Getting Started - HP Retail System series

Table of contents
1 Installing and customizing the software .......................................................................................................... 1
Installing the Windows operating system ............................................................................................................. 1
Downloading Windows updates ............................................................................................................................ 1
Installing or upgrading device drivers (Windows systems) .................................................................................. 1
Customizing the display (Windows systems) ........................................................................................................ 2
Using, updating, and maintaining your operating system .................................................................................... 2
2 Basic troubleshooting .................................................................................................................................... 3
Interpreting POST diagnostic front panel LEDs and audible codes ...................................................................... 3
Visual inspection: No boot, no power, no video .................................................................................................... 3
Finding more information ...................................................................................................................................... 3
HP Support Assistant ............................................................................................................................................. 4
Important BIOS settings ........................................................................................................................................ 4
Turning o the computer ....................................................................................................................................... 4
3 Using HP PC Hardware Diagnostics (UEFI) ......................................................................................................... 6
Downloading HP PC Hardware Diagnostics (UEFI) to a USB device ....................................................................... 6
4 Before you call for technical support ............................................................................................................... 8
5 Backing up, restoring, and recovering ............................................................................................................. 9
Creating recovery media and backups .................................................................................................................. 9
Creating HP Recovery media (select products only) ........................................................................... 9
Using Windows tools ........................................................................................................................................... 10
Restore and recovery ........................................................................................................................................... 11
Recovering using HP Recovery Manager ........................................................................................... 11
What you need to know before you get started ............................................................. 11
Using the HP Recovery partition (select products only) ................................................. 12
Using HP Recovery media to recover .............................................................................. 12
Changing the computer boot order ................................................................................ 13
Removing the HP Recovery partition (select products only) ......................................... 13
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