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Recovering using HP Recovery Manager ...................................................................... 117

What you need to know before you get started ........................................ 117

Using the HP Recovery partition (select products only) ............................ 118

Using HP Recovery media to recover ......................................................... 118

Changing the computer boot order ............................................................ 119

Removing the HP Recovery partition (select products only) ..................... 119

Backing up, restoring, and recovering in Windows 8.1 or Windows 8 .............................................................. 119

Creating recovery media and backups ............................................................................................ 119

Restoring and recovering using Windows tools ............................................................................. 120

Using Reset when the system is not responding ......................................................... 120

Recovery using the Windows recovery USB ash drive ............................................... 121

Recovery using Windows operating system media (purchased separately) ............... 121

Backing up, restoring, and recovering in Windows 7 ........................................................................................ 121

Creating recovery media ................................................................................................................. 122

Creating recovery media using HP Recovery Manager (select models only) ............... 122

Creating recovery discs with HP Recovery Disc Creator (select models only) ............. 123

Creating recovery discs .............................................................................. 124

Backing up your information ........................................................................................ 124

System Restore ............................................................................................................................... 125

System Recovery ............................................................................................................................. 125

System Recovery when Windows is responding .......................................................... 125

System Recovery when Windows is not responding .................................................... 126

System Recovery using recovery media (select models only) ..................................... 126

Using HP Recovery Disc operating system discs (select models only) ........................ 127

Appendix A Power Cord Set Requirements ...................................................................................................... 129

General Requirements ....................................................................................................................................... 129

Japanese Power Cord Requirements ................................................................................................................. 129

Country-Specic Requirements ........................................................................................................................ 130

Appendix B Statement of Volatility ................................................................................................................ 131

Appendix C Specications ............................................................................................................................. 132

Index ........................................................................................................................................................... 133

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