Replacing the original hard disk drive
If you replace the original,
About drive mapping
When a new hard disk drive is installed, the original drive mapping1 may be changed. The identified drives, including those for removable media2, may not reflect correct drive/icon associations. For more information on how to correct your drive mapping, visit the Sony online support Web site at http://www.sony.com/pcsupport.
About hard disk drive recovery
When you replace the original hard disk drive, the preinstalled VAIO Recovery Wizard utility program cannot restore the drive partitions, operating system, or original software programs. Before replacing the hard disk drive, create a VAIO Recovery Media Kit or purchase a kit from Sony.
Your VAIO® computer is not supplied with System or Application Recovery CDs. Use the VAIO Recovery Wizard utility to recover your computer's operating system and preinstalled software programs.
For more information about the VAIO Recovery Wizard utility program:
1.Click Start from the Windows® taskbar, and then click Help and Support.
2.From the VAIO Help and Support Center, click VAIO Recovery Options.
Observe the proper safety precautions when you upgrade your Sony computer. See Before upgrading your computer.
Drive letter assignment
When a new hard disk drive is installed, an identifying drive letter is assigned. The drive letter assignment becomes effective after you register for the first time or after recovering your computer with the VAIO® Recovery Wizard utility program.
The Click to DVD software program creates a new folder location on the new hard disk drive. This new folder is the default location to save files created with Click to DVD software.
If the Microsoft® Windows® operating system identifies the new hard disk drive as drive D, the Click to DVD software program saves its files to a new folder on the new drive D.
If the Windows operating system assigns another letter to the new hard disk drive, such as drive E or J, the Click to DVD software program creates the new save folder on the new drive.
When you start Click to DVD software for the first time, after recovering the computer or installing a new hard disk drive, the software program automatically creates a new save folder on the new drive.
Before you install a new hard disk drive
If your computer is equipped with a Serial ATA (SATA) hard disk drive, you do not need to configure the new drive.
The instructions provided here do not apply, if you want to set up a RAID configuration.
Follow the configuration instructions supplied with your new hard disk drive.
See your computer's specifications sheet for details about the installed hard disk drive.
1Drive mapping refers to the assignment of an identifying letter to a specific drive, such as Drive C or Drive D which identify the original hard disk drive.
2 Your computer may be equipped with other memory card readers, for media such as Memory Stick®, SD media, C ompactFlash®, or Microdrive cards. See the online Specification sheet for more information about your computer's memory card reader configuration.
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