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Getting Started
Backup and recovery
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.
Create recovery discs (highly recommended)
After setting up the computer for the first time, you can create a
set of recovery discs of the full factory image, using Recovery
Media Creator in the HP Backup and Recovery Manager. The
recovery discs are used to start up (boot) the computer and
recover the operating system and software to factory settings in
case of system failure or instability.
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CAUTION:
After you create the recovery discs, you can increase the
amount of space on the hard drive by deleting the recovery partition.
However, doing this is not recommended. If you delete this partition,
you will lose any information that is on the partition.
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Only one set of recovery discs can be created for this computer.
