Immediate Help And Support - Sony VGC-RB50 User Guide (primary user manual) User Manual

Immediate Help and Support

You can locate helpful information immediately by consulting your hard copy guides and supplements, or by accessing the
online Computer User Guide and individual software Help files.
Your computer is supplied with these support options:
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VAIO Computer Safety Information — Provides safety/legal guidelines and owner information.
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VAIO Computer Welcome — This supplement provides information about supplied accessories and your
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computer's hardware configuration.
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RAID Systems — Provides an overview of RAID systems and the various RAID levels (or types) that can be
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configured with your Sony VAIO
configure the hard disk drives, change your computer's RAID array, or to remove the RAID configuration. Additional
procedures are also provided for using the VAIO
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VAIO Recovery Options Guide — Provides information about restoring individual software programs, software
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drivers, drive partition(s), or your entire hard disk drive to the original factory installed settings.
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VAIO Computer User Guide — The online User Guide provides information about configuring, maintaining, and
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upgrading your computer. This support resource offers a variety of available topics, enabling you to quickly view
specific information using context-sensitive search features. To access the online guide:
1.
Click Start in the Windows
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From the VAIO Support Central menu, click VAIO Documentation.
3.
Click VAIO User Guide.
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Specifications — The online specifications sheet describes the hardware and software configuration of your VAIO
computer. To view the online specifications sheet:
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Connect to the Internet.
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Go to the Sony online support Web site at http://www.sony.com/pcsupport.
3.
Click the Manuals/Specs/Warranty button and follow the on-screen instructions to locate your model's
specifications sheet.
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Preinstalled software Help files — Each preinstalled software program provides online Help within the software,
that describes the software's features. In these Help files, you can find tutorials that teach you to use the software
and locate troubleshooting support, should problems occur. To access software Help files:
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Click Start in the Windows taskbar and point to All Programs. A submenu appears, listing all preinstalled
software programs.
2. Click the desired software program.
3.
From the menu bar, click Help. The software program's Help appears.
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VAIO Software — This feature provides specific information on preinstalled software on your computer.
To access this online software information
1.
Click Start in the Windows
2.
From the VAIO Central menu, click the Categories tab, then click the System Information folder.
3.
Click Software Information.
T his booklet is only s upplied with c ertain V A I O
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about your c omputer's hardware c onfiguration.
Y ou c an loc ate the online H elp for Sony
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computer. It lists detailed procedures for using the RAID Recovery program to
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Recovery Wizard and the Intel Storage Utility programs.
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taskbar, click All Programs, then click VAIO Support Central.
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The software's main window appears.
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taskbar, click All Programs, then click VAIO Central.
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c omputers that have RA I D c apability or are RA I D-ready. See the online s pec ific ations s heet for details
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s oftware programs by pointing to the individual s oftware program's ic on and s elec ting H elp from the s ubmenu.
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