HP 443562-001 Performing a recovery from the hard drive, Initiating a recovery in Windows, Initiating a recovery from the hard drive recovery partition

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.

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