11  Specifications .......................................................................................................................................... 112
12  Backup and recovery – Windows 10 ...........................................................................................................  113
Creating recovery media and backups .............................................................................................................. 113
Creating HP Recovery media (select products only) ......................................................................  114
Using Windows Tools ........................................................................................................................................  115
Restore and recovery ........................................................................................................................................  115
Recovering using HP Recovery Manager ........................................................................................  116
What you need to know before you get started ..........................................................  116
Using the HP Recovery partition (select products only) .............................................. 117
Using HP Recovery media to recover ...........................................................................  117
Changing the computer boot order .............................................................................. 118
Removing the HP Recovery partition (select products only) ....................................... 118
13  Backup and recovery – Windows 8 .............................................................................................................  119
Backing up your information ............................................................................................................................. 119
Performing a system recovery .......................................................................................................................... 119
Using the Windows recovery tools .................................................................................................  120
Using f11 recovery tools ................................................................................................................. 120
Using Windows operating system media (purchased separately) ................................................  121
Using Windows Refresh or Windows Reset ....................................................................................  122
Using HP Software Setup ................................................................................................................ 122
14  Backup and recovery – Windows 7 .............................................................................................................  123
Creating recovery media and backups .............................................................................................................. 123
Guidelines ........................................................................................................................................ 123
Creating recovery media with HP Recovery Disc Creator ............................................................... 123
Creating recovery media ..............................................................................................  124
Backing up your information ..........................................................................................................  124
Performing a system recovery .......................................................................................................................... 125
Using the Windows recovery tools .................................................................................................  125
Using f11 recovery tools (select models only) ............................................................................... 126
Using Windows 7 operating system media ....................................................................................  126
15  Statement of Volatility ............................................................................................................................  128
Non-volatile memory usage .............................................................................................................................  130
Questions and answers .....................................................................................................................................  132
16  Backup and recovery – Windows 7 .............................................................................................................  123
Creating recovery media and backups .............................................................................................................. 134
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