Optiarc DVD+-RW AD-5540A ATA Device īroadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated Controllerĭon't worry about your reply - you did it when you had the time and after you had resolved the problem (and had no need to ask further questions while doing that), so it was perfectly fine. Hitachi HTS541616J9SA00 (160.04 GB) - drive 0, s/n SB2411SJGLLRMB, rev SB4OC74P, SMART Status: Healthy 0YD479 Bus Clock: 166 megahertzĪTI Mobility Radeon X1400 (Microsoft Corporation - WDDM) [Di Sorry but I am new to the forum.and I can give only a URL to the picture.Ģ.00 gigahertz Intel Core 2 Duo 64 kilobyte primary memoryīoard: Dell Inc. How can I add the pictures from my desktop :D. If I go to Vaio Recovery Center-Restore Complete System-Restore C Drive is asking for the recovery discs, but I can not continue because of what I described above.ĭo you know if this means I have a recovery partition or not? Is there some other way to check for the recovery partition or the HDD distribution? It might be I have or not the recovery partition, but I do not know why I can not see the distribution of my HDD.
I attach 2 images, one from Computer-Manage-Storage-DiskManagement and one from C drive-Properties-Hardware where I can see 4 drives: 2 on Flashmedia 2 and 3 and 2 as DVD. I checked my girlfriend's laptop (also a Sony Vaio) and there is the C drive, just as in your attached image Shadowjk. It is strange why I do not see the C drive in Computer-Manage-Storage-DiskManagement. Thanks for your quick replies and sorry for my delayed answer. And is strange I can not see this recovery partition in Computer-Manage-Storage-DiskManagement. What I tried: to go to Bios to see if I can boot from the recovery partition, but there is no option like this there, only the usual ones: local HDD, local drive, USB optical drive etc. My question: is there any possibility to reinstall Vista without a recovery disc or with an original Vista CD/DVD? Can I reinstall Vista from the recovery partition somehow?Ĭouldn't Microsoft make it easier to be able to reinstall Vista from the recovery partition without a recovery disc, but just with a click? Or am I missing something here ? The problems starts now: I didn't create a recovery disc and more my DVD drive is not reading anymore any CD/DVD (on short is not working). I do not have any recovery disc or original Vista DVD - none came with the laptop. After 1 year I want to reinstall Vista to the factory settings so I have a clean OS. I am using Vista SP1, 32 bits on a Sony Vayo VGN.