Downloading a BIOS update .............................................................................................................. 97
11 HP PC Hardware Diagnostics (UEFI) .............................................................................................................. 98
Downloading HP PC Hardware Diagnostics (UEFI) to a USB device .................................................................... 98
12 Backup and recovery in Windows 8.1 ......................................................................................................... 100
Backing up your information ............................................................................................................................. 100
Performing a system recovery .......................................................................................................................... 100
Using the Windows recovery tools .................................................................................................. 100
Using f11 recovery tools ................................................................................................................. 101
Using Windows operating system media (purchased separately) ................................................. 102
Using Windows Refresh or Windows Reset .................................................................................... 102
Using HP Software Setup ................................................................................................................ 102
13 Backup and recovery in Windows 7 ............................................................................................................ 103
Creating recovery media and backups .............................................................................................................. 103
Guidelines ........................................................................................................................................ 103
Creating recovery media with HP Recovery Disc Creator ............................................................... 103
Creating recovery media ............................................................................................... 104
Backing up your information .......................................................................................................... 104
Performing a system recovery .......................................................................................................................... 105
Using the Windows recovery tools .................................................................................................. 105
Using f11 recovery tools (select models only) ............................................................................... 106
Using Windows 7 operating system media ..................................................................................... 106
14 Backup and recovery in Windows 10 .......................................................................................................... 108
Creating recovery media and backups .............................................................................................................. 108
Creating HP Recovery media (select products only) ....................................................................... 108
Using Windows tools ......................................................................................................................................... 109
Restore and recovery ......................................................................................................................................... 110
Recovering using HP Recovery Manager ........................................................................................ 110
What you need to know before you get started ........................................................... 110
Using the HP Recovery partition (select products only) .............................................. 111
Using HP Recovery media to recover ............................................................................ 111
Changing the computer boot order .............................................................................. 112
Removing the HP Recovery partition (select products only) ....................................... 113
15 Backup and Recovery in Ubuntu Linux ........................................................................................................ 114
Creating backups ............................................................................................................................................... 114
Backing up your information ............................................................................................................................. 114
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