Using HP Recovery media to recover
You can use HP Recovery media to recover the original system. This method can be used if your system does
not have an HP Recovery partition or if the hard drive is not working properly.
1.
If possible, back up all personal files.
2.
Insert the HP Recovery media, and then restart the workstation.
NOTE:
If the workstation does not automatically restart in HP Recovery Manager, change the
workstation boot order. See
Changing the workstation boot order on page 48
.
3.
Follow the on-screen instructions.
Changing the workstation boot order
If your workstation does not restart in HP Recovery Manager, you can change the workstation boot order,
which is the order of devices listed in BIOS where the workstation looks for startup information. You can
change the selection to an optical drive or a USB flash drive.
To change the boot order:
1.
Insert the HP Recovery media.
2.
Access BIOS.
Restart the workstation, quickly press
esc
, and then press
f9
for boot options.
3.
Select the optical drive or USB flash drive from which you want to boot.
4.
Follow the on-screen instructions.
Removing the HP Recovery partition (select products only)
HP Recovery Manager software allows you to remove the HP Recovery partition to free up hard drive space.
IMPORTANT:
After you remove the HP Recovery partition, you will not be able to perform System Recovery
or create HP recovery media from the HP Recovery partition. So before you remove the Recovery partition,
create HP Recovery media; see
Creating HP Recovery media (select products only) on page 45
.
NOTE:
The Remove Recovery Partition option is only available on products that support this function.
Follow these steps to remove the HP Recovery partition:
1.
Type
recovery
in the taskbar search box, and then select
HP Recovery Manager
.
2.
Select
Remove Recovery Partition
, and then follow the on-screen instructions.
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