Posted on 09/14/2009 9:06:19 PM PDT by rudy45
I am trying to create recovery disks for a Sony Vaio. After getting to help and support windows, and clicking on a link for "recovery disks," I reach a window that explains what recovery disks are and what they do. The last line in this window says, "to create recovery disks, click next." However, this window has no link labeled "next" and no clickable button labeled "next." Furthermore, the window cannot be maximized (there is no maximize icon), or does it have horizontal or vertical scrolling. In other words, there's nothing to click.
Has anyone run into this issue? How do I create recovery disks on a Vaio? Thanks.
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Can you resize it? Make it wider perhaps to slide any hidden controls up into the window.
I believe the “resize” option you’re looking for is the full-screen mode.
Try pressing TAB and then ENTER.
Check this out.
http://www.joetech.com/2008/03/01/my-sony-vaio-vgn-sz430n-hard-drive-crashed-and-how-i-fixed-it/
He said there was no maximize.
hmmm...thought you could force that via a right click function?
I’ve had this happen when the program is using the wrong font size for the window. Happens more when the program is using an HTML window because I usually keep the IE font size setting on large (easier to read with my eyesight).
These are a few tricks I have used as workarounds:
1. Try left click and hold somewhere near the bottom of the window, then move the pointer down towards the bottom like you would to highlight the text. This sometimes scrolls the screen down (can also work going to the right) so that you can see the proper button choices to continue. If that doesn’t work, then try #2.
2. Close the program, open IE browser, click on ‘view’ menu, then ‘text size’, then smallest. Now try running your program again. If that doesn’t work, then try #3.
3. Change the screen resolution to the absolute highest resolution possible (makes fonts much smaller looking). If that doesn’t work, then leave the resolution at the highest and go back and try #1 & 2 again.
If none of those work, then try the ‘blind geek’ game (LOL).
That’s using the tab key to jump to an unseen button and hitting enter to see what happens. This almost always works after a few trys, but it also could do something you really don’t want to happen. That’s the fun of the the blind geek game (or as some call it, Russian Geek roulette, heheh).
Good Luck.
;>)
RT
Sometimes you can double-click the title bar, but typically if there’s no maximize button (the one with a square in the top-right) then double clicking has no effect. When I reference resizing, I mean grabbing an edge and dragging it.
| C:\>format c: Press ENTER when ready... Formatting 1.44M Format complete. Volumn label (11 characters, ENTER for none)? OOPS |
Why don’t you just go directly to the Windows backup and restore menu in the control panel? The Vaio window actually takes you there, although it is not obvious that is what it is doing (or supposed to be doing). There isn’t a separate Vaio recovery disk utility.
If you don’t like the windows backup utility, Acronis is very good. I’ve used it for cloning disks, but it mainly is used for backups.
ROTFLOL
Well, at least it wasn’t the FDISK command.
BTW, I love my SpinRite 6. I’ve rescued a few HDDs with it.
I thought about doing fdisk but most wouldn’t get it =P
Delete allocation? Sure!
I think we just dated ourselves, LOL.
Your Sony supplied media did this? You need to get Sony to send you replacement CDs then, or get replacement drivers off the Sony web site. Your system configuration is anyone’s guess, only Sony would know (from your system model number and/or config sheet) what devices you have and what drivers/firmware you need. Chances are you either missed the Next button or the CD is mismatched to your system.
Hehe. I started in ~91. I can fully appreciate that these days I create and delete Word documents at work that wouldn’t have fit on my first HD, even if it was double spaced.
Here’s how I resolved the issue: When I started the recovery center again, and came to that window that had no button to click, no link and no scroll bars, I simply pressed (enter) and voila! lol I came to the next screen. The system now is preparing the DVD media for me.
Thanks.
“Keyboard not found; press F1 to continue”
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