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sony vaio vgc-v2m recovery hard drive not booting up!

needinghelp — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 21:56:23 GMT

hello i can not load my system recover hard drive on my sony vaio vgc-v2m i can not click on it when i am in windows i just want to recover my hard drive to default but i cant all the files are working inside and they are all thair but i can not boot from thee hard drive with all the files on it i am running xp home edition i hope this helps thanks jack!

Re: sony vaio vgc-v2m recovery hard drive not booting up!

rich912 — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 22:10:04 GMT

Hi Jack,

Have you tried pressing and holding F10 at boot to enter the HDD recovery utility?

Rich

Re: sony vaio vgc-v2m recovery hard drive not booting up!

needinghelp — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 22:13:36 GMT

yes i have rich but still nothing happning apart from booting up intowindoes xp

sony vaio vgc-v2m recovery hard drive not booting up!

rich912 — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 22:28:33 GMT

Have you checked that the recovery partition still exists?

To do this open Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer Management > Storage > Disk Management. You should see a partition (without drive letter) at the start of Disk 0. This will probably be marked as EISA Configuration and sized between 8 and 12Gb.

If the partition has been deleted or is corrupt then you can use your recovery disks to return to factory settings. If you failed to create these then they can be purchased from Support.

Rich

Re: sony vaio vgc-v2m recovery hard drive not booting up!

rich912 — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 22:47:00 GMT

To order a set of recovery media you will need to call the premium rate OOW number and have your serial number to hand.

From the UK the number is 0905 0310006 (£0.35 per/min).

Rich

sony vaio vgc-v2m recovery hard drive not booting up!

needinghelp — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 22:48:21 GMT

rich i did not creat any recovery disks on my pc could you help me find some or i will buy some of sony if you give me a link many thanks jack

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Re: sony vaio vgc-v2m recovery hard drive not booting up!

needinghelp — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 22:49:05 GMT

how wll i get the disks wehn i call them ?

Re: sony vaio vgc-v2m recovery hard drive not booting up!

rich912 — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 22:50:44 GMT

In the post - they cannot be downloaded.

Rich

Re: sony vaio vgc-v2m recovery hard drive not booting up!

needinghelp — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 22:54:39 GMT

okay thanks for your help so much :

Re: sony vaio vgc-v2m recovery hard drive not booting up!

rich912 — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 22:56:11 GMT

You're welcome Jack

Rich

Re: sony vaio vgc-v2m recovery hard drive not booting up!

needinghelp — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 15:53:03 GMT

and can i only buy the disks off the phone or not ?

Re: sony vaio vgc-v2m recovery hard drive not booting up!

rich912 — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:11:52 GMT

Only by phone.

sony vaio vgc-v2m recovery hard drive not booting up!

needinghelp — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 17:44:28 GMT

how much is a disk please?

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Re: sony vaio vgc-v2m recovery hard drive not booting up!

rich912 — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 18:00:41 GMT

Approx. £50 for the set.

Re: sony vaio vgc-v2m recovery hard drive not booting up!

TONYFRANKS007 — Mon, 27 Apr 2015 15:07:56 GMT

CAN I BUY A SET OF RECOVERY DISCS AS MY HARD DRIVE IS NOT ON MY SONY IT SEEMS TO HAVE DISAPERED

Re: sony vaio vgc-v2m recovery hard drive not booting up!

rich912 — Mon, 27 Apr 2015 15:39:47 GMT

Hi TONYFRANKS007,

Yes you can. Contact Sony Support on the Out of Warranty number and they will point you in the right direction. I believe that Sony has now contracted out this service but support will advise. 0905 0310006 (Fixed: 0.35£/min)

Rich