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The System Recovery program uses a special recovery partition on the hard disk that stores an image of the original software. This makes recovery convenient, without the need to have or use a System Recovery CD.
Note: The system recovery image is in a partition area of the hard drive; this disk space is not available for your use.
In the unlikely event that you replace the hard drive, or somehow damage the data in the special recovery partition on the hard drive, you must contact HP Support for help.
To contact HP Support, see the Support Guide, included in the computer documentation, for the HP Customer Care telephone number.
To start System Recovery:
1Disconnect all peripheral devices from the PC except the monitor, the keyboard and the mouse.
2Do one of the following:
If the computer responds: click Start on the taskbar, choose All Programs, choose
Or
If the computer does not respond, press and hold the On button until the computer turns off. Continue with step 3.
3Wait a few seconds and then press the On button to turn the computer on.
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