Changing a Setup or Power-On password ........................................................................................................ 113
Deleting a Setup or Power-On password .......................................................................................................... 114
Clearing and resetting the CMOS ....................................................................................................................... 114
10 HP PC Hardware Diagnostics ..................................................................................................................... 116
Why run HP PC Hardware Diagnostics .............................................................................................................. 116
How to access and run HP PC Hardware Diagnostics ....................................................................................... 116
Downloading HP PC Hardware Diagnostics (UEFI) to a USB device .................................................................. 116
11 System backup and recovery .................................................................................................................... 118
Backing up, restoring, and recovering in Windows 8.1 or Windows 8 ............................................................. 118
Creating recovery media and backups ........................................................................................... 118
Restoring and recovering using Windows tools ............................................................................. 118
Using Reset when the system is not responding ......................................................... 119
Recovery using the Windows recovery USB flash drive ............................................... 119
Recovery using Windows operating system media (purchased separately) .............. 120
Backing up, restoring, and recovering in Windows 7 ........................................................................................ 120
Creating recovery media ................................................................................................................. 121
Creating recovery media using HP Recovery Manager (select models only) .............. 121
Creating recovery discs with HP Recovery Disc Creator (select models only) ............ 122
Creating recovery discs .............................................................................. 122
Backing up your information ........................................................................................ 123
System Restore ............................................................................................................................... 123
System Recovery ............................................................................................................................. 124
System Recovery when Windows is responding .......................................................... 124
System Recovery when Windows is not responding ................................................... 125
System Recovery using recovery media (select models only) .................................... 125
Using HP Recovery Disc operating system discs (select models only) ....................... 126
Appendix A Power cord set requirements ....................................................................................................... 128
General requirements ....................................................................................................................................... 128
Japanese power cord requirements ................................................................................................................. 128
Country-specific requirements ......................................................................................................................... 129
Appendix B Statement of Volatility ................................................................................................................ 130
Appendix C Specifications ............................................................................................................................. 132
Index ........................................................................................................................................................... 134
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