Backup and recovery

Performing a recovery

Performing a recovery from the recovery discs

Follow these steps to perform a recovery from the recovery discs:

1.Back up all personal files.

2.Insert the first recovery disc into the optical drive and restart the computer.

3.Follow the on-screen instructions.

Performing a recovery from the hard drive

There are two 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 Recovery important files or the entire system, and then click Next.

5.Click a recovery option, and then click Next.

If you choose to recover the system, the computer restarts and recovery begins.

6.Follow the on-screen instructions.

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Getting Started