HP Compaq nc6300, Maintenance And Service Manual

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Software Backup and Recovery
Maintenance and Service Guide B–3
Backing Up the Entire Hard Drive
When you perform a complete backup of the hard drive, you are
saving the full factory image, including the Windows operating
system, software applications, and all personal files and folders.
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A copy of the entire hard drive image can be stored on another
hard drive, on a network drive, or on recovery discs that you
create.
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This process may take over an hour, depending on your
computer speed and the amount of data being stored.
To back up your entire hard drive:
1. Select Start > All Programs > HP Backup & Recovery >
HP Backup and Recovery Manager .
2. Click Next .
3. Click Back up to protect system settings and important
data files , and then click Next .
4. Click Back up entire hard drive , and then click Next .
The “Back up entire hard disk” page opens.
5. Click Next .
6. Select the location for the backup files, and then click Next .
7. Select the Protect data access with password check box,
and type your password in the Password and Confirm
boxes.
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This step is optional. If you do not want to password-protect
your data access, clear the
Protect data access with password
check box.
8. Click Next .
9. Follow the on-screen instructions.