SONY PCGC1MVP
Service Manual

Using Your Recovery CDs

If your computer does not start from the Recovery CD 1 2 3 4 5 6 Press the power button and hold it for more than four seconds to turn off the computer. Turn on the computer. When the Sony logo is displayed, press the F2 key. The BIOS setup menu screen appears. Press the arrow keys to select the Exit menu. Press the arrow keys to select �Get Default Values� and then press the Enter key. The message �Load default configuration now?� appears. Check that �Yes� is selected, then press the Enter key. Press the arrow keys to select �Exit� (Save Changes) and then press the Enter key. The message �Save configuration changes and exit now?� appears. Check that �Yes� is selected, then press the Enter key. The computer restarts from the Recovery CD.

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� Your system may include one or more System Recovery CDs. If you have two System
Recovery CDs, insert the first CD to run the System Recovery program. You are prompted to insert the next CD once the information from the previous CD has been installed. The recovery process takes from 30 minutes to 60 minutes to complete.

After recovering your system using the System Recovery CD(s), you may be prompted to insert your Application Recovery CD(s) after restarting Windows. Insert the Application Recovery CD to automatically complete recovery of your system.

Recovering Microsoft Word
If you recover your operating system using the System Recovery CD, Microsoft® Word will not be recovered. Use the supplied Word CD-ROM to recover this application. The basic version of Word is preinstalled; you may load other Word options from the Word Application CD.

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