Sony PCG-R505GL User Guide - Page 155

Hardware Update Wizard, Sony Application Recovery

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Using Your Recovery CDs To reinstall programs with the Application Recovery CD(s) 1 Turn on your computer. If your computer is already on, close all open programs. 2 Logon to the Microsoft® Windows® desktop. 3 Insert Sony Application Recovery CD No. 1 into your computer's optical drive. The Application Recovery utility starts automatically. 4 Click OK in the VAIO welcome window. The Sony Application Recovery Program window appears. 5 Double-click the Software folder icon. 6 Double-click the application you want to restore, and then follow the on- screen instructions to complete the recovery process. ✍ Your system may include one or more Application Recovery CDs. If you have more than one Application Recovery CD, insert the first CD to run the Application Recovery program. You may be prompted to insert the next CD, depending on the application you wish to restore. To reinstall device drivers with the Application Recovery CD(s) 1 Logon to the Microsoft® Windows® desktop. 2 Insert Application Recovery CD No. 1 into your computer's optical drive. 3 Click Start on the Windows® taskbar, and right-click My Computer. 4 Click Properties. The System Properties dialog box appears. 5 Click the Hardware tab, and click Device Manager. 6 Right-click the unknown device or the device that requires the driver installation, and click Update Driver from the shortcut menu. ✍ Unknown devices are identified by a yellow question mark. A device with a driver problem is identified by a yellow exclamation point. 7 In the Hardware Update Wizard, click to select Install from a list or specific location (Advanced). 8 Click Next. 155

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Using Your Recovery CDs
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To reinstall programs with the Application Recovery CD(s)
1
Turn on your computer. If your computer is already on, close all open
programs.
2
Logon to the Microsoft
®
Windows
®
desktop.
3
Insert Sony Application Recovery CD No. 1 into your computer
s optical
drive. The Application Recovery utility starts automatically.
4
Click
OK
in the VAIO welcome window. The
Sony Application Recovery
Program
window appears.
5
Double-click the
Software
folder icon.
6
Double-click the application you want to restore, and then follow the on-
screen instructions to complete the recovery process.
To reinstall device drivers with the Application Recovery CD(s)
1
Logon to the Microsoft
®
Windows
®
desktop.
2
Insert Application Recovery CD No. 1 into your computer
s optical drive.
3
Click
Start
on the Windows
®
taskbar, and right-click
My Computer
.
4
Click
Properties
. The
System Properties
dialog box appears.
5
Click the
Hardware
tab, and click
Device Manager
.
6
Right-click the unknown device or the device that requires the driver
installation, and click
Update Driver
from the shortcut menu.
7
In the
Hardware Update Wizard
, click to select
Install from a list or
specific location (Advanced)
.
8
Click
Next
.
Your system may include one or more Application Recovery CDs. If you have more
than one Application Recovery CD, insert the first CD to run the Application
Recovery program. You may be prompted to insert the next CD, depending on the
application you wish to restore.
Unknown devices are identified by a yellow question mark. A device with a driver
problem is identified by a yellow exclamation point.