HP Vectra VLi 8, Supplementary Manual

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1 Troubleshooting Your PC
HP Image Creation & Recovery CD-ROM
2 Place the CD-ROM in the PC’s CD-ROM drive and restart the PC.
3 Select the option you want from the menu that appears on screen.
Some examples are provided below.
NOTE If the PC does not boot from the HP Image Creation & Recovery CD-
ROM, you must change the order of devices from which your PC tries to
start up.
To do so, restart your PC and press
F8
when prompted to enter the
Boot
Menu
. Select
ATAPI CD-ROM Drive
in the
Boot Menu
. You can also change the
device boot order from the
Boot
menu of your PC’s Setup program,
accessed by pressing
F2
during startup.
Recovering Hard Disk
Contents
In the unlikely event of a hard disk crash, you can recover your PC’s
preloaded operating system and software using the
HP Image
Creation & Recovery CD-RO M supplied with your PC. You can
recover, for example:
• Windows 95, W indows 98 or Windows NT 4.0 & Service Pack,
depending on your model.
•
Any HP-supplied drivers (for example, video, IDE and LAN).
•
Any HP-designed manageability applications (for example,
HP TopTools and HP DiagTools).
Any software that has been installed on the PC after it was
manufactured, and any per sonal data that has been generated by
applications installed on the PC, are not covered by the recovery
process.
NOTE Some drivers may be updated. You can get the latest drivers at:
www.hp.com/go/vectrasupport
.