Downloading a BIOS update .................................................................................... 90
Using System Diagnostics ........................................................................................................ 91
7 Specifications ................................................................................................................. 92
Computer specifications .......................................................................................................... 92
35.6 cm (14.0 in), display specifications .................................................................................. 93
Hard drive specifications ........................................................................................................ 93
DVD±RW SuperMulti Double-Layer Combination Drive specifications ........................................... 94
BD ROM DVD±R/RW Super Multi Double-Layer Drive specifications ............................................ 95
8 Backing up, restoring, and recovering (Windows 8) ........................................................ 96
Creating recovery media and backups ..................................................................................... 96
Creating HP Recovery media .................................................................................... 97
Restore and recovery .............................................................................................................. 98
Using Windows Refresh for quick and easy recovery ................................................... 99
Remove everything and reinstall Windows ................................................................. 99
Recovering using HP Recovery Manager .................................................................. 100
What you need to know .......................................................................... 100
Using the HP Recovery partition to recover a minimized image (select models
only) ..................................................................................................... 100
Using HP Recovery media to recover ........................................................ 101
Changing the computer boot order ........................................................... 101
Removing the HP Recovery partition ........................................................................ 101
9 Backing up, restoring, and recovering (Ubuntu Linux) ................................................... 103
Performing a system recovery ................................................................................................ 103
Creating the restore DVDs ...................................................................................... 103
Creating a restore image on a USB device ............................................................... 103
Performing recovery using the restore DVD ............................................................... 104
Backing up your information .................................................................................................. 104
10 Power cord set requirements ...................................................................................... 106
Requirements for all countries ................................................................................................ 106
Requirements for specific countries and regions ....................................................................... 107
11 Recycling .................................................................................................................... 109
Index ............................................................................................................................... 110
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