HP Compaq 8510w Mobile Workstation and HP Compaq 8510p Notebook PC - Maintenance and Service Guide

HP Backup & Recovery Manager helps you with the following tasks for safeguarding your information
and restoring it in case of a system failure:
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Recovering important files—This feature helps you reinstall important files without performing a full
system recovery.
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Performing a full system recovery—With HP Backup & Recovery Manager, you can recover your
full factory image if you experience system failure or instability. HP Backup & Recovery Manager
works from a dedicated recovery partition on the hard drive or from recovery discs you create.
Performing a recovery from the recovery discs
To perform a recovery from the recovery discs, follow these steps:
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 2 ways to initiate a recovery from the hard drive:
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From within Windows
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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 Programs > HP Backup & Recovery > Backup & Recovery
Manager.
3. Click Next.
4. Click Perform a recovery, and then click Next.
5. Follow the on-screen instructions.
Initiating a recovery from the hard drive recovery partition
To initiate a recovery from the hard drive recovery partition, follow these steps:
1. Back up all personal files.
2. Restart the computer, and then press f11 before the Windows operating system loads.
3. Click a recovery option, and then click Next.
4. Follow the on-screen instructions.
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