Backup and recovery

To back up your entire hard drive:

1.Select Start > All Programs > HP Backup & Recovery > Backup & Recovery Manager.

2.Click Next.

3.Click Create or manage backups, and then click Next.

4.Click Create or manage Entire Drive Backups, and then click Next.

5.Follow the on-screen instructions.

Creating recovery points

When you back up modifications since your last backup, you are creating system recovery points. This allows you to save a snapshot of your hard drive at a specific point in time. You can then recover back to that point if you want to reverse subsequent changes made to your system.

The first system recovery point, a snapshot of the entire image, is automatically created the first time you perform a backup. Subsequent recovery points make a copy of changes made after that time.

HP recommends that you create recovery points at the following times:

Before you add or extensively modify software or hardware

Periodically, whenever the system is performing optimally

Recovering to an earlier recovery point does not affect data files or e-mails created since that recovery point.

Getting Started

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