9 Securing your computer and information | 51 |
Using passwords | 51 |
Setting Windows passwords | 52 |
Setting Setup Utility (BIOS) passwords | 52 |
Using Internet security software | 53 |
Using antivirus software | 53 |
Using firewall software | 53 |
Installing software updates | 53 |
Installing Windows security updates | 53 |
Installing HP and | 54 |
Securing your wireless network | 54 |
Backing up your software applications and information | 54 |
Using an optional security cable lock | 54 |
10 Using Setup Utility (BIOS) and System Diagnostics | 56 |
Starting Setup Utility (BIOS) | 56 |
Updating the BIOS | 56 |
Determining the BIOS version | 56 |
Downloading a BIOS update | 57 |
Using System Diagnostics | 58 |
11 Backing up, restoring, and recovering | 59 |
Creating recovery media and backups | 60 |
Creating HP Recovery media | 60 |
What you need to know | 61 |
To create HP Recovery media: | 61 |
Restore and recovery | 62 |
Using Windows Refresh for quick and easy recovery | 63 |
Remove everything and reinstall Windows | 63 |
How to remove everything and reinstall Windows on your computer | 63 |
Recovering using HP Recovery Manager | 64 |
What you need to know | 64 |
Using the HP Recovery partition to recover a minimized image (select |
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models only) | 64 |
Using HP Recovery media to recover | 65 |
Changing the computer boot order | 65 |
Removing the HP Recovery partition | 66 |
12 Specifications | 67 |
Input power | 67 |