HP Compaq 15

Downloading a BIOS update .............................................................................................................. 83
Using Advanced System Diagnostics .................................................................................................................. 83
8 Specifications ............................................................................................................................................. 85
Computer specifications ...................................................................................................................................... 85
39.6-cm (15.6-in) display specifications ............................................................................................................ 86
Hard drive specifications ..................................................................................................................................... 87
DVD±RW SuperMulti DL Drive specifications ...................................................................................................... 88
9 Backing up, restoring, and recovering in Windows 8 ....................................................................................... 89
Creating recovery media and backups ................................................................................................................ 89
Creating HP Recovery media ............................................................................................................. 89
Restore and recovery .......................................................................................................................................... 90
Recovering using HP Recovery Manager .......................................................................................... 91
What you need to know .................................................................................................. 91
Using the HP Recovery partition (select models only) .................................................. 91
Using HP Recovery media to recover ............................................................................. 92
Changing the computer boot order ................................................................................ 92
Removing the HP Recovery partition ................................................................................................ 92
10 Backing up, restoring, and recovering in Windows 7 ..................................................................................... 93
Creating backups ................................................................................................................................................. 93
Creating recovery media to recover the original system ................................................................. 93
What you need to know .................................................................................................. 93
Creating the recovery media ........................................................................ 94
Creating system restore points ........................................................................................................ 94
What you need to know .................................................................................................. 94
Creating a system restore point ..................................................................................... 94
Backing up system and personal information .................................................................................. 94
Tips for a successful backup ........................................................................................... 95
What you need to know .................................................................................................. 95
Creating a backup using Windows Backup and Restore ................................................ 95
Restore and recovery .......................................................................................................................................... 96
Restoring to a previous system restore point .................................................................................. 96
Restoring specific files ...................................................................................................................... 96
Restoring specific files using Windows Backup and Restore ......................................... 96
Recovering the original system using HP Recovery Manager .......................................................... 96
What you need to know .................................................................................................. 96
Recovering using HP Recovery partition (select models only) ...................................... 97
Recovering using the recovery media ............................................................................ 97
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