HP 15.6-Inch C2N46UA#ABA manual 8

	Setting Setup Utility (BIOS) passwords .............................................................................	51
	Using Internet security software .........................................................................................................	51
	Using antivirus software .....................................................................................................	52
	Using firewall software .......................................................................................................	52
	Installing software updates .................................................................................................................	52
	Installing Windows updates ...............................................................................................	52
	Installing HP and third-party software updates ..................................................................	52
	Securing your wireless network ..........................................................................................................	53
	Backing up your software applications and information .....................................................................	53
	Using an optional security cable lock .................................................................................................	53
10 Using Setup Utility (BIOS) and System Diagnostics ...............................................................................		54
	Starting Setup Utility (BIOS) ...............................................................................................................	54
	Updating the BIOS .............................................................................................................................	54
	Determining the BIOS version ...........................................................................................	54
	Downloading a BIOS update .............................................................................................	55
	Using System Diagnostics ..................................................................................................................	55
11 Backing up, restoring, and recovering .....................................................................................................		57
	Creating recovery media and backups ...............................................................................................	57
	Creating HP Recovery media ............................................................................................	58
	Restore and recovery .........................................................................................................................	59
	Using Windows Refresh for quick and easy recovery .......................................................	60
	Remove everything and reinstall Windows ........................................................................	60
	Recovering using HP Recovery Manager ..........................................................................	61
	What you need to know .....................................................................................	61
	Using the HP Recovery partition to recover a minimized image (select
	models only) ......................................................................................................	61
	Using HP Recovery media to recover ...............................................................	62
	Changing the computer boot order ...................................................................	62
	Removing the HP Recovery partition .................................................................................	62
12	Specifications ..............................................................................................................................................	63
	Input power .........................................................................................................................................	63
	Operating environment .......................................................................................................................	63
13	Electrostatic Discharge ..............................................................................................................................	64
Index ...................................................................................................................................................................		65

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