6 Computer Setup (BIOS), TPM, and HP Sure Start ............................................................................................. 29
Using Computer Setup ......................................................................................................................................... 29
Starting Computer Setup .................................................................................................................. 29
Navigating and selecting in Computer Setup ................................................................................... 29
Restoring factory settings in Computer Setup ................................................................................. 29
Updating the BIOS ............................................................................................................................. 30
Determining the BIOS version ......................................................................................... 30
Downloading a BIOS update ........................................................................................... 31
Changing the boot order using the f9 prompt .................................................................................. 31
TPM BIOS settings (select products only) ........................................................................................................... 32
Using HP Sure Start (select products only) ......................................................................................................... 32
7 Using HP PC Hardware Diagnostics (UEFI) ....................................................................................................... 33
Downloading HP PC Hardware Diagnostics (UEFI) to a USB device .................................................................... 33
8 Backing up, restoring, and recovering ........................................................................................................... 35
Creating recovery media and backups ................................................................................................................ 35
Creating HP Recovery media (select products only) ......................................................................... 35
Using Windows tools ........................................................................................................................................... 36
Restore and recovery ........................................................................................................................................... 37
Recovering using HP Recovery Manager ........................................................................................... 37
What you need to know before you get started ............................................................. 37
Using the HP Recovery partition (select products only) ................................................. 38
Using HP Recovery media to recover .............................................................................. 38
Changing the computer boot order ................................................................................ 39
Removing the HP Recovery partition (select products only) ......................................... 40
9 Troubleshooting .......................................................................................................................................... 41
Wireless connection problems ............................................................................................................................ 41
Cannot connect to a WLAN ................................................................................................................ 41
Cannot connect to a preferred network ............................................................................................ 41
Current network security codes are unavailable .............................................................................. 42
Cannot connect to the wireless router .............................................................................................. 42
Network status icon is not displayed ................................................................................................ 42
Power problems ................................................................................................................................................... 43
Sprout will not turn on or start ......................................................................................................... 43
Hard drive error ................................................................................................................................. 43
Sprout is not responding ................................................................................................................... 43
Sprout shuts down unexpectedly ..................................................................................................... 44
Display problems ................................................................................................................................................. 44
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