7 Specifications ................................................................................................................. 95
Computer specifications .......................................................................................................... 95
39.6-cm (15.6-in) display specifications .................................................................................... 97
Hard drive specifications ........................................................................................................ 98
DVD±RW and CD-RW SuperMulti Double-Layer Combo Drive specifications ................................. 99
Blu-ray Disc ROM and DVD±R/RW SuperMulti Double-Layer Drive specifications ........................ 100
8 Backing up, restoring, and recovering (Windows 8) ...................................................... 101
Creating recovery media and backups ................................................................................... 101
Creating HP Recovery media .................................................................................. 102
Restore and recovery ............................................................................................................ 103
Using Windows Refresh for quick and easy recovery ................................................. 104
Remove everything and reinstall Windows ............................................................... 104
Recovering using HP Recovery Manager .................................................................. 105
What you need to know .......................................................................... 105
Using the HP Recovery partition to recover a minimized image (select models
only) ..................................................................................................... 105
Using HP Recovery media to recover ........................................................ 106
Changing the computer boot order ........................................................... 106
Removing the HP Recovery partition ........................................................................ 106
9 Backing up, restoring, and recovering (Ubuntu Linux) ................................................... 108
Performing a system recovery ................................................................................................ 108
Creating the restore DVDs ...................................................................................... 108
Creating a restore image on a USB device ............................................................... 108
Performing recovery using the restore DVD ............................................................... 109
Backing up your information .................................................................................................. 109
10 Power cord set requirements ...................................................................................... 111
Requirements for all countries ................................................................................................ 111
Requirements for specific countries and regions ....................................................................... 112
11 Recycling .................................................................................................................... 114
Index ............................................................................................................................... 115
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