Owner manual
Backup, Restore, and Recover 
Restore an Entire PC Hard Drive 
To help you recover your computer and data in the event of a hard drive failure, the HP Data Vault 
includes a PC Restore Disc. Use this disc to restore your computer from the HP Data Vault in the 
event of the following: 
To restore the system drive. 
•  When the operating system will not start (boot). 
•  If you cannot use System Restore to restore the system files. 
  Caution 
To ensure that you have the latest version of the PC Restore Disc, contact HP support at 
http://www.hp.com/support
. 
The Microsoft Windows Preinstallation Environment software included with this computer or 
software may be used for boot, diagnostic, setup, restoration, installation, configuration, test or 
disaster recovery purposes only. 
  Note 
THIS SOFTWARE CONTAINS A SECURITY FEATURE THAT WILL CAUSE THE END 
USER CUSTOMER'S SYSTEM TO REBOOT WITHOUT PRIOR NOTIFICATION TO THE 
END USER CUSTOMER AFTER 24 HOURS OF CONTINUOUS USE. 
Recover Your Computer 
1.  Insert the PC Restore Disc into a CD/DVD drive in the computer you want to restore. 
2.  Restart the computer, and boot from the CD. 
3.  Follow the instructions in the Restore Wizard. 
For additional information about restoring computer backups, see Restoring Computer Backups in 
the Windows Home Server Console Help. 
MAC BACKUP AND RECOVER 
Mac Time Machine Backup 
In this article... 
  Determine Used Space on Your Local Disk 
  Configure Time Machine Backups 
  Change the Backup Disk Size 
  Delete a Backup Disk 
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