Sony VGC-RB52 User Guide - Page 126

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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 Safety Information - Provides safety/legal guidelines and owner information.  VAIO® Computer Welcome - This supplement provides information about supplied accessories and your computer's hardware configuration.  RAID Systems1 - Provides an overview of RAID systems and the various RAID levels (or types) that can be configured with your Sony VAIO® computer. It lists detailed procedures for using the RAID Recovery program to configure the hard disk drives, change your computer's RAID array, or to remove the RAID configuration. Additional procedures are also provided for using the VAIO® Recovery Wizard and the Intel Storage Utility programs.  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, click All Programs, then click VAIO Support Central. 2. From the VAIO Support Central menu, click VAIO Documentation. 3. 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 Manuals/Specs/Warranty 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.2 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, click All Programs, then click VAIO Central. 2. From the VAIO Central menu, click the Categories tab, then click the System Information folder. 3. Click Software Information. 1T 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. 2Y 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 126

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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 Safety Information —
Provides safety/legal guidelines and owner information.
VAIO
®
Computer Welcome
This supplement provides information about supplied accessories and your
computer's hardware configuration.
RAID Systems
1
Provides an overview of RAID systems and the various RAID levels (or types) that can be
configured with your Sony VAIO
®
computer. It lists detailed procedures for using the RAID Recovery program to
configure the hard disk drives, change your computer's RAID array, or to remove the RAID configuration. Additional
procedures are also provided for using the VAIO
®
Recovery Wizard and the Intel Storage Utility programs.
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, click
All Programs
, then click
VAIO Support Central
.
2.
From the
VAIO Support Central
menu, click
VAIO Documentation
.
3.
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
Manuals/Specs/Warranty
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.
2
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, click
All Programs
, then click
VAIO Central
.
2.
From the
VAIO Central
menu, click the
Categories
tab, then click the
System Information
folder.
3.
Click
Software Information
.
1
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.
2
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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