Restore and recovery .......................................................................................................................................... 66
Recovering using HP Recovery Manager .......................................................................................... 67
What you need to know before you get started ............................................................ 67
Using the HP Recovery partition (select products only) ................................................ 68
Using HP Recovery media to recover ............................................................................. 68
Changing the computer boot order ................................................................................ 69
Removing the HP Recovery partition (select products only) ......................................... 69
13 Backing up, restoring, and recovering – Windows 8 ...................................................................................... 70
Creating recovery media and backups ................................................................................................................ 70
Creating HP Recovery media (select models only) ........................................................................... 71
Using Windows tools ........................................................................................................................................... 72
Restore and recovery .......................................................................................................................................... 72
Recovering using HP Recovery Manager .......................................................................................... 73
What you need to know before you get started ............................................................ 73
Using the HP Recovery partition (select models only) .................................................. 73
Using HP Recovery media to recover ............................................................................. 74
Changing the computer boot order ................................................................................ 74
Removing the HP Recovery partition (select models only) ........................................... 74
14 Backing up, restoring, and recovering – Windows 7 ...................................................................................... 75
Creating backups ................................................................................................................................................. 75
Creating recovery media to recover the original system ................................................................. 75
What you need to know .................................................................................................. 75
Creating the recovery media ........................................................................ 76
Creating system restore points ........................................................................................................ 76
What you need to know .................................................................................................. 76
Creating a system restore point ..................................................................................... 76
Backing up system and personal information .................................................................................. 77
Tips for a successful backup ........................................................................................... 77
What you need to know .................................................................................................. 77
Creating a backup using Windows Backup and Restore ................................................ 78
Restore and recovery .......................................................................................................................................... 78
Restoring to a previous system restore point .................................................................................. 78
Restoring specific files ...................................................................................................................... 78
Restoring specific files using Windows Backup and Restore ......................................... 78
Recovering the original system using HP Recovery Manager .......................................................... 79
What you need to know .................................................................................................. 79
Recovering using HP Recovery partition (select models only) ...................................... 79
Recovering using the recovery media ............................................................................ 80
Changing the computer boot order .............................................................. 80
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