HP ProBook 450 G2 Notebook PC HP ProBook 455 G2 Notebook PC Maintenance and Service Guide

Downloading a BIOS update ............................................................................................................ 113
11 HP PC Hardware Diagnostics (UEFI) ............................................................................................................ 114
Downloading HP PC Hardware Diagnostics (UEFI) to a USB device .................................................................. 114
12 Backup and recovery in Windows 7 ............................................................................................................ 116
Creating recovery media and backups .............................................................................................................. 116
Guidelines ........................................................................................................................................ 116
Creating recovery media with HP Recovery Disc Creator ............................................................... 116
Creating recovery media ............................................................................................... 117
Backing up your information .......................................................................................................... 117
Performing a system recovery .......................................................................................................................... 118
Using the Windows recovery tools .................................................................................................. 118
Using f11 recovery tools (select models only) ............................................................................... 119
Using Windows 7 operating system media ..................................................................................... 119
13 Backup and recovery in Windows 8.1 ......................................................................................................... 121
Backing up your information ............................................................................................................................. 121
Performing a system recovery .......................................................................................................................... 121
Using the Windows recovery tools .................................................................................................. 121
Using f11 recovery tools ................................................................................................................. 122
Using Windows operating system media (purchased separately) ................................................. 123
Using Windows Refresh or Windows Reset .................................................................................... 123
Using HP Software Setup ................................................................................................................ 123
14 Backup and recovery in Windows 10 .......................................................................................................... 124
Creating recovery media and backups .............................................................................................................. 124
Creating HP Recovery media (select products only) ....................................................................... 124
Using Windows tools ......................................................................................................................................... 125
Restore and recovery ......................................................................................................................................... 126
Recovering using HP Recovery Manager ........................................................................................ 126
What you need to know before you get started ........................................................... 126
Using the HP Recovery partition (select products only) .............................................. 127
Using HP Recovery media to recover ............................................................................ 127
Changing the computer boot order .............................................................................. 128
Removing the HP Recovery partition (select products only) ....................................... 129
15 Backup and Recovery in Ubuntu Linux ........................................................................................................ 130
Creating backups ............................................................................................................................................... 130
Backing up your information ............................................................................................................................. 130
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