Updating the BIOS .............................................................................................................................................. 100
Determining the BIOS version ......................................................................................................... 100
Downloading a BIOS update ............................................................................................................ 101
11 HP PC Hardware Diagnostics (UEFI) ............................................................................................................ 102
Downloading HP PC Hardware Diagnostics (UEFI) to a USB device .................................................................. 102
12 Backup and recovery in Windows 7 ............................................................................................................ 104
Creating recovery media and backups .............................................................................................................. 104
Guidelines ........................................................................................................................................ 104
Creating recovery media with HP Recovery Disc Creator ............................................................... 104
Creating recovery media ............................................................................................... 105
Backing up your information .......................................................................................................... 105
Performing a system recovery .......................................................................................................................... 106
Using the Windows recovery tools .................................................................................................. 106
Using f11 recovery tools (select models only) ............................................................................... 107
Using Windows 7 operating system media ..................................................................................... 107
13 Backup and recovery in Windows 8.1 ......................................................................................................... 109
Backing up your information ............................................................................................................................. 109
Performing a system recovery .......................................................................................................................... 109
Using the Windows recovery tools .................................................................................................. 109
Using f11 recovery tools ................................................................................................................. 110
Using Windows operating system media (purchased separately) ................................................. 111
Using Windows Refresh or Windows Reset .................................................................................... 111
Using HP Software Setup ................................................................................................................ 111
14 Backup and recovery in Windows 10 .......................................................................................................... 112
Creating recovery media and backups .............................................................................................................. 112
Creating HP Recovery media (select products only) ....................................................................... 112
Using Windows tools ......................................................................................................................................... 113
Restore and recovery ......................................................................................................................................... 114
Recovering using HP Recovery Manager ........................................................................................ 114
What you need to know before you get started ........................................................... 114
Using the HP Recovery partition (select products only) .............................................. 115
Using HP Recovery media to recover ............................................................................ 115
Changing the computer boot order .............................................................................. 116
Removing the HP Recovery partition (select products only) ....................................... 116
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