User Guide

Using HP Client Security (select products only) .................................................................................................. 51
Using HP Touchpoint Manager (select products only) ........................................................................................ 51
Using an optional security cable (select products only) ..................................................................................... 51
Using a ngerprint reader (select products only) ............................................................................................... 52
Locating the ngerprint reader ......................................................................................................... 52
8 Maintenance ............................................................................................................................................... 53
Improving performance ....................................................................................................................................... 53
Using Disk Defragmenter .................................................................................................................. 53
Using Disk Cleanup ............................................................................................................................ 53
Using HP 3D DriveGuard (select products only) ................................................................................ 53
Identifying HP 3D DriveGuard status .............................................................................. 54
Updating programs and drivers .......................................................................................................................... 54
Cleaning your computer ...................................................................................................................................... 54
Cleaning procedures .......................................................................................................................... 54
Cleaning the display ........................................................................................................ 55
Cleaning the sides or cover ............................................................................................. 55
Cleaning the TouchPad, keyboard, or mouse (select products only) ............................. 55
Traveling with or shipping your computer .......................................................................................................... 55
9 Backing up, restoring, and recovering ........................................................................................................... 57
Creating recovery media and backups ................................................................................................................ 57
Creating HP Recovery media (select products only) ......................................................................... 57
Using Windows tools ........................................................................................................................................... 58
Restore and recovery ........................................................................................................................................... 59
Recovering using HP Recovery Manager ........................................................................................... 59
What you need to know before you get started ............................................................. 59
Using the HP Recovery partition (select products only) ................................................. 60
Using HP Recovery media to recover .............................................................................. 60
Changing the computer boot order ................................................................................ 61
Removing the HP Recovery partition (select products only) ......................................... 62
10 Computer Setup (BIOS), TPM, and HP Sure Start ............................................................................................ 63
Using Computer Setup ......................................................................................................................................... 63
Starting Computer Setup .................................................................................................................. 63
Using a USB keyboard or USB mouse to start Computer Setup (BIOS) .......................... 63
Navigating and selecting in Computer Setup ................................................................................... 64
Restoring factory settings in Computer Setup ................................................................................. 64
Updating the BIOS ............................................................................................................................. 65
Determining the BIOS version ......................................................................................... 65
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