Troubleshooting guide

Table of contents
1 Locating HP resources
Product information .............................................................................................................................. 2
Product support .................................................................................................................................... 3
Product documentation ........................................................................................................................ 4
Product diagnostics .............................................................................................................................. 5
Product updates ................................................................................................................................... 5
Warnings and cautions ......................................................................................................................... 6
2 Setting up the Hardware
Quick setup .......................................................................................................................................... 8
Ventilation, COA label, and serial number label information ............................................... 9
Front and rear panel components ...................................................................................................... 10
Front panel components .................................................................................................... 11
Rear panel components ..................................................................................................... 12
3 Setting up operating system software
Setting up software for Windows Vista Business ............................................................................... 14
Restoring the Windows Vista Business operating system ................................................. 14
The HP Backup and Restore (HPBR) process ................................................. 15
Creating system recovery DVDs or CDs .......................................... 15
Restoring from HPBR DVDs or CDs ................................................ 15
Restoring directly from the recovery partition ................................... 15
Reclaiming hard drive space from the recovery partition .................................. 15
Ordering backup software ................................................................................. 16
Transferring files and settings to your Windows Vista Business workstation using
Windows Easy Transfer ..................................................................................................... 16
Software setup for Microsoft Windows XP Professional .................................................................... 17
Restoring the Windows operating system ......................................................................... 17
The RestorePlus! process ................................................................................. 17
Creating a RestorePlus! CD ............................................................. 17
Restoring from RestorePlus! CDs .................................................... 18
Restoring from RestorePlus! on the recovery partition ..................... 18
HP Backup and Recovery Manager restore points ........................................... 18
Reclaiming hard drive space from the recovery partition .................................. 18
Ordering backup software ................................................................................. 19
Software setup for Red Hat Linux ...................................................................................................... 19
Setting up and customizing Red Hat Linux-preinstalled workstations ............................... 19
Starting Red Hat Linux ....................................................................................................... 19
Downloading the latest HP driver CD ................................................................ 19
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