Setting touchscreen preferences ..................................................................................................... 21
Display options .................................................................................................................................................... 22
Adjusting display brightness ............................................................................................................. 22
Controlling display panel brightness ................................................................................................ 22
Internal display panel backlight brightness ................................................................... 22
Controlling the brightness of the display panel and an external monitor .................... 22
Adding an external monitor .............................................................................................................. 23
Customizing the display panel or an external monitor .................................................................... 24
Using the HP Z1 G2 Workstation as a monitor ................................................................................. 25
Adjusting the audio signal ................................................................................................................................... 26
Using the webcam ............................................................................................................................................... 26
Installing optional components .......................................................................................................................... 26
Security ................................................................................................................................................................ 26
Product recycling ................................................................................................................................................. 26
4 Setting up, backing up, restoring, and recovering Windows 7 .......................................................................... 27
Setting up the Windows 7 operating system ...................................................................................................... 27
Installing or upgrading device drivers .............................................................................................. 27
Transferring files and settings ......................................................................................................... 28
Backing up, restoring, and recovering Windows 7 .............................................................................................. 28
Backing up your information ............................................................................................................ 28
System Restore ................................................................................................................................. 29
System Recovery ............................................................................................................................... 30
System Recovery from a recovery partition image ....................................................... 30
Using HP Recovery Disc operating system discs ............................................................ 30
5 Setting up, backing up, restoring, and recovering Windows 8 .......................................................................... 32
Supplementary information ................................................................................................................................ 32
Setting up the Windows 8 operating system ...................................................................................................... 32
Downloading Windows 8 updates ....................................................................................................................... 33
Backing up, restoring, and recovering Windows 8 .............................................................................................. 33
Backing up your information ............................................................................................................ 33
Creating recovery media and backups .............................................................................................. 35
Restoring and recovering using Windows 8 tools ............................................................................ 35
Using Windows 8 Refresh ............................................................................................... 36
Using Windows 8 Reset ................................................................................................... 37
Recovery using the Windows 8 recovery USB flash drive .............................................. 38
Recovery using Windows 8 restore media ..................................................................... 39
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