topic I have lost windows disc in PCs & Accessories https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/i-have-lost-windows-disc/m-p/274185#M32660 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><SPAN style="font-size: 12pt;">Hi Janne1000.</SPAN></P><P></P><P><SPAN style="font-size: 12pt;">Download the Troubleshooting and Recovery Guide from here: -</SPAN></P><P></P><P><A class="jive-link-external-small" href="ftp://ftp.vaio-link.com/pub/manuals/RecoTS/2009Q3_TRG_EN.pdf">ftp://ftp.vaio-link.com/pub/manuals/RecoTS/2009Q3_TRG_EN.pdf</A></P><P></P><P><SPAN style="font-size: 12pt;">Your Vaio will not have come with a Windows disc as the recovery software is in a hidden partition on your hard drive.</SPAN></P><P></P><P><SPAN style="font-size: 12pt;">You can make a set of Recovery Discs using an external DVD Drive (Page 6)</SPAN></P><P></P><P><SPAN style="font-size: 12pt;">You can reinstall the Vaio even if you have not made Recovery Discs from the Recovery Partition (Page 9 or Page 10).</SPAN></P><P></P><P><SPAN style="font-size: 12pt;">Good Luck.</SPAN></P><P></P><P><SPAN style="font-size: 12pt;"><img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://community.sony.no/html/@0248C33DDCF34AA61B8F8F33F5AFA5BE/images/smilies/013.png" alt=":wink:" title=":wink:" /><BR /></SPAN></P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 12 Dec 2011 20:09:45 GMT Blencogo 2011-12-12T20:09:45Z I have lost windows disc https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/i-have-lost-windows-disc/m-p/274184#M32659 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I have lost windows disc and I need to do a reinstall, the computer is a Vaio VPCW12S1E the computer was preinstalled with windows 7 starter. What to do?</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:51:58 GMT https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/i-have-lost-windows-disc/m-p/274184#M32659 Janne1000 2011-12-12T16:51:58Z I have lost windows disc https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/i-have-lost-windows-disc/m-p/274185#M32660 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><SPAN style="font-size: 12pt;">Hi Janne1000.</SPAN></P><P></P><P><SPAN style="font-size: 12pt;">Download the Troubleshooting and Recovery Guide from here: -</SPAN></P><P></P><P><A class="jive-link-external-small" href="ftp://ftp.vaio-link.com/pub/manuals/RecoTS/2009Q3_TRG_EN.pdf">ftp://ftp.vaio-link.com/pub/manuals/RecoTS/2009Q3_TRG_EN.pdf</A></P><P></P><P><SPAN style="font-size: 12pt;">Your Vaio will not have come with a Windows disc as the recovery software is in a hidden partition on your hard drive.</SPAN></P><P></P><P><SPAN style="font-size: 12pt;">You can make a set of Recovery Discs using an external DVD Drive (Page 6)</SPAN></P><P></P><P><SPAN style="font-size: 12pt;">You can reinstall the Vaio even if you have not made Recovery Discs from the Recovery Partition (Page 9 or Page 10).</SPAN></P><P></P><P><SPAN style="font-size: 12pt;">Good Luck.</SPAN></P><P></P><P><SPAN style="font-size: 12pt;"><img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://community.sony.no/html/@0248C33DDCF34AA61B8F8F33F5AFA5BE/images/smilies/013.png" alt=":wink:" title=":wink:" /><BR /></SPAN></P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 12 Dec 2011 20:09:45 GMT https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/i-have-lost-windows-disc/m-p/274185#M32660 Blencogo 2011-12-12T20:09:45Z Re: I have lost windows disc https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/i-have-lost-windows-disc/m-p/2714342#M138119 <P>Hello everybody, i'm new in this forum (actually my first time in a forum).</P><P>Unfortunately some stupid in assistance has removed the hidden partition :-(( terrible!</P><P>Where can I download the original "recovery-image"? or is there anybody out there so kind to make it available for download?<BR />please heeeeelp!!!!<BR />and thank you in advance! <img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://community.sony.no/html/@3191CA7235A406D833094BA2DD1CF2FF/images/smilies/011.png" alt=":slight_smile:" title=":slight_smile:" /><BR /><BR /></P> Fri, 31 Jan 2020 13:18:12 GMT https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/i-have-lost-windows-disc/m-p/2714342#M138119 DriftWide 2020-01-31T13:18:12Z