HP Backup and Recovery Manager User Guide Version 1.
How to Create Entire Drive Backups How to Create Recovery Points How to Manage Recovery Points Saving Backups to Network or CD/DVD Recovery Recovery Media Creator How to Recover Backup Tips Expert Options Notebook Requirements HP Recovery Partition Removal Wizard Why HP Recommends Users Preserve the Recovery Partition Why Some Users May Desire to Remove the Recovery Partition How to Remove the Recovery Partition Uninstall What is Removed How to Uninstall Glossary Entire Drive Backup Initial Recovery Point R
Introduction The HP Backup and Recovery Manager is an easy-to-use, versatile application that allows you to back up and recover the primary hard drive on the PC. The application works within Windows to create backups of Windows, all applications, and all data files. Backups can be scheduled to occur automatically at designated intervals, or they can be initiated manually. Important files can be archived separately from regular backups.
Language Support HP supports the following languages for the HP Backup and Recovery Manager: Arabic German Polish Brazilian Portuguese Greek Portuguese Czech Hebrew Russian Danish Hungarian Simplified Chinese Dutch Italian Spanish English Japanese Swedish Finnish Korean Traditional Chinese French Norwegian Turkish HP Backup and Recovery Manager The HP Backup and Recovery Manager is a highly versatile application for ensuring the continued security of the system hard drive.
Reminders Upon installation, the HP Backup and Recovery Manager will remind the user to create the Recovery Disc Set immediately to ensure that there is a backup in a place other than the primary hard drive. This reminder can be delayed for a week at a time. On the fourth display, an additional option appears. Selecting this option disables the reminder permanently. Note: HP highly recommends creating the Recovery Disc Set immediately.
How to Create Schedules Convenient schedules can be created easily with the HP Backup and Recovery Manager: 1. On the Windows Start Menu, select HP Backup and Recovery folder. 2. Select HP Backup Scheduler. 3. Follow the Backup Scheduler wizard to complete the schedule. How to Delete Schedules Once created, the HP Backup and Recovery Manager schedule entries cannot be modified. If a modification is desired, change the schedule by first deleting the existing entry, then creating new entries.
Manual Backups The HP Backup and Recovery Manager allows the user to create backups manually or automatically. The manual backup option is useful for creating single archives; however, HP encourages users to create a regular automated backup schedule. How to Back Up Individual Files and Folders HP Backup and Recovery Manager allows the user to backup individual files and folders to a network, hard drive, or CD/DVD disc. 1. On the Windows Start Menu, select HP Backup and Recovery. 2.
How to Create Recovery Points The HP Backup and Recovery Manager provides a simple interface for creating new Recovery Points. 1. On the Windows Start Menu, select HP Backup and Recovery. 2. Select the HP Backup and Recovery Manager. 3. After the Welcome Screen, select Backup to protect system settings and important files. Click Next to continue. 4. Select Create or manage Recovery Points. Click Next to continue. 5. If there are already Recovery Points on the system, select Create New Recovery Point.
Saving Backups to Network or CD/DVD Recovery Points, Entire Drive Backups and File Backups may be saved to a Network Drive, while Recovery Points and File Backups may be burned to CD/DVD, depending on hardware available. These discs can be used with the Recovery Disc Set created by Recovery Media Creator to recover the system fully, up to the moment the last archive was created.
Recovery The ability to recover from a system problem and to retrieve a file from a backup are important elements of an overall data security program. The HP Backup and Recovery Manager provides a simple interface for recovering individual files or the entire PC hard drive. Recovery may be performed from a Recovery Disc Set or the Recovery Partition. Recovery Media Creator Creating a Recovery Disc Set is one of the most important things that can be done for PC hard drive security.
Recovery of Files and Folders Within Windows, the HP Backup and Recovery Manager provides the capability of recovering individual files and folder from a backup. 1. On the Windows Start Menu, select HP Backup and Recovery. 2. Select the HP Backup and Recovery Manager. 3. After the Welcome Screen, select Recover important files or the entire system. Click Next to continue. 4. Select Recover individual files and data. Click Next to continue. 5. Follow the wizard to select the files and complete the recovery.
Using Recovery Points Recovery Points are incremental records of the PC between Recovery Points. The HP Backup and Recovery Manager allows a user to return the entire PC hard drive to the state it was in at the time a Recovery Point was created. To perform PC Recovery using a Recovery Point: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. From Windows or F11 Emergency Recovery, enter PC Recovery. Select Recover PC to a specific point in time and click Next to continue. Select the Recovery Point to which the PC will recover.
Expert Options The HP Backup and Recovery Manager includes an expert mode that takes experienced users directly to the following backup and recovery options: • • • • • • • Create system recovery discs – Creates a Recovery Disc Set of CDs or DVDs using the Recovery Media Creator. Backup entire hard drive – Creates an Entire Drive Backup. Backup individual files and data – Creates a File Backup on network, hard drive, or disc.
HP Recovery Partition Removal Wizard The HP Backup and Recovery Manager contains an application for removing the Recovery Partition, should that be desired or necessary. Why HP Recommends Users Preserve the Recovery Partition The Recovery Partition contains a record of all software installed at the factory and shipped with this system, including the ISO images for the Microsoft Operating System, HP Restore Plus! and other supplemental and recovery products, as appropriate.
Uninstall The install program includes a method for uninstalling the application. What is Removed When uninstalling the HP Backup and Recovery Manager, all components and features are removed. In addition, all Recovery Points, Entire Drive Backups and the Recovery Partition are removed from the system. File Backups are independent executable files and will not be affected by the removal of HP Backup and Recovery Manager.
Glossary Entire Drive Backup This is a backup of every file and folder on the primary hard drive, including most partitions. Partitions not included are the Recovery Partition, hidden, and non-Windows partitions. This backup can be used in conjunction with the Recovery Partition to recover the system to the state it was when the Entire Drive Backup was created. Initial Recovery Point The first recovery point of the system is called the Initial Recovery Point.
