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
Topic Location
▲ Go to http://www.hp.com/go/orderdocuments.
IMPORTANT: You must be connected to the Internet to access the latest version of the warranty.
You can nd your HP Limited Warranty located with the user guides on your product. The warranty may also
be provided on a CD or DVD provided in the box. In some countries or regions, HP may provide a printed
warranty in the box. For countries or regions where the warranty is not provided in printed format, you can
request a copy from http://www.hp.com/go/orderdocuments. For products purchased in Asia Pacic, you can
write to HP at POD, P.O. Box 161, Kitchener Road Post Oice, Singapore 912006. Include your product name,
and your name, phone number, and postal address.
Product documentation
Topic Location
HP user documentation, white
papers, and third-party
documentation
User documentation is located on your hard drive. Select the Start button, select HP Help
and Support, and then select HP Documentation. For the latest online documentation, go
to http://www.hp.com/support. The documentation incudes this user guide and the
Maintenance and Service Guide.
Removal and replacement videos To learn how to remove and replace computer components, go to http://www.hp.com/go/
sml.
Product notications Subscriber's Choice is an HP program that allows you to sign up to receive driver and
software alerts, proactive change notications (PCNs), the HP newsletter, customer
advisories, and more. Sign up at https://h41369.www4.hp.com/alerts-signup.php.
Technical specications The Product Bulletin contains QuickSpecs for HP computers. QuickSpecs include
information about the operating system, power supply, memory, processor, and many
other system components. To access the QuickSpecs, go to http://www.hp.com/go/
quickspecs/.
Advisories, Bulletins, and Notices To nd advisories, bulletins, and notices:
1. Go to https://support.hp.com/us-en/products/workstations-thin-clients/.
2. Select your product.
3. Select Advisories or Bulletins and Notices.
Product diagnostics
Topic Location
Windows® diagnostics tools The HP PC Hardware Diagnostics Windows utility and HP PC Hardware Diagnostics UEFI
utility are preinstalled on select Windows computers. See Using HP PC Hardware
Diagnostics on page 31.
For additional information, see the computer Maintenance and Service Guide at
http://www.hp.com/support.
Audible beep and light code
denitions
See Maintenance, diagnostics, and minor troubleshooting on page 26.
For additional information, see the computer Maintenance and Service Guide at
http://www.hp.com/support.
POST error codes See Maintenance, diagnostics, and minor troubleshooting on page 26.
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