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Using Your Recovery CDs
If your notebook 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 notebook. Turn on the notebook. 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 notebook restarts from the Recovery CD.
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� Your system may include one or more System Recovery CDs. If you have more than
one System Recovery CD, insert the first CD to run the System Recovery program. You are prompted to insert the next CD once the information from the first 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.
