Cleaning the display, sides, and cover ..............................................................................
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Cleaning the TouchPad and keyboard ..............................................................................
Traveling with or shipping your computer ...........................................................................................
9 Securing your computer and information ..................................................................................................
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Using passwords ................................................................................................................................
Setting Windows passwords ..............................................................................................
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Setting Setup Utility (BIOS) passwords .............................................................................
Using Internet security software .........................................................................................................
Using antivirus software .....................................................................................................
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Using firewall software .......................................................................................................
Installing software updates .................................................................................................................
Installing Windows updates ...............................................................................................
Installing HP and third-party software updates ..................................................................
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Securing your wireless network ..........................................................................................................
Backing up your software applications and information .....................................................................
Using an optional security cable lock .................................................................................................
10 Using Setup Utility (BIOS) and System Diagnostics ...............................................................................
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Starting Setup Utility (BIOS) ...............................................................................................................
Updating the BIOS .............................................................................................................................
Determining the BIOS version ...........................................................................................
Downloading a BIOS update .............................................................................................
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Using System Diagnostics ..................................................................................................................
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11 Backing up, restoring, and recovering .....................................................................................................
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Creating recovery media and backups ...............................................................................................
Creating HP Recovery media ............................................................................................
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Restore and recovery .........................................................................................................................
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Using Windows Refresh for quick and easy recovery .......................................................
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Remove everything and reinstall Windows ........................................................................
Recovering using HP Recovery Manager ..........................................................................
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What you need to know .....................................................................................
Using the HP Recovery partition to recover a minimized image (select
models only) ......................................................................................................
Using HP Recovery media to recover ...............................................................
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Changing the computer boot order ...................................................................
Removing the HP Recovery partition .................................................................................
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