Sony vgn-s430p Supplementary Manual

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© 2004 Sony Electronics Inc.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
The following information describes how to keep your computer operating smoothly, how to protect it from 
potential threats, and how to recover your hard disk drive if it should become corrupted or erased. Be sure to 
read the following information to ensure an enjoyable computing experience.
Recovering Your Hard Disk Drive
This section provides information about restoring individual software programs, software drivers, drive 
partition(s), or the hard disk drive to the original factory settings.
It can be difficult to troubleshoot or to decide on the best repair solution. If you are experiencing problems that 
affect your computer’s performance, consider performing a recovery.
Activities That Can Affect Your Computer’s Performance
Your VAIO computer uses the VAIO Recovery Wizard, a fast and easy-to-use recovery utility program, to recover the 
operating system, preinstalled software and drivers. You can use the VAIO Recovery Wizard to create a VAIO 
Recovery Media Kit. System and Application Recovery CDs are not supplied.
Attaching devices like printers,
network systems, and
installing related drivers.
Adding and removing
software, or creating, 
changing, and deleting data.
Downloading content
from the Internet.
Any of these changes to your system
can create problems
The operating system or software programs
may stop responding.
Printers or other attached peripheral 
equipment may stop working properly.
A destructive virus or malicious code may 
be downloaded from the Internet.