User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Locating HP resources
- Computer features
- Setting up the computer
- Backing up, restoring, and recovering
- Using Windows tools
- Creating HP Recovery media (select products only)
- Restoring and recovery
- Restoring, resetting, and refreshing using Windows tools
- Restoring using HP Recovery Manager and the HP Recovery partition
- Recovering using HP Recovery Manager
- Recovering using the HP Recovery partition (select products only)
- Recovering using HP Recovery media
- Changing the computer boot order
- Removing the HP Recovery partition (select products only)
- Setting up Linux
- Updating the computer
- Maintenance, diagnostics, and minor troubleshooting
- Using HP PC Hardware Diagnostics
- Routine care
- Accessibility
- Index

2 Computer features
For complete and current information on supported accessories and components for the computer, go to
http://partsurfer.hp.com.
Components
Front
NOTE: Refer to the illustration that most closely matches your computer.
Item Icon Component
1 Power button and light*
2 Drive light
3 Audio-out (headphone)/Audio-in (microphone) combo jack
4 USB SuperSpeed port with HP Sleep and Charge
5 USB SuperSpeed port
6 USB Type-C SuperSpeed Plus ports (2)
7 Memory card reader (select products only)
* The power light status is as follows:
● Solid white: The computer is on.
● Blinking white: The computer is in the Sleep state, a power-saving state. The computer shuts o
power to the display and other unneeded components.
● Blinking red: The computer is in a fault state. For additional information, see the computer
Maintenance and Service Guide at http://www.hp.com/support.
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