HP Z8 G4 Maintenance And Service Guide

Restore and recovery
There are several options for recovering your system. Choose the method that best matches your situation and
level of expertise:
IMPORTANT: Not all methods are available on all products.
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Windows oers several options for restoring from backup, refreshing the computer, and resetting
the computer to its original state. For more information see Help and Support.
▲ Type help in the taskbar search box, and then select Help and Support.
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If you need to correct a problem with a preinstalled application or driver, use the Reinstall drivers and/ or
applications option (select products only) of HP Recovery Manager to reinstall the individual application or
driver.
▲ Type recovery in the taskbar search box, select HP Recovery Manager, select Reinstall drivers
and/or applications, and then follow the on-screen instructions.
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If you want to recover the Windows partition to original factory content, you can choose the System
Recovery option from the HP Recovery partition (select products only) or use the HP Recovery media. For
more information, see Recovering using HP Recovery Manager on page 91. If you have not already
created recovery media, see Creating HP Recovery media (select products only) on page 89.
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On select products, if you want to recover the computer's original factory partition and content, or if you
have replaced the hard drive, you can use the Factory Reset option of HP Recovery media. For more
information, see Recovering using HP Recovery Manager on page 91.
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On select products, if you want to remove the recovery partition to reclaim hard drive space, HP Recovery
Manager oers the Remove Recovery Partition option.
For more information, see Removing the HP Recovery partition (select products only) on page 93.
Recovering using HP Recovery Manager
HP Recovery Manager software allows you to recover the computer to its original factory state by using the HP
Recovery media that you either created or that you obtained from HP, or by using the HP Recovery partition
(select products only). If you have not already created recovery media, see Creating HP Recovery media (select
products only) on page 89.
What you need to know before you get started
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HP Recovery Manager recovers only software that was installed at the factory. For software not provided
with this computer, you must either download the software from the manufacturer's website or reinstall
the software from the media provided by the manufacturer.
IMPORTANT: Recovery through HP Recovery Manager should be used as a nal attempt to correct
computer issues.
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HP Recovery media must be used if the computer hard drive fails. If you have not already created recovery
media, see Creating HP Recovery media (select products only) on page 89.
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To use the Factory Reset option (select products only), you must use HP Recovery media. If you have not
already created recovery media, see Creating HP Recovery media (select products only) on page 89.
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If your computer does not allow the creation of HP Recovery media or if the HP Recovery media does not
work, you can obtain recovery media for your system from support. See the Worldwide Telephone Numbers
booklet included with the computer. You can also nd contact information from the HP website. Go to
http://www.hp.com/support, select your country or region, and follow the on-screen instructions.
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HP Z8 G4 Specifications

General

Display included	No
Keyboard included	Yes
Power supply	1125 W
Operating system architecture	64-bit
Audio chip	Realtek ALC221
Product type	Workstation
Market positioning	Business
Motherboard chipset	Intel C622
Chassis type	Tower
Product color	Black
Country of origin	China
Number of 3.5\" bays	4
Number of 5.25\" bays	2
PCI Express x8 slots	3
Headphone outputs	1
HDMI ports quantity	0
USB 2.0 ports quantity	USB 2.0 ports have a data transmission speed of 480 Mbps, and are backwards compatible with USB 1.1 ports. You can connect all kinds of peripheral devices to them.
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-A ports quantity	8
Cabling technology	10/100/1000Base-T(X)
Ethernet LAN data rates	10, 100, 1000 Mbit/s
HDD speed	7200 RPM
HDD interface	SATA
Storage media	HDD
Optical drive type	DVD Super Multi
Card reader integrated	-
Total storage capacity	1000 GB
Memory slots	24x DIMM
Internal memory	8 GB
Memory channels	Hepta-channel
Memory clock speed	2666 MHz
Internal memory type	DDR4-SDRAM
Maximum internal memory	- GB
Memory layout (slots x size)	1 x 8 GB
Tcase	77 °C
Stepping	U0
Processor cache	11 MB
Processor model	4108
System bus rate	- GT/s
Processor socket	LGA 3647 (Socket P)
Processor threads	16
Processor codename	Skylake
Processor frequency	1.8 GHz
Processor cache type	L3
Processor lithography	14 nm
Processor manufacturer	Intel
PCI Express slots version	3.0
Processor boost frequency	3 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 W
Maximum number of PCI Express lanes	48
Memory clock speeds supported by processor	2400 MHz
Maximum internal memory supported by processor	768 GB
Scalability	2S
Processor code	SR3GJ
Processor ARK ID	123544
Intel TSX-NI version	1.00
Processor package size	76.0 x 56.5 mm
Supported instruction sets	AVX, AVX 2.0, AVX-512, SSE4.2

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	551.2 mm
Width	215.9 mm
Height	444.5 mm
Weight	22400 g