User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Starting right
- Getting to know your computer
- Connecting to a network
- Enjoying entertainment features
- Navigating using the keyboard, touch gestures and pointing devices
- Managing power
- Initiating Sleep and Hibernation
- Setting password protection on wakeup
- Using the power meter and power settings
- Running on battery power
- Running on external AC power
- Shutting down (turning off) the computer
- Managing and sharing information
- Maintaining your computer
- Securing your computer and information
- Using Setup Utility (BIOS) and System Diagnostics
- Backing up, restoring, and recovering
- Specifications
- Electrostatic Discharge
- Index
To use the f11 key:
1. Connect the tablet to the keyboard dock.
2. Press f11 while the computer boots.
– or –
Press and hold f11 as you press the power button.
3. Select Troubleshoot from the boot options menu.
4. Select Reset your PC, and then follow the on-screen instructions.
To use the Start screen:
1. Connect the tablet to the keyboard dock.
2. From the Start screen, point to the upper-right or lower-right corner of the screen to reveal the
charms.
3.
Click Settings.
4. Click Change PC settings in the bottom-right corner of the screen, and then select General
from the PC settings screen.
5. Scroll the right-side choices down to display Remove everything and reinstall Windows.
6.
Under Remove everything and reinstall Windows, select Get started, and follow the
on-screen instructions.
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 you created or by using the HP Recovery partition. You can choose from one of
the following recovery options:
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System Recovery—Reinstalls the original operating system, and then configures the settings for the
programs that were installed at the factory.
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Minimized Image Recovery—Reinstalls the operating system and all hardware-related drivers and
software, but not other software applications.
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Factory Reset—Restores the computer to its original factory state by deleting all information from
the hard drive and re-creating the partitions. Then it reinstalls the operating system and the
software that was installed at the factory.
The HP Recovery partition allows Minimized Image Recovery and System Recovery.
What you need to know
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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.
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Recovery through HP Recovery Manager should be used as a final attempt to correct computer
issues.
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