Backup and recovery
Recover the system
HP Backup and Recovery Manager analyzes the hard drive and
creates a dedicated hard drive recovery partition on the hard drive
large enough to store a copy of the full factory image. You choose
whether you want to store that copy on the recovery partition, on
another drive, or on external recovery discs.
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Before using HP Backup and Recovery Manager, try repairing the
system by running Microsoft Windows System Restore. For more
information, select
Start > Help and Support
, and then search
for “System Restore.”
The HP Backup and Recovery Manager allows you to
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Create recovery discs (recommended).
The recovery discs
are used to boot the computer and to restore the full factory
image (operating system and software) in case of system
failure or instability.
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To create recovery discs or boot this computer using recovery
discs, the computer must be connected to an optional external
MultiBay device with an optical drive.
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If you don’t have a CD or DVD burner, a copy of the entire hard
drive image can be stored on another hard drive or on a network
drive.
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Perform a recovery.
You can perform a full system recovery
or recover important files from a recovery partition on the
hard drive or from recovery discs that you create.
Getting Started
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