topic Complete System Restore Problem in PCs & Accessories https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/pcs-accessories/complete-system-restore-problem/m-p/282460#M30385 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi</P><P></P><P>I have a Vaio with a dead hard disk (160MB Seagate). I have fitted a replacement disk (Hitachi 500GB) and attempted to do a full system restore from the recovery DVDs that I made when the notebook was new.</P><P></P><P>When I run the recovery utility I get a progress bar which says "formatting" and then an error message is displayed. When I cancel the error dialog box a further 2 error boxes are displayed, and then a failed -1 message.</P><P></P><P>The new hard disk is working correctly.</P><P></P><P>Does anyone have any ideas why the system restore fails?</P><P></P><P>Thanks</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 02 Jan 2012 17:20:20 GMT marcadams1968 2012-01-02T17:20:20Z Complete System Restore Problem https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/pcs-accessories/complete-system-restore-problem/m-p/282460#M30385 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi</P><P></P><P>I have a Vaio with a dead hard disk (160MB Seagate). I have fitted a replacement disk (Hitachi 500GB) and attempted to do a full system restore from the recovery DVDs that I made when the notebook was new.</P><P></P><P>When I run the recovery utility I get a progress bar which says "formatting" and then an error message is displayed. When I cancel the error dialog box a further 2 error boxes are displayed, and then a failed -1 message.</P><P></P><P>The new hard disk is working correctly.</P><P></P><P>Does anyone have any ideas why the system restore fails?</P><P></P><P>Thanks</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 02 Jan 2012 17:20:20 GMT https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/pcs-accessories/complete-system-restore-problem/m-p/282460#M30385 marcadams1968 2012-01-02T17:20:20Z