As you can see, it is not an emergency (until it is). How do I resize (reduce) the system volume (and inject the new partition) without destroying all the data I have reloaded (not to mention the OS)? The Recovery Discs were enormously helpful in this disc-swapping adventure, and I would like to have a new set. Now I have plenty of room to re-create the Recovery Partition on the new boot drive, but the system partition takes up the entire disk.

The 'Create Recovery Discs' function will not access the external drive to create the new recovery discs. Hi I just purchased a Vaio vgn bz11e with xp recovery disc and gave it to my gf, she accidentally downgraded to xp. Unfortunately I did not plan well enough to re-create the Sony Vaio Recovery partiton that was on my original drive. More information about the recovery process can be found in the Troubleshooting and Recovery Guide you received with your VAIO. Retaining a larger empty space on the boot drive for the page files seemed like a good idea. Recovery discs are required if you have removed the recovery partition of your VAIO (accessible by pressing F10 at boot), and you have not created recovery discs from the Recovery Center. My plan was to have a decent size boot drive and a slave drive that could hold extraneous programs and all of my data that could be auto-backup. I then replaced my old internal slave drive (120GB) with a larger one (500GB). I retained the old one as a slave drive in an external drive enclosure. File Name:SonyVaioDriversDownloadU tilitySetup.exe. With an easy-to-use interface, this software will help you locate your right drivers efficiently and effectively.

Sony Vaio Drivers Download Utility is the best tool for people to update Sony computers drivers. Read the on-screen instructions carefully and select Next.

Select Advanced Tools, Restore and recovery, and Create Recovery Media. I recently replaced my boot drive (80GB) with a larger one (120GB). Sony Vaio Drivers Download Utility v.3.6.3. If you are signed in to your VAIO computer as a standard user, you may be prompted to enter an administrator name and a password.

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