HP Workstation z400 - Page 6

Security .............................................................................................................................................. 26
Product recycling ................................................................................................................................ 26
4 Setting up the operating system
Setting up the Microsoft operating system ......................................................................................... 28
Installing or upgrading device drivers ................................................................................ 28
Transferring files and settings to your Windows workstation ............................................. 28
Setting up Red Hat Enterprise Linux .................................................................................................. 29
Installing with the HP driver CD ......................................................................................... 29
Installing and customizing Red Hat-enabled workstations ................................................ 30
Verifying hardware compatibility ....................................................................... 30
Setting up Novell SLED ...................................................................................................................... 30
Updating the workstation .................................................................................................................... 30
Updating the workstation after first boot ............................................................................ 30
Upgrading the BIOS ........................................................................................................... 30
Determining current BIOS ................................................................................. 31
Upgrading BIOS ................................................................................................ 32
Upgrading device drivers ................................................................................................... 32
5 Restoring the operating system
Restore methods ................................................................................................................................ 33
Ordering backup software .................................................................................................................. 34
Restoring Windows Vista ................................................................................................................... 34
Ordering the RestorePlus! media ...................................................................................... 34
Restoring the operating system ......................................................................................... 34
Restoring Windows XP Professional .................................................................................................. 35
Creating RestorePlus! media ............................................................................................. 35
Creating HP Backup and Recovery (HPBR) media ........................................................... 36
Restoring the operating system ......................................................................................... 37
Using RestorePlus! ........................................................................................... 37
Using HPBR ..................................................................................................... 37
Using the recovery partition .............................................................................. 37
Restoring Novell SLED ....................................................................................................................... 37
Creating restore media ...................................................................................................... 37
6 Preparing for component installation
Disassembly and installation preparation ........................................................................................... 39
Preparing the workstation for component installation ......................................................................... 39
7 Installing memory
Supported memory configurations ..................................................................................................... 43
Installing a DIMM ................................................................................................................................ 44
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