Table of contents

1 Installing and Customizing the Software

 

Installing the Operating System ...........................................................................................................

1

Installing or Upgrading Device Drivers .................................................................................................

1

HP Backup and Recovery Manager .....................................................................................................

2

2 Computer Setup (F10) Utility

 

Computer Setup (F10) Utilities .............................................................................................................

3

Using Computer Setup (F10) Utilities ..................................................................................

3

Computer Setup—Main .......................................................................................................

4

Computer Setup—Advanced ...............................................................................................

5

Computer Setup—Power .....................................................................................................

6

Computer Setup—Boot ........................................................................................................

7

Computer Setup—Exit .........................................................................................................

7

Recovering the Configuration Settings .................................................................................................

8

3 Computer Diagnostic Features

 

HP Insight Diagnostics .........................................................................................................................

9

Accessing HP Insight Diagnostics .......................................................................................

9

Survey Tab ........................................................................................................................

10

Test Tab .............................................................................................................................

11

Status Tab .........................................................................................................................

11

Log Tab ..............................................................................................................................

12

Help Tab ............................................................................................................................

12

Saving and Printing Information in HP Insight Diagnostics ................................................

13

Downloading the Latest Version of HP Insight Diagnostics ...............................................

13

Protecting the Software ......................................................................................................................

13

HP Backup and Recovery Manager ...................................................................................................

14

4 Serial and Parallel ATA Drive Guidelines and Features

 

SATA Hard Drives ..............................................................................................................................

15

SATA Hard Drive Cables ....................................................................................................................

16

SATA Data Cable ..............................................................................................................

16

SATA Power Cable ............................................................................................................

16

PATA Device Information ...................................................................................................................

17

ATA SMART Drives ............................................................................................................................

17

Hard Drive Capacities ........................................................................................................................

17

5 Identifying the Chassis, Routine Care, and Disassembly Preparation

 

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