Sony VGC-RA930G VAIO User Guide - Page 159

Immediate Help and Support, VAIO Help And Support Center

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Immediate Help and Support You can locate helpful information immediately by consulting your hard copy guides and supplements, or by accessing the online Computer User Guide and individual software Help files. Your computer is supplied with these support options:  VAIO® Computer Quick Start1 - The Quick Start contains information on how to set up your computer quickly and easily. You can find instructions on how to connect power cords, cables, peripheral devices, and register your computer with Sony®. The Quick Start can also provide basic troubleshooting support.  VAIO® Computer Welcome2 - This supplement provides information about supplied accessories and your computer's hardware configuration.  About RAID Systems3 - Contains an overview of RAID-0 and RAID-1 levels, along with simple instructions on RAID configuration.  VAIO® Recovery Options Guide - Provides information about restoring individual software programs, software drivers, drive partition(s), or your entire hard disk drive to the original factory installed settings.  VAIO® Computer User Guide - The online User Guide provides information about configuring, maintaining, and upgrading your computer. This support resource offers a variety of available topics, enabling you to quickly view specific information using context-sensitive search features. To access the online guide: 1. Click Start in the Windows® taskbar, then click Help and Support. 2. From the VAIO Help And Support Center menu, click VAIO User Guide.  Specifications - The online specifications sheet describes the hardware and software configuration of your VAIO computer. To view the online specifications sheet: 1. Connect to the Internet. 2. Go to the Sony online support Web site at http://www.sony.com/pcsupport. 3. Click the Documentation button and follow the on-screen instructions to locate your model's specifications sheet.  Preinstalled software Help files - Each preinstalled software program provides online Help within the software, that describes the software's features. In these Help files, you can find tutorials that teach you to use the software and locate troubleshooting support, should problems occur. To access software Help files: 1. Click Start in the Windows taskbar and point to All Programs. A submenu appears, listing all preinstalled software programs. 2. Click the desired software program.4 The software's main window appears. 3. From the menu bar, click Help. The software program's Help appears.  VAIO Software - This feature provides specific information on preinstalled software on your computer. To access this online software information 1. Click Start in the Windows taskbar. 2. Click Welcome to VAIO life. 1 C ertain V A I O ® c omputers are not s upplied with the Q uic k Start guide, they are s upplied with the VAIO® Computer Welcome. 2 C ertain V A I O ® c omputers are not s upplied with the Welc ome s upplement, they are s upplied with the VAIO® Computer Quick Start. 3 T his booklet is only s upplied with c ertain V A I O ® c omputers that have RA I D c apability or are RA I D-ready. See the online s pec ific ations s heet for details about your c omputer's hardware c onfiguration. 4 Y ou c an loc ate the online H elp for Sony® s oftware programs by pointing to the individual s oftware program's ic on and s elec ting H elp from the s ubmenu. Page 159

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Immediate Help and Support
You can locate helpful information immediately by consulting your hard copy guides and supplements, or by accessing the
online Computer User Guide and individual software Help files.
Your computer is supplied with these support options:
VAIO
®
Computer Quick Start
1
The Quick Start contains information on how to set up your computer quickly and
easily. You can find instructions on how to connect power cords, cables, peripheral devices, and register your
computer with Sony
®
. The Quick Start can also provide basic troubleshooting support.
VAIO
®
Computer Welcome
2
This supplement provides information about supplied accessories and your
computer's hardware configuration.
About RAID Systems
3
Contains an overview of RAID-0 and RAID-1 levels, along with simple instructions on RAID
configuration.
VAIO
®
Recovery Options Guide
Provides information about restoring individual software programs, software
drivers, drive partition(s), or your entire hard disk drive to the original factory installed settings.
VAIO
®
Computer User Guide —
The online User Guide provides information about configuring, maintaining, and
upgrading your computer. This support resource offers a variety of available topics, enabling you to quickly view
specific information using context-sensitive search features. To access the online guide:
1.
Click
Start
in the Windows
®
taskbar, then click
Help and Support
.
2.
From the
VAIO Help And Support Center
menu, click
VAIO User Guide
.
Specifications
The online specifications sheet describes the hardware and software configuration of your VAIO
computer. To view the online specifications sheet:
1.
Connect to the Internet.
2.
Go to the Sony online support Web site at
.
3.
Click the
Documentation
button and follow the on-screen instructions to locate your model's
specifications sheet.
Preinstalled software Help files —
Each preinstalled software program provides online Help within the software,
that describes the software's features. In these Help files, you can find tutorials that teach you to use the software
and locate troubleshooting support, should problems occur. To access software Help files:
1.
Click
Start
in the Windows taskbar and point to
All Programs
. A submenu appears, listing all preinstalled
software programs.
2.
Click the desired software program.
4
The software's main window appears.
3.
From the menu bar, click
Help
. The software program's
Help
appears.
VAIO Software
This feature provides specific information on preinstalled software on your computer.
To access this online software information
1.
Click
Start
in the Windows taskbar.
2.
Click
Welcome to VAIO life
.
1
Certain VAIO
®
computers are not supplied with the Q uick Start guide, they are supplied with the
VAIO
®
Computer Welcome
.
2
Certain VAIO
®
computers are not supplied with the Welcome supplement, they are supplied with the
VAIO
®
Computer Quick Start
.
3
This booklet is only supplied with certain VAIO
®
computers that have RA ID capability or are RA ID-ready. See the online specifications sheet for details
about your computer's hardware configuration.
4
You can locate the online Help for Sony
®
software programs by pointing to the individual software program's icon and selecting Help from the submenu.
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