I had some problems with my Sony Vaio, my kid spilled soda on the keyboard. Not a lot, and I got it wiped up fairly quickly and it worked for a day. Then the next day the - key got stuck and on every text field it would do this --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I popped the key off and fixed that but then the cpu froze and when I turned it back on it took me to a screen that says "Edit windows boot options for: Start Vaio Recovery Center"
I can press enter to go into Vaio recovery but there is an option to press escape to cancel but it doesn't work. I think that key may have been damaged by the soda. I am going to try a USB keyboard and see if that works.
The problem is, when I entered Vaio recovery one of the options was to restore the hard drive to the factory conditions. It said it would delete all of my personal data. Like an idiot, I didn't use the rescue data feature first to get my files.
The message on the Vaio Recovery screen says this:
Restores the C: drive to its original factory condition. This process reinstalls all preloaded software, but not software installed after your computer was purchased. This program deletes all files on the C: drive, including personal data, but does not affect any other partitions"
I didn't have any partitions but I had a lot of personal data on my documents, mainly some photos that I would hate to lose. My question is, is all of this data gone forever or can a professional recover it?
Right now the CPU is still screwed up it won't boot up so I am going to have to take it to a shop anyways and probably use an external keyboard for the rest of it's life. I already bought a new laptop, but my main concern is the recovery of my photos.
Can anyone please offer any advice or information?
I popped the key off and fixed that but then the cpu froze and when I turned it back on it took me to a screen that says "Edit windows boot options for: Start Vaio Recovery Center"
I can press enter to go into Vaio recovery but there is an option to press escape to cancel but it doesn't work. I think that key may have been damaged by the soda. I am going to try a USB keyboard and see if that works.
The problem is, when I entered Vaio recovery one of the options was to restore the hard drive to the factory conditions. It said it would delete all of my personal data. Like an idiot, I didn't use the rescue data feature first to get my files.
The message on the Vaio Recovery screen says this:
Restores the C: drive to its original factory condition. This process reinstalls all preloaded software, but not software installed after your computer was purchased. This program deletes all files on the C: drive, including personal data, but does not affect any other partitions"
I didn't have any partitions but I had a lot of personal data on my documents, mainly some photos that I would hate to lose. My question is, is all of this data gone forever or can a professional recover it?
Right now the CPU is still screwed up it won't boot up so I am going to have to take it to a shop anyways and probably use an external keyboard for the rest of it's life. I already bought a new laptop, but my main concern is the recovery of my photos.
Can anyone please offer any advice or information?