HP 753k (AP), 703k (AP), 743a (AP), 753d (AP), 522a (AP) Freeing Up Space on Your Hard Disk Drive

4During the startup, do the following to enter the System Recovery program:

When the blue screen with the HP Invent logo appears, press the F10 key on the keyboard. (You have only a few seconds to press the F10 key before the normal startup process continues.)

5Wait until the System Recovery box appears asking Do you really want to start HP PC System Recovery?

6Click Yes to continue with the recovery process.

7Follow the onscreen instructions.

8Complete the computer startup, and finish the registration process. Then reconnect all peripheral devices.

Freeing Up Space on Your Hard Disk Drive

The PC comes with a hard disk drive. Depending on your model, the hard disk drive has 20 gigabytes (GB) to more than 160 GB of total disk space. The PC comes with preloaded software programs and a partition within the hard disk drive that takes up a certain amount of space on the hard disk drive.

Note: The system recovery image is in a partition area of the hard drive; this disk space is not available for your use.

The partition:

￿Houses a backup version of the operating system and the programs included with the PC.

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