Selecting a language ......................................................................................... 19
Creating recovery disks ..................................................................................... 19
Installing or upgrading device drivers ................................................................ 19
Restoring the Windows XP Professional operating system ............................................... 20
The RestorePlus! process ................................................................................. 20
Creating a RestorePlus! CD ............................................................. 20
Restoring your system from RestorePlus! CDs ................................ 20
Restoring your system from RestorePlus! on the recovery
partition ............................................................................................. 20
Reclaiming hard drive space from the recovery partition ................. 21
Using the HP Backup and Restore process ...................................................... 21
Creating system recovery DVDs or CDs .......................................... 21
Restoring from HPBR DVDs or CDs ................................................ 22
Restoring a system directly from the recovery partition .................... 22
Ordering backup software ................................................................................. 22
Protecting your software ..................................................................................................................... 22
HP software ........................................................................................................................................ 22
Setting up Red Hat Linux ................................................................................................................... 23
Linux preinstalled workstations .......................................................................................... 23
Starting the Linux operating system .................................................................. 23
Restoring the Linux operating system on preloaded workstations .................... 23
Creating restore media ..................................................................... 23
Downloading the latest HP driver CD contents ................................ 24
Reinstalling the factory Linux image with the HP driver CD ............. 24
Upgrading device drivers .................................................................................. 24
Linux-enabled workstations ............................................................................................... 24
Verifying hardware compatibility ....................................................................... 25
Setting up Red Flag Linux ................................................................................. 25
3 System management
Computer Setup (F10) Utility .............................................................................................................. 27
BIOS ROM ......................................................................................................................... 28
Using the Computer Setup (F10) Utility ............................................................................ 28
Computer Setup (F10) Utility menu .................................................................................. 29
Workstation management .................................................................................................................. 35
Initial workstation configuration and deployment ............................................................... 35
Installing a remote system ................................................................................................. 36
Replicating the setup ......................................................................................................... 36
Copying a setup configuration to a single workstation ...................................... 36
Copying a setup configuration to multiple workstations .................................... 37
Updating and managing software ..................................................................................... 37
HP Client Manager Software ............................................................................. 37
Altiris Client Management Solutions ................................................................. 38
System Software Manager ................................................................................ 38
Proactive Change Notification ........................................................................... 38
Subscriber’s Choice .......................................................................................... 39
ROM Flash ......................................................................................................................... 39
Remote ROM Flash .......................................................................................... 39
HPQFlash .......................................................................................................... 39
FailSafe Boot Block ROM .................................................................................................. 39
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