Getting Started Guide
Backup and recovery
Performing a recovery
Performing a recovery from the recovery discs
Follow these steps to perform a recovery from the recovery discs:
1. Back up all personal files.
2. Insert the first recovery disc into the optical drive and restart
the computer.
3. Follow the on-screen instructions.
Performing a recovery from the hard drive
There are two ways to initiate a recovery from the hard drive:
â– From within Windows
â– From the recovery partition
Initiating a recovery in Windows
To initiate a recovery in Windows, follow these steps:
1. Back up all personal files.
2. Select Start > All Pr
ograms > HP Backup & Reco
very >
HP Backup and Recovery Manager.
3. Click Next.
4. Click Recovery important files or the entire system, and
then click Next
.
5. Click a recovery option, and then click Next.
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If you choose to recover the system, the computer restarts
and recovery begins.
6. Follow the on-screen instructions.
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