Cleaning the display, sides, and cover .............................................................................. 58
Cleaning the TouchPad and keyboard .............................................................................. 58
Traveling with or shipping your computer ........................................................................................... 58
9 Securing your computer and information .................................................................................................. 60
Using passwords ................................................................................................................................ 60
Setting Windows passwords .............................................................................................. 61
Setting Setup Utility (BIOS) passwords ............................................................................. 61
Using Internet security software ......................................................................................................... 61
Using antivirus software ..................................................................................................... 62
Using firewall software ....................................................................................................... 62
Installing software updates ................................................................................................................. 62
Installing Windows updates ............................................................................................... 62
Installing HP and third-party software updates .................................................................. 63
Securing your wireless network .......................................................................................................... 63
Backing up your software applications and information ..................................................................... 63
Using an optional security cable lock ................................................................................................. 63
10 Using Setup Utility (BIOS) and System Diagnostics ............................................................................... 64
Starting Setup Utility (BIOS) ............................................................................................................... 64
Updating the BIOS ............................................................................................................................. 64
Determining the BIOS version ........................................................................................... 64
Downloading a BIOS update ............................................................................................. 65
Using System Diagnostics .................................................................................................................. 66
11 Backing up, restoring, and recovering ..................................................................................................... 67
Creating recovery media and backups ............................................................................................... 67
Creating HP Recovery media ............................................................................................ 68
Restore and recovery ......................................................................................................................... 69
Using Windows Refresh for quick and easy recovery ....................................................... 70
Remove everything and reinstall Windows ........................................................................ 70
Recovering using HP Recovery Manager .......................................................................... 71
What you need to know ..................................................................................... 71
Using the HP Recovery partition to recover a minimized image (select
models only) ...................................................................................................... 71
Using HP Recovery media to recover ............................................................... 72
Changing the computer boot order ................................................................... 72
Removing the HP Recovery partition ................................................................................. 72
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