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2 Point to Programs, Accessories, then System Tools and finally Backup. The Backup window appears. Managing drivers 93 3 From the Tools menu, choose Create an Emergency Repair Disk. 4 Follow the instructions that appear on your screen. . You will need a blank 1.44 MB floppy disk to create an Emergency Repair Disk. nN You are recommended to recreate an Emergency Repair Disk each time your computer undergoes major changes (new program installation, and so on) . The repair process relies on information that is saved in the system root/repair folder. You may not change or delete this folder. Choosing Also back up the registry to the repair directory, will save your current registry files in a folder within your system root/repair folder. This is useful if you need to recover your system in the event your hard disk has failed. Additional information on the repair process is available in the help files (see the Getting Started online book in Introducing Windows ® 2000 Professional) . Software Guide Managing drivers 94 Downloading drivers Please note it is possible to download the latest versions of drivers for your computer on our website. nNJust click the following link to access it: link.com To download the latest drivers, proceed as follows: 1 Go to vaio-link. com and choose your language. 2 Click the VAIO User button. 3 Fill in the two codes and enter the site. 4 Select Downloads and follow the procedure. A list of available downloads appears. 5 Choose the appropriate driver and follow the online instructions to download it. To install your driver, follow the instructions you downloaded with the driver. Software Guide Software Guide Using the product recovery CD-ROMs 95 Using the product recovery CD-ROMs The Product Recovery CD-ROMs supplied with your computer allow you to perform a full system recovery, nNand help you reinstall individual applications and device drivers manually. . Perform an Application Recovery to: . Reinstall an individual driver if a device is not functioning properly. . Reinstall an individual application if you have problems running it. . Perform a System Recovery in the following cases: . In the event of a serious system crash. . If you want to modify the size of the hard drive partitions. ! You can only use these product recovery CD- ROMs on the Sony computer they came with and not on any other Sony PC or other manufacturer's PC. . Performing an application recovery ( page 96) . Performing a system recovery (page 97) . Aborting the system recovery process (page 102) Software Guide Using the product recovery CD-ROMs 96 Performing an application recovery The final CD in the set of product recovery CD-ROMs contains most of the applications that were preinstalled nNon your computer. Reinstalling a program from this application CD can fix the problems encountered if it does not run correctly anymore, or if Windows ® is having a problem running a device. To perform an application recovery, proceed as follows: 1 Turn on your computer ( using AC power only) and wait until Windows ® has booted up. 2 Insert the final product recovery CD- ROM into the disc drive. 3 Open the drive through Windows Explorer or My Computer and open the Apps folder. 4 Open the folder of the application you want to reinstall. 5 Double- click the Setup file. 6 Follow the instructions in the Installer. . You must run the final product recovery CD-ROM from Windows ® . The application recovery does not run from DOS. When performing an application recovery, you do not lose any data on your hard disk. In most cases, you are advised to uninstall an application before reinstalling it. Reinstalling a device from the application Some applications or peripherals require specific drivers which are not found on the Windows ® operating system. The final CD in the set of product recovery CD-ROMs contains the drivers you need for the preinstalled hardware devices. Reinstalling a driver from this CD can fix the problems encountered if Windows ® is having a problem running a device. For more details on managing drivers, please see Managing drivers (page 88) . Software Guide Using the product recovery CD-ROMs 97 To reinstall/ update a device driver, proceed as follows: 1 Turn on your computer ( using AC power only) and wait until Windows ® has booted up. nN2 Insert the final product recovery CD- ROM into the disc drive. 3 Open the drive through Windows Explorer or My Computer and open the Drivers folder. 4 Check that the driver you require appears in the folder. 5 Click Start on the taskbar and point to Settings. 6 Click Control Panel, then open System. 7 On the Hardware tab, select Device Manager and double- click the device you want to update. 8 On the Driver tab click Update Driver. Follow the instructions that appear on your screen. You can have Windows ® search for the driver, or point to the driver's location yourself. Performing a system recovery The system recovery process allows you to: 1 Reinstall an image of t...
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