Sony Vaio Laptops

[milanlad]

On recent Sony Vaio laptops does the recovery software still come on CD's?

I heard that they now have it on a partition on the hard drive.

Thanks

[simonf7]

Unforuntately my Vaio came with a recovery partition - after burning the CDs that was removed pretty quick smart I can tell you

Seems that everyone is doing it these days

Si

[milanlad]

Unforuntately my Vaio came with a recovery partition - after burning the CDs that was removed pretty quick smart I can tell you

Seems that everyone is doing it these days

Si

did you mean you took off the recovery partition yourself after burning the CD's?

[Kezzer]

Just format the whole thing and start from scratch, that's what I did with my laptop when I got it

[milanlad]

Just format the whole thing and start from scratch, that's what I did with my laptop when I got it

Sorry if this sounds like a stupid question, but when you copied the recovery partition onto the CD, did you have to make the CD bootable?

Thanks

[simonf7]

Mine came with software to burn the CDs and then, if I remember, gave an option to remove the copy from the drive so I could use the space.

Si

[zhenboy]

everyones doing it these days... dell, sony, asus, etc...

[ahat]

What really bugs me is that none of the new laptops come with an exclusive Windows disk. It makes reinstallation a real pain sometimes.

[Pazza]

The best solution is to do a fresh install - get it exactly how you want it and then do a full system backup using Norton Ghost or similar. So, you can restore back to that point easily and hassle free