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Windows 8 
Recovery Guide
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About Windows 8 Pro downgrade
You can recover (upgrade) the operating 
system on your computer from Windows 7 
Professional to Windows 8 Pro using the 
supplied Windows® 8 Pro 64-bit Recovery 
Media. 
Follow step 1 and step 2 in order.
 
Before recovering the operating system to 
Windows 8 Pro, be sure to create the 
Recovery Media for Windows 7 
Professional. 
The Recovery Media for Windows 7 
Professional is not supplied with your 
computer. The recovery area on the built-in 
hard disk drive or solid state drive on the 
computer contains the recovery data for 
Windows 7 Professional at the time of 
delivery. However, if you recover the 
operating system to Windows 8 Pro, the 
data will be erased. When you recover the 
operating system to Windows 7 
Professional, you will need the Recovery 
Media for Windows 7 Professional. 
For detailed information on how to create 
the Recovery Media, refer to the supplied 
Recovery, Backup and Troubleshooting 
Guide.
Step 1: 
To change the BIOS 
settings
Before recovering the operating system to 
Windows 8 Pro, you need to change the 
BIOS settings.
1
  Press the 
ASSIST button while your VAIO 
computer is off. 
The 
VAIO Care (Rescue Mode) screen 
appears.
2
 Select 
Start BIOS setup
Enter a password if it has already been 
set. 
The BIOS setup screen appears.
3
  Press the   or   key to select the 
Boot 
tab, select 
Boot Mode, and then press 
the 
Enter key.
4
  Press the   or   key to select 
UEFI and 
press the 
Enter key.
5
  Press the   or   key to select the 
Exit 
tab, the   or   key to select 
Save Changes, and then the Enter key. 
At the confirmation prompt, press the 
Enter key.
6
  Press the   or   key to select 
Shutdown and press the Enter key.
 
To enable downgrade to Windows 7 on this 
system the BIOS settings on this system 
were changed to boot into legacy BIOS 
mode. 
If the BIOS setting is not changed to native 
UEFI mode boot prior to installing, 
Windows 8 Pro may not install on this 
system.
Congratulations on your purchase of this 
VAIO computer. 
Your computer is originally a Windows® 8 
Pro installed model. However, because the 
operating system on your computer is 
downgraded under the Microsoft 
Windows® 8 Pro downgrade rights, 
Windows® 7 Professional is installed at the 
time of delivery.
About the recovery to 
Windows 8 Pro
You can recover the operating system on 
your computer to Windows 8 Pro using the 
supplied Windows® 8 Pro 64-bit Recovery 
Media. 
For detailed information on how to perform 
the recovery, see 
Recovering from 
Windows 7 Professional to Windows 8 
Pro
 in this manual. In addition, before 
recovering your computer system, read the 
following precautions.
 
Before recovering the operating system to 
Windows 8 Pro, be sure to create the 
Recovery Media for Windows 7 
Professional. 
The Recovery Media for Windows 7 
Professional is not supplied with your 
computer. The recovery area on the built-in 
hard disk drive or solid state drive on the 
computer contains the recovery data for 
Windows 7 Professional at the time of 
delivery. However, if you recover the 
operating system to Windows 8 Pro, the 
data will be erased. When you recover the 
operating system to Windows 7 
Professional, you will need the Recovery 
Media for Windows 7 Professional.
For detailed information on how to create 
the Recovery Media, refer to the supplied 
Recovery, Backup and Troubleshooting 
Guide.
Supplied Media
Windows® 8 Pro 64-bit Recovery Media
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Recovering from Windows 7 Professional 
to Windows 8 Pro