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    <title>topic recover discs in PCs &amp; Accessories</title>
    <link>https://community.sony.at/t5/pcs-accessories/recover-discs/m-p/223464#M42207</link>
    <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hi samtanna,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;welcome to Questions &amp;amp; Answers..:smileyhappy:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The &lt;STRONG&gt;PCG-5g1m&lt;/STRONG&gt; is not your VAIO's model number that is the chassis number, your actual&amp;nbsp; VAIO model should be shown on the lower right hand corner of your&amp;nbsp; screen's surround..:smileywink:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;IMG alt="https://www.sony.co.uk/discussions/servlet/JiveServlet/showImage/2-647680-4634/model.JPG" class="jive-image" src="http://community-stage.sony.co.uk/legacyfs/online/4634_model.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;However I suspect your Vaio would have a hidden HDD recovery partition so you should be able to restore&amp;nbsp; the Sony supplied operating system and the pre-installed applications&amp;nbsp; by doing the following.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Start&amp;nbsp; your Vaio and when you see the Vaio logo press the F10&amp;nbsp; key repeatedly,&amp;nbsp; hopefully this should start the recovery process using&amp;nbsp; the hidden HDD&amp;nbsp; recovery partition.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Then follow the recovery instructions to complete the process&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;If the F10 option does not work then you can contact Vaio support and purchase a set of recovery disc's for your vaio..&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;You can find the contact details for vaio support by either clicking Support at the top of this page or by using the following link:&lt;A href="http://support.vaio.sony.eu/computing/vaio/index.aspx?m=0&amp;amp;l=en_GB"&gt;Vaio support&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Under&amp;nbsp; Log-in option 1: enter your VAIO's serial number&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Then click Log-In&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Once logged select Get In Touch..&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 12:01:46 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>Thalamus.</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2011-06-08T12:01:46Z</dc:date>
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      <title>recover discs</title>
      <link>https://community.sony.at/t5/pcs-accessories/recover-discs/m-p/223461#M42206</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hi there can any one help me with the recovery discs for me viao PCG-5g1m&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 11:47:09 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.sony.at/t5/pcs-accessories/recover-discs/m-p/223461#M42206</guid>
      <dc:creator>samtanna</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2011-06-08T11:47:09Z</dc:date>
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      <title>recover discs</title>
      <link>https://community.sony.at/t5/pcs-accessories/recover-discs/m-p/223464#M42207</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hi samtanna,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;welcome to Questions &amp;amp; Answers..:smileyhappy:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The &lt;STRONG&gt;PCG-5g1m&lt;/STRONG&gt; is not your VAIO's model number that is the chassis number, your actual&amp;nbsp; VAIO model should be shown on the lower right hand corner of your&amp;nbsp; screen's surround..:smileywink:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;IMG alt="https://www.sony.co.uk/discussions/servlet/JiveServlet/showImage/2-647680-4634/model.JPG" class="jive-image" src="http://community-stage.sony.co.uk/legacyfs/online/4634_model.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;However I suspect your Vaio would have a hidden HDD recovery partition so you should be able to restore&amp;nbsp; the Sony supplied operating system and the pre-installed applications&amp;nbsp; by doing the following.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Start&amp;nbsp; your Vaio and when you see the Vaio logo press the F10&amp;nbsp; key repeatedly,&amp;nbsp; hopefully this should start the recovery process using&amp;nbsp; the hidden HDD&amp;nbsp; recovery partition.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Then follow the recovery instructions to complete the process&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;If the F10 option does not work then you can contact Vaio support and purchase a set of recovery disc's for your vaio..&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;You can find the contact details for vaio support by either clicking Support at the top of this page or by using the following link:&lt;A href="http://support.vaio.sony.eu/computing/vaio/index.aspx?m=0&amp;amp;l=en_GB"&gt;Vaio support&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Under&amp;nbsp; Log-in option 1: enter your VAIO's serial number&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Then click Log-In&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Once logged select Get In Touch..&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 12:01:46 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.sony.at/t5/pcs-accessories/recover-discs/m-p/223464#M42207</guid>
      <dc:creator>Thalamus.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2011-06-08T12:01:46Z</dc:date>
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