11 System backup and recovery
Backing up, restoring, and recovering in Windows
8.1 or Windows 8
Your computer includes tools provided by HP and Windows to help you safeguard your information
and retrieve it if you ever need to. These tools will help you return your computer to a proper working
state or even back to the original factory state, all with simple steps.
This section provides information about the following processes:
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Creating recovery media and backups
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Restoring and recovering your system
NOTE: This section describes an overview of backing up, restoring, and recovering options. For more
details about the tools provided, see Help and Support. From the Start screen, type help, and then
select Help and Support.
Creating recovery media and backups
Recovery after a system failure is only as good as your most recent backup.
1. After you successfully set up the computer, create recovery media. This step creates a backup of
the recovery partition on the computer. The backup can be used to reinstall the original operating
system in cases where the hard drive is corrupted or has been replaced.
You will use a USB flash drive to create a bootable recovery drive that can be used to troubleshoot
a computer that is unable to start. The USB flash drive can be used to reinstall the original
operating system and the programs that were installed at the factory.
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