Backup and recovery
Performing a recovery from the hard drive
There are 2 ways to initiate a recovery from the hard drive:
■
From within Windows
■
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 > HP
Backup and 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.
Getting Started
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