User's Manual

Cleaning the sides and cover ..................................................................... 57
Cleaning the TouchPad, keyboard, or mouse ............................................... 57
Traveling with or shipping your computer .................................................................................. 58
9 Securing your computer and information ........................................................................ 59
Using passwords .................................................................................................................... 59
Setting Windows passwords ..................................................................................... 60
Setting Setup Utility (BIOS) passwords ....................................................................... 60
Using Internet security software ................................................................................................ 61
Using antivirus software ........................................................................................... 61
Using firewall software ............................................................................................ 61
Installing software updates ...................................................................................................... 61
Installing Windows updates ...................................................................................... 61
Installing HP and third-party software updates ............................................................. 62
Securing your wireless network ................................................................................................ 62
Backing up your software applications and information .............................................................. 62
10 Using Setup Utility (BIOS) and System Diagnostics ......................................................... 63
Starting Setup Utility (BIOS) ..................................................................................................... 63
Updating the BIOS ................................................................................................................. 63
Determining the BIOS version ................................................................................... 63
Downloading a BIOS update .................................................................................... 64
Using HP PC Hardware Diagnostics (UEFI) ................................................................................ 64
Downloading HP PC Hardware Diagnostics (UEFI) to a USB device ............................... 65
11 Backing up, restoring, and recovering .......................................................................... 66
Creating recovery media and backups ..................................................................................... 66
Creating HP Recovery media .................................................................................... 67
Restore and recovery .............................................................................................................. 68
Using Windows Refresh for quick and easy recovery ................................................... 69
Remove everything and reinstall Windows ................................................................. 69
Recovering using HP Recovery Manager .................................................................... 70
What you need to know ............................................................................ 70
Using the HP Recovery partition ................................................................. 71
Using HP Recovery media to recover .......................................................... 71
Changing the computer boot order ............................................................. 71
Removing the HP Recovery partition .......................................................................... 72
12 Specifications ............................................................................................................... 73
Input power ........................................................................................................................... 73
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