topic Re: VGN - FZ21M - Harddisk failure/ Recover Disks issues in PCs & Accessories

VGN - FZ21M - Harddisk failure/ Recover Disks issues

Blackcherry — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 09:08:50 GMT

Hi all,

I'm having a bit of difficulty with my Viao. It began with the computer switching off minutes after start up, now on start up is reads and error message stating 'harddisk failure'.

I've run the simple diagnostics 'restore point' 'scans etc' and have come to the conclusion that it is probably best to recover the hard drive using the recovery disks - however it seems that I did not create the disks correctly (disk two is not working).

Is there anything I can do to restore my computer without the disks? Can I get the disks anywhere else? I'm happy to explore avenues before I give up and take to a repair shop

- All ideas welcome -

Thanks

Re: VGN - FZ21M - Harddisk failure/ Recover Disks issues

scottvaio — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 09:26:24 GMT

Hi,can you recover from the hidden partition ? boot up and press f10 repeatedly,
worth a try,hope you get sorted.

Re: VGN - FZ21M - Harddisk failure/ Recover Disks issues

Blackcherry — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:17:59 GMT

i shall give this a try - thanks for the tip.

Re: VGN - FZ21M - Harddisk failure/ Recover Disks issues

Thalamus. — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:30:06 GMT

Hi Blackcherry & scottvaio,

welcome to Club VAIO..

As long as HDD recovery partition has not been deleted, as scottvaio has correctly pointed out, you should be able to recover your Vaio back to the original installed OS and programs just as it was when you first used your Vaio.

To do this Start your Vaio and when you see the Vaio logo screen press F10 repeatedly this normally would start the recovery process..