HP Pavilion 15

Exiting Setup Utility .......................................................................................................... 128
Updating the BIOS ........................................................................................................................... 129
Determining the BIOS version ......................................................................................... 129
Downloading a BIOS update ........................................................................................... 129
Using Advanced System Diagnostics ............................................................................................... 130
9 Specifications ................................................................................................................................................ 131
Computer specifications ................................................................................................................... 131
Display Specifications (17.3) ............................................................................................................ 132
Display Specifications (15.6-in) ........................................................................................................ 133
Hard drive specifications .................................................................................................................. 134
DVD±RW SuperMulti Double-Layer Combination Drive specifications ............................................ 134
10 Windows 8.1 – Backing up, restoring, and recovering ................................................................................ 136
Creating recovery media and backups ............................................................................................. 136
Creating HP Recovery media .......................................................................................... 136
Restore and recovery ....................................................................................................................... 137
Recovering using HP Recovery Manager ........................................................................ 138
What you need to know ................................................................................... 138
Using the HP Recovery partition (select models only) .................................... 138
Using HP Recovery media to recover ............................................................. 139
Changing the computer boot order ................................................................. 139
Removing the HP Recovery partition (select models only) .............................................. 139
11 Backing up, restoring, and recovering ........................................................................................................ 140
Creating backups ............................................................................................................................. 140
Creating recovery media to recover the original system .................................................. 140
What you need to know ................................................................................... 140
Creating the recovery media .......................................................... 141
Creating system restore points ........................................................................................ 141
What you need to know ................................................................................... 141
Creating a system restore point ...................................................................... 141
Backing up system and personal information .................................................................. 141
Tips for a successful backup ........................................................................... 142
What you need to know ................................................................................... 142
Creating a backup using Windows Backup and Restore ................................ 142
Restore and recovery ....................................................................................................................... 143
Restoring to a previous system restore point .................................................................. 143
Restoring specific files ..................................................................................................... 143
Restoring specific files using Windows Backup and Restore .......................... 143
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