Reformat the laptop Vaio

I would like instructions available for reformatting my VGNSR490JCP Vaio laptop which came with a Version of Vista Home and I improved later via the upgrade of Vaio Windows 7 CD.

Hello Terri,

  1. Access by pressing F10 recovery Partition.

  2. Restart the computer, hold down tap F10 key, press on enter key to edit boot option, select start the Recovery Wizard and click on skip VAIO Care rescue (if you do not want to back up data) to start the system recovery process.

  3. This will format the hard drive and reinstall the operating system Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64 - bit original.

  4. After the recovery of the disk (C :), use VAIO Upgrade Kit upgrade OS to Windows 7.

  5. Update Instructions for Windows 7: http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/support-info.pl?info_id=508

  6. See the following link for the specific model support page: http://esupport.sony.com/US/p/model-home.pl?mdl=VGNSR490JCP&template_id=1®ion_id=1&tab=download#/...

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