Restoring Your System - Sony VAIO VGF-HS1 Series User Manual

Restoring Your System

You can restore the factory default settings while deleting all hard drive content and restore the state of the
Home Server at the time of delivery. For information on the state of your Home Server after restoring your
system, see "State of the Home Server after Restoring the Home Server or the System" on page 56.
Notes
You cannot restore the firmware.
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Restoring system will also delete the sample content from the Media folder. To restore the sample content, copy
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the content from the Sample folder on the supplied CD-ROM.
1
Access the Home Server Settings Page (page ).
2
Click "Reset" in the left pane.
The Reset page is displayed in the right pane.
3
Click "Restore system. "
On the confirmation page, click "OK. "
The Rebooting page is displayed and the Home Server restarts. The Restoration and hard disk
format process start.
The  (POWER) indicator light on the Home Server blinks in orange until both processes are
completed.
Upon completion, the
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Tip
Restoring the system may change the IP address of the Home Server Settings Page. Proceed with either of the
following procedures to access the Home Server Settings Page:
Accessing from the PC Link software
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 Start the PC Link software(page 19).
 On the main window, click the server name of your Home Server in the Back Up section.
Accessing by entering the IP address
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 Press the DISPLAY button several times until the IP address appears on the display on the Home Server.
 Start your browser software on the personal computer and enter the IP address in the URL address field.
 (POWER) indicator
light stays lit in green.