Hi ckierran,

welcome to Club VAIO Questions and Answers..:smileyhappy:

Your friend should be bale to purchase a recovery disc set for their VA1 from Vaio support..

To contact Vaio support, either click Support at the top of this page or use the following link:Vaio support

Under Log-in option select your VAIO model then next to Select Model Category - Select your model series from the drop down list..

Then click Log-In..

Once logged select Get In Touch..