools here, or I can't find them.
Thank you.
Mike.

Re: Recovery Question

Blencogo — Wed, 17 May 2006 00:17:40 GMT

EDIT: Sorry Mike - your RS222 does not have a recovery partition and should have come with recovery disc(s) when you purchased it.

You will have to purchase the discs fron Vaio-Link if you have lost them and need a recovery (about £55).

If your Vaio is just slow, try downloading the free trial version of TUNE UP UTILITIES and Optimise your system and Registry.

:smileyblush:

Re: Recovery Question

kee-lo_ — Wed, 17 May 2006 18:06:29 GMT

Run a spyware check too, never hurts

Spybot Search and Destroy and AdAware are the best

Re: Recovery Question

mikem3 — Sat, 20 May 2006 15:44:57 GMT

Hello Blencogo,

Thank you for your response.

I have been to Tune Up Utilities and downloaded
the trial version. This programme found nearly
100MB to recover.

Kee-Lo,
I run lots of different spyware and AV programmes,
Spy-Bot is one of them, but something is slowing my
PC down a lot..

Thank you both for your replies.

Mike.

Re: Recovery Question

Blencogo — Sat, 20 May 2006 22:43:28 GMT

Hi Mike,

Are you using Norton ISS ?

Re: Recovery Question

mikem3 — Sun, 21 May 2006 16:25:56 GMT

Hi Blencogo,

I am using Norton Corporate Edition,
with the real time protectiondisabled
as it slows my PC down considerably.

Mike.

Re: Recovery Question

Blencogo — Sun, 21 May 2006 23:54:33 GMT

Hi Mike,

I only ask as there have been several posts recently about Norton using too much of the computer's resources and causing problems with speed and boot-up/shutdown.

Most of us seem to have abandoned Norton in favour of a less resource hungry Security Suite. ZoneAlarm plus AVG anti-virus seems the favorite (both free) solution.

As ZoneAlarm seems to be the best firewall (this is free) and when used with Kaspersky 2006 (£26) provides a de-luxe solution.

ZoneAlarm ISS 6.1 (£27) is a popular 'all in one' solution.