topic Vaio AW11Z - Recovery partition is empty! in PCs & Accessories https://community.sony.sk/t5/pcs-accessories/vaio-aw11z-recovery-partition-is-empty/m-p/133649#M57202 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi all,<BR /><BR />I have just bought a Vaio AW11 Z/B to my wife and have a question concerning the recovery partition and recovery discs.<BR /><BR />The computer come with Windows Vista Home Premium and everything worked well in the installation. It keeps warning about the need of creating the recovery discs. I confess that I have being postponing that task but today went to see the drive C and saw it says that the recovery partition is 100% free. <BR />Does this mean that in this moment there is not the necessary information for a recovery to factory conditions?<BR />Does this information placed in the recovery partition when making the recovery DVDs?<BR />If not what is the use of the recovery partition?<BR /><BR />Thank you in advance for any clarification.<BR /><BR />AWemans<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 12 Dec 2008 12:27:35 GMT awemans 2008-12-12T12:27:35Z Vaio AW11Z - Recovery partition is empty! https://community.sony.sk/t5/pcs-accessories/vaio-aw11z-recovery-partition-is-empty/m-p/133649#M57202 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi all,<BR /><BR />I have just bought a Vaio AW11 Z/B to my wife and have a question concerning the recovery partition and recovery discs.<BR /><BR />The computer come with Windows Vista Home Premium and everything worked well in the installation. It keeps warning about the need of creating the recovery discs. I confess that I have being postponing that task but today went to see the drive C and saw it says that the recovery partition is 100% free. <BR />Does this mean that in this moment there is not the necessary information for a recovery to factory conditions?<BR />Does this information placed in the recovery partition when making the recovery DVDs?<BR />If not what is the use of the recovery partition?<BR /><BR />Thank you in advance for any clarification.<BR /><BR />AWemans<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 12 Dec 2008 12:27:35 GMT https://community.sony.sk/t5/pcs-accessories/vaio-aw11z-recovery-partition-is-empty/m-p/133649#M57202 awemans 2008-12-12T12:27:35Z Re: Vaio AW11Z - Recovery partition is empty! https://community.sony.sk/t5/pcs-accessories/vaio-aw11z-recovery-partition-is-empty/m-p/133650#M57203 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi awemans,<BR /><BR />welcome to Club VAIO.. <img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://community.sony.sk/html/@3191CA7235A406D833094BA2DD1CF2FF/images/smilies/011.png" alt=":slight_smile:" title=":slight_smile:" /> <BR /><BR />The recovery partition is a hidden EISA partition and is separate to your C Drive..<BR /><BR />You can create a set of recovery disc's by doing the following..<BR /><BR />Click <STRONG>Start</STRONG>, <STRONG>All Programs</STRONG>, then <STRONG>Vaio Recovery Center</STRONG>..<BR /><BR />Click <STRONG>Continue</STRONG> on the User Account Control window<BR /><BR />Select <STRONG>Create Recovery Disc</STRONG> then press <STRONG>Start</STRONG>.. <img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://community.sony.sk/html/@3191CA7235A406D833094BA2DD1CF2FF/images/smilies/011.png" alt=":slight_smile:" title=":slight_smile:" /><BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 12 Dec 2008 13:59:39 GMT https://community.sony.sk/t5/pcs-accessories/vaio-aw11z-recovery-partition-is-empty/m-p/133650#M57203 Thalamus. 2008-12-12T13:59:39Z Re: Vaio AW11Z - Recovery partition is empty! https://community.sony.sk/t5/pcs-accessories/vaio-aw11z-recovery-partition-is-empty/m-p/133651#M57204 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Thalamus and thank you for the welcome.<BR /><BR />What scared me was that in the disk management of the Vista it listed the recovery partition as being 100% free, i.e. empty. Maybe it has to do to be in EISA format. Anyway I will go buy 3 DVDs and making the recovery discs following your instructions. Better safe than sorry.<BR />Thank you.<BR /><BR />Best regards,<BR /><BR />AWemans<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 12 Dec 2008 17:16:43 GMT https://community.sony.sk/t5/pcs-accessories/vaio-aw11z-recovery-partition-is-empty/m-p/133651#M57204 awemans 2008-12-12T17:16:43Z Re: Vaio AW11Z - Recovery partition is empty! https://community.sony.sk/t5/pcs-accessories/vaio-aw11z-recovery-partition-is-empty/m-p/133652#M57205 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><PRE __jive_macro_name="quote" class="jive_text_macro jive_macro_quote">Hi Thalamus and thank you for the welcome.<BR /></PRE><BR /><BR />You're welcome awemans..<BR /><BR /><PRE __jive_macro_name="quote" class="jive_text_macro jive_macro_quote">What scared me was that in the disk management of the Vista it listed the recovery partition as being 100% free, i.e. empty. Maybe it has to do to be in EISA format.<BR /></PRE><BR /><BR />Yes the recovery partition does display as 100% free in Vista..<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 12 Dec 2008 18:05:52 GMT https://community.sony.sk/t5/pcs-accessories/vaio-aw11z-recovery-partition-is-empty/m-p/133652#M57205 Thalamus. 2008-12-12T18:05:52Z