HP Net PC 20, User Manual

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Application and System Recovery
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Using HP Recovery Tools CD
Your PC allows you to create (burn) a Recovery
Tools CD. After you make the HP Recovery Tools CD,
you can use it to:
■
Read instructions to use each utility on the
Recovery Tools CD.
■
Start the System Recovery program from the
recovery partition.
■
Remove the System Recovery partition from
your PC hard disk drive to increase space
for data.
■
Create a new data partition on your PC hard
disk drive.
■
Start the Microsoft Recovery Console (a utility
from Microsoft that can perform operating
system diagnostics and repairs).
■
You must create (burn) the Recovery Tools CD
before you can use it.
To create or to start the HP PC Recovery Tools CD
1
Click Start on the taskbar.
2
Choose All Programs .
3
Choose PC Help & Tools .
4
Click HP PC Recovery Tools CD .
5
Follow the onscreen instructions.
6
Store the Recovery Tools CD in a safe place.
System Restore
If software on your hard disk drive accidentally gets
erased or damaged, first use the Microsoft
System
Restore feature in Windows XP to restore the PC
system and program settings.
System Restore returns the PC settings to a selected
restore point without affecting user programs or
document files. For more information, type
System
Restore into the Search box in Help and Support.
To start System Restore:
1
Close all open programs.
2
Click Start on the taskbar.
3
Choose All Programs .
4
Choose Accessories .
5
Choose System Tools .
6
Click System Restore . Follow onscreen
instructions.
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Before using the HP
PC Recovery Tools CD
to change your hard
disk drive, make
System Recovery
discs for your PC by
using the HP PC
Recovery CD-DVD
Creator program. You
cannot make System
Recovery CDs after
you remove the
System Recovery
partition.
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Try System Restore
before using the HP
System Recovery
program.