8 System backup and recovery ...................................................................................................................... 117
Backing up, restoring, and recovering in Windows 10 ...................................................................................... 117
Creating recovery media and backups ............................................................................................ 117
Creating HP Recovery media (select products only) .................................................... 117
Using Windows tools ....................................................................................................................... 119
Restore and recovery ...................................................................................................................... 119
Recovering using HP Recovery Manager ...................................................................... 119
What you need to know before you get started ........................................ 119
Using the HP Recovery partition (select products only) ............................ 120
Using HP Recovery media to recover ......................................................... 120
Changing the computer boot order ............................................................ 121
Removing the HP Recovery partition (select products only) ..................... 121
Backing up, restoring, and recovering in Windows 8.1 or Windows 8 .............................................................. 121
Creating recovery media and backups ............................................................................................ 121
Restoring and recovering using Windows tools ............................................................................. 122
Using Reset when the system is not responding ......................................................... 122
Recovery using the Windows recovery USB ash drive ............................................... 123
Recovery using Windows operating system media (purchased separately) ............... 123
Backing up, restoring, and recovering in Windows 7 ........................................................................................ 123
Creating recovery media ................................................................................................................. 124
Creating recovery media using HP Recovery Manager (select models only) ............... 124
Creating recovery discs with HP Recovery Disc Creator (select models only) ............. 125
Creating recovery discs .............................................................................. 126
Backing up your information ........................................................................................ 126
System Restore ............................................................................................................................... 127
System Recovery ............................................................................................................................. 127
System Recovery when Windows is responding .......................................................... 127
System Recovery when Windows is not responding .................................................... 128
System Recovery using recovery media (select models only) ..................................... 128
Using HP Recovery Disc operating system discs (select models only) ........................ 129
9 POST error messages and diagnostic front panel LEDs and audible codes ....................................................... 131
POST numeric codes and text messages .......................................................................................................... 131
Interpreting system validation diagnostic front panel LEDs and audible codes .............................................. 136
10 Password security and resetting CMOS ...................................................................................................... 138
Resetting the password jumper ........................................................................................................................ 138
Clearing and resetting the BIOS ........................................................................................................................ 140
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