Sony Vaio Laptop Factory Reset without Recovery Disc

Even though there is no recovery disc available, you still could use methods below to factory reset Sony Vaio laptop.

1. Factory Reset Sony laptop with one recovery menu.

Start your Sony laptop, and hold on pressing Alt + F10. Factory restore process would start, follow it and get factory default set up menu in Sony Vaio.

2. Factory Reset Sony laptop with system restore program.

System restore program set in Sony laptop could help you to restore laptop to early backup point, including the first one point when laptop is factory default settings.

Click Start – Programs – Accessories – System Tools – System Restore. Select “Restore My Computer to Early Time”, click “Next”. And you would see several date, and the dark date is the backup point. Select it and click “Next” to restore your system to this point.

If system restore couldn’t work in this mode, restart laptop and press F8 to enter Windows safe mode. The following steps in safe mode are the same as usual mode.