10 Windows 8.1 – Backing up, restoring,
and recovering
Your computer includes tools provided by HP and Windows to help you safeguard your information
and retrieve it if you ever need to. These tools will help you return your computer to a proper working
state or even back to the original factory state, all with simple steps.
This chapter provides information about the following processes:
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Creating recovery media and backups
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Restoring and recovering your system
NOTE:
This chapter describes an overview of backing up, restoring and recovering options. For
more details about the tools provided, see Help and Support. From the Start screen, type
help
, and
then select
Help and Support
.
Creating recovery media and backups
1.
After you successfully set up the computer, create HP Recovery media. This step creates a
backup of the HP Recovery partition on the computer. The backup can be used to reinstall the
original operating system in cases where the hard drive is corrupted or has been replaced.
HP Recovery media you create will provide the following recovery options:
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System Recovery—Reinstalls the original operating system and the programs that were
installed at the factory.
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Minimized Image Recovery—Reinstalls the operating system and all hardware-related
drivers and software, but not other software applications.
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Factory Reset—Restores the computer to the state its original factory state by deleting all
information from the hard drive and re-creating the partitions. Then it reinstalls the
operating system and the software that was installed at the factory.
See
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.
2.
Use the Windows tools to create system restore points and create backups of personal
information. For more information and steps, see Windows Help and Support. From the Start
screen, type
help
, and then select
Help and Support
.
Creating HP Recovery media
HP Recovery Manager is a software program that offers a way to create recovery media after you
successfully set up the computer. HP Recovery media can be used to perform system recovery if the
hard drive becomes corrupted. System recovery reinstalls the original operating system and the
software programs installed at the factory, and then configures the settings for the programs. HP
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