HP ProBook 450 G3 Notebook PC - Maintenance and Service Guide

Restoring factory settings in Computer Setup ............................................................................... 103
Updating the BIOS .............................................................................................................................................. 103
Determining the BIOS version ......................................................................................................... 103
Downloading a BIOS update ............................................................................................................ 104
11 HP PC Hardware Diagnostics (UEFI) ............................................................................................................ 105
Downloading HP PC Hardware Diagnostics (UEFI) to a USB device .................................................................. 105
12 Backup and recovery in Windows 7 ............................................................................................................ 107
Creating recovery media and backups .............................................................................................................. 107
Guidelines ........................................................................................................................................ 107
Creating recovery media with HP Recovery Disc Creator ............................................................... 107
Creating recovery media ............................................................................................... 108
Backing up your information .......................................................................................................... 108
Performing a system recovery .......................................................................................................................... 109
Using the Windows recovery tools .................................................................................................. 109
Using f11 recovery tools (select models only) ............................................................................... 110
Using Windows 7 operating system media ..................................................................................... 110
13 Backup and recovery in Windows 8.1 ......................................................................................................... 112
Backing up your information ............................................................................................................................. 112
Performing a system recovery .......................................................................................................................... 112
Using the Windows recovery tools .................................................................................................. 112
Using f11 recovery tools ................................................................................................................. 113
Using Windows operating system media (purchased separately) ................................................. 114
Using Windows Refresh or Windows Reset .................................................................................... 114
Using HP Software Setup ................................................................................................................ 114
14 Backup and recovery in Windows 10 .......................................................................................................... 115
Creating recovery media and backups .............................................................................................................. 115
Creating HP Recovery media (select products only) ....................................................................... 115
Using Windows tools ......................................................................................................................................... 116
Restore and recovery ......................................................................................................................................... 117
Recovering using HP Recovery Manager ........................................................................................ 117
What you need to know before you get started ........................................................... 117
Using the HP Recovery partition (select products only) .............................................. 118
Using HP Recovery media to recover ............................................................................ 118
Changing the computer boot order .............................................................................. 119
Removing the HP Recovery partition (select products only) ....................................... 119
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