Using System Diagnostics ...................................................................................................... 123
7 Specifications ................................................................................................................ 124
Computer specifications ........................................................................................................ 124
14.0-inch display specifications ............................................................................................. 125
Hard drive specifications ...................................................................................................... 126
8 Backing up, restoring, and recovering in Windows 8 .................................................... 127
Creating recovery media and backups ................................................................................... 128
Creating HP Recovery media .................................................................................. 128
Restore and recovery ............................................................................................................ 130
Using Windows Refresh for quick and easy recovery ................................................. 131
Remove everything and reinstall Windows ............................................................... 131
Recovering using HP Recovery Manager .................................................................. 132
What you need to know .......................................................................... 132
Using the HP Recovery partition to recover a minimized image (select models
only) ..................................................................................................... 133
Using HP Recovery media to recover ........................................................ 133
Changing the computer boot order ........................................................... 133
Removing the HP Recovery partition ........................................................................ 134
9 Backing up, restoring, and recovering in Windows 7 .................................................... 135
Creating backups ................................................................................................................. 135
Creating recovery media to recover the original system ............................................. 135
What you need to know .......................................................................... 135
Creating the recovery media .................................................... 136
Creating system restore points ................................................................................ 136
What you need to know .......................................................................... 136
Creating a system restore point ................................................................ 137
Backing up system and personal information ............................................................ 137
Tips for a successful backup .................................................................... 137
What you need to know .......................................................................... 137
Creating a backup using Windows Backup and Restore ............................. 138
Restore and recovery ............................................................................................................ 139
Restoring to a previous system restore point .............................................................. 139
Restoring specific files ............................................................................................ 139
Restoring specific files using Windows Backup and Restore ......................... 139
Recovering the original system using HP Recovery Manager ....................................... 139
What you need to know .......................................................................... 140
Recovering using HP Recovery partition (select models only) ........................ 140
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