User Guide - Windows 7

10 Backing up, restoring, and recovering .......................................................................................................... 49
Creating backups ................................................................................................................................................. 49
Creating recovery media to recover the original system .................................................................. 49
What you need to know .................................................................................................. 49
Creating the recovery media ........................................................................ 49
Creating system restore points ......................................................................................................... 50
What you need to know .................................................................................................. 50
Creating a system restore point ..................................................................................... 50
Backing up system and personal information .................................................................................. 50
Tips for a successful backup ........................................................................................... 50
What you need to know .................................................................................................. 51
Creating a backup using Windows Backup and Restore ................................................. 51
Restore and recovery ........................................................................................................................................... 52
Restoring to a previous system restore point .................................................................................. 52
Restoring specic les ...................................................................................................................... 52
Restoring specic les using Windows Backup and Restore ......................................... 52
Recovering the original system using HP Recovery Manager .......................................................... 52
What you need to know .................................................................................................. 52
Recovering using HP Recovery partition (select models only) ...................................... 53
Recovering using the recovery media ............................................................................ 53
Changing the computer boot order .............................................................. 53
11 Specications ............................................................................................................................................ 55
Input power .......................................................................................................................................................... 55
Operating environment ....................................................................................................................................... 55
12 Electrostatic Discharge .............................................................................................................................. 56
Index ............................................................................................................................................................. 57
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