Backup and recovery
Recover the system
HP Backup and Recovery Manager analyzes the hard drive and
creates a dedicated hard drive recovery partition on the hard drive
large enough to store a copy of the full factory image. You
choose whether you want to store that copy on the recovery
partition, on another drive, or on external recovery discs.
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Before using HP Backup and Recovery Manager, try repairing
the system by running Windows System Restore. For more
information, select Start > Help and Support, and then search
for “System Restore.”
The HP Backup and Recovery Manager allows you to
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Create recovery discs (highly recommended). The
recovery discs are used to start up (boot) the computer and to
restore the full factory image (operating system and software)
in case of system failure or instability.
If you do not have a CD or DVD burner, a copy of the
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entire hard drive image can be stored on another hard drive
or on a network drive.
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Perform a recovery. You can perform a full system recovery
or recover important files from a recovery partition on the
hard drive, from another drive, or from recovery discs that
you create.
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Getting Started
