Service and Maintain

Creating recovery media and backups ........................................................................................... 112
Restoring and recovering using Windows tools ............................................................................. 112
Using Reset when the system is not responding ......................................................... 113
Recovery using the Windows recovery USB flash drive ............................................... 113
Recovery using Windows operating system media (purchased separately) .............. 114
Backing up, restoring, and recovering in Windows 7 ........................................................................................ 114
Creating recovery media ................................................................................................................. 115
Creating recovery media using HP Recovery Manager (select models only) .............. 115
Creating recovery discs with HP Recovery Disc Creator (select models only) ............ 116
Creating recovery discs .............................................................................. 116
Backing up your information ........................................................................................ 117
System Restore ............................................................................................................................... 117
System Recovery ............................................................................................................................. 118
System Recovery when Windows is responding .......................................................... 118
System Recovery when Windows is not responding ................................................... 119
System Recovery using recovery media (select models only) .................................... 119
Using HP Recovery Disc operating system discs (select models only) ....................... 120
Appendix A Power Cord Set Requirements ...................................................................................................... 122
General Requirements ....................................................................................................................................... 122
Japanese Power Cord Requirements ................................................................................................................ 122
Country-Specific Requirements ........................................................................................................................ 123
Appendix B Statement of Volatility ................................................................................................................ 124
Appendix C Specifications ............................................................................................................................. 126
MT Specifications ............................................................................................................................................... 126
Index ........................................................................................................................................................... 128
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