topic help in PCs & Accessories https://community.sony.de/t5/pcs-accessories/help/m-p/262612#M34892 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>my laptop had to be wiped due to a virus. can factory settings be reset?</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 08 Nov 2011 22:49:27 GMT keijohns7 2011-11-08T22:49:27Z help https://community.sony.de/t5/pcs-accessories/help/m-p/262612#M34892 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>my laptop had to be wiped due to a virus. can factory settings be reset?</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 08 Nov 2011 22:49:27 GMT https://community.sony.de/t5/pcs-accessories/help/m-p/262612#M34892 keijohns7 2011-11-08T22:49:27Z help https://community.sony.de/t5/pcs-accessories/help/m-p/262613#M34893 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P class="MsoNoSpacing"><SPAN style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: " arial="">Hi keijohns7,</SPAN></P><P></P><P class="MsoNoSpacing"><SPAN style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: " arial="">Assuming that the recovery partition has not been formatted you can reset to factory defaults by tapping F10 at boot when you see the Vaio logo – this should start the recovery procedure.</SPAN></P><P></P><P class="MsoNoSpacing"><SPAN style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: " arial="">Also, if you created recovery media the disks can be used to recover your system.</SPAN></P><P></P><P class="MsoNoSpacing"><SPAN style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: " arial="">Otherwise you need to purchase a set of recovery media from Support. </SPAN></P><P></P><P class="MsoNoSpacing"><SPAN style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: " arial="">Rich</SPAN></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 09 Nov 2011 09:56:11 GMT https://community.sony.de/t5/pcs-accessories/help/m-p/262613#M34893 rich912 2011-11-09T09:56:11Z