What you need to know ..................................................................................................  79
Creating the recovery media ........................................................................  80
Creating system restore points ......................................................................................................... 80
What you need to know ..................................................................................................  80
Creating a system restore point .....................................................................................  80
Backing up system and personal information .................................................................................. 80
Tips for a successful backup ........................................................................................... 81
What you need to know ..................................................................................................  81
Creating a backup using Windows Backup and Restore ................................................. 81
Restore and recovery ........................................................................................................................................... 82
Restoring to a previous system restore point ..................................................................................  82
Restoring specic les ......................................................................................................................  82
Restoring specic les using Windows Backup and Restore .........................................  82
Recovering the original system using HP Recovery Manager ..........................................................  82
What you need to know ..................................................................................................  82
Recovering using HP Recovery partition (select models only) ......................................  83
Recovering using the recovery media ............................................................................  83
Changing the computer boot order .............................................................. 83
11  Backing up, restoring, and recovering in Windows 8.1 ................................................................................... 85
Creating recovery media and backups ................................................................................................................  85
Creating HP Recovery media (select models only) ...........................................................................  85
Using Windows tools ...........................................................................................................................................  86
Restore and recovery ........................................................................................................................................... 86
Recovering using HP Recovery Manager ........................................................................................... 87
What you need to know before you get started ............................................................. 87
Using the HP Recovery partition (select models only) ................................................... 88
Using HP Recovery media to recover .............................................................................. 88
Changing the computer boot order ................................................................................  88
Removing the HP Recovery partition (select models only) ............................................ 89
12  Backing up, restoring, and recovering in Windows 10 .................................................................................... 91
Creating recovery media and backups ................................................................................................................  91
Creating HP Recovery media (select products only) ......................................................................... 91
Using Windows tools ...........................................................................................................................................  92
Restore and recovery ........................................................................................................................................... 93
Recovering using HP Recovery Manager ........................................................................................... 93
What you need to know before you get started ............................................................. 93
Using the HP Recovery partition (select products only) ................................................. 94
Using HP Recovery media to recover .............................................................................. 94
Changing the computer boot order ................................................................................  95
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