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
Restoring and recovery ........................................................................................................................................ 18
Restoring, resetting, and refreshing using Windows tools .............................................................. 18
Restoring using HP Recovery Manager and the HP Recovery partition ........................................... 18
Recovering using HP Recovery Manager ........................................................................................... 18
Recovering using the HP Recovery partition (select products only) ................................................ 19
Recovering using HP Recovery media ............................................................................................... 19
Changing the computer boot order ................................................................................................... 20
Removing the HP Recovery partition (select products only) ............................................................ 20
5 Setting up Linux .......................................................................................................................................... 21
Linux-ready systems ........................................................................................................................................... 21
HP Linux driver discs ............................................................................................................................................ 21
Setting up Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) ....................................................................................................... 22
HP driver disc ..................................................................................................................................... 22
Installing with the HP Red Hat Linux driver media ........................................................................... 22
Setting up SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop (SLED) .............................................................................................. 22
Installing SLED with the HP driver disc ............................................................................................. 23
Setting up Ubuntu ................................................................................................................................................ 23
Using the HP driver disc .................................................................................................................... 23
Proprietary graphics drivers ................................................................................................................................ 23
6 Updating the computer ................................................................................................................................ 24
Updating the computer after rst boot ............................................................................................................... 24
Updating the BIOS ................................................................................................................................................ 24
Determining the current BIOS version .............................................................................................. 24
Upgrading BIOS .................................................................................................................................. 24
Upgrading device drivers ..................................................................................................................................... 25
7 Maintenance, diagnostics, and minor troubleshooting .................................................................................... 26
Turning o the computer ..................................................................................................................................... 26
If you encounter issues ........................................................................................................................................ 26
For more information ........................................................................................................................ 26
Visual inspection ............................................................................................................................... 26
At startup ........................................................................................................................ 27
During operation ............................................................................................................. 27
Customer Self Repair ...................................................................................................... 28
Blink or beep codes: interpreting POST diagnostic LEDs and audible codes ................................... 28
Basic troubleshooting ....................................................................................................................... 28
HP Support ........................................................................................................................................ 29
Online support ................................................................................................................ 29
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