Cleaning the display, sides, and cover ..............................................................................

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Cleaning the TouchPad and keyboard ..............................................................................

58

Traveling with or shipping your computer ...........................................................................................

58

9 Securing your computer and information ..................................................................................................

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Using passwords ................................................................................................................................

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Setting Windows passwords ..............................................................................................

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Setting Setup Utility (BIOS) passwords .............................................................................

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Using Internet security software .........................................................................................................

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Using antivirus software .....................................................................................................

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Using firewall software .......................................................................................................

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Installing software updates .................................................................................................................

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Installing Windows updates ...............................................................................................

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Installing HP and third-party software updates ..................................................................

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Securing your wireless network ..........................................................................................................

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Backing up your software applications and information .....................................................................

63

Using an optional security cable lock .................................................................................................

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10 Using Setup Utility (BIOS) and System Diagnostics ...............................................................................

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Starting Setup Utility (BIOS) ...............................................................................................................

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Updating the BIOS .............................................................................................................................

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Determining the BIOS version ...........................................................................................

64

Downloading a BIOS update .............................................................................................

65

Using System Diagnostics ..................................................................................................................

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11 Backing up, restoring, and recovering .....................................................................................................

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Creating recovery media and backups ...............................................................................................

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Creating HP Recovery media ............................................................................................

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Restore and recovery .........................................................................................................................

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Using Windows Refresh for quick and easy recovery .......................................................

70

Remove everything and reinstall Windows ........................................................................

70

Recovering using HP Recovery Manager ..........................................................................

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What you need to know .....................................................................................

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Using the HP Recovery partition to recover a minimized image (select

 

models only) ......................................................................................................

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Using HP Recovery media to recover ...............................................................

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Changing the computer boot order ...................................................................

72

Removing the HP Recovery partition .................................................................................

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