User's Guide

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On select models, if you want to reset your computer using a minimized image, you can choose
the HP Minimized Image Recovery option from the HP Recovery partition or HP Recovery
media. Minimized Image Recovery installs only drivers and hardware-enabling applications.
Other applications included in the image continue to be available for installation through the
Drivers and Applications Reinstall option in HP Recovery Manager.
For more information, see Recovering using HP Recovery Manager (select models only)
on page 51.
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On select models, if you want to recover the computer's original factory partitioning and content,
you can choose the System Recovery option from the HP Recovery partition or use the HP
Recovery media that you have created. For more information, see Recovering using HP
Recovery Manager (select models only) on page 51. If you have not already created recovery
media, see Creating HP Recovery media (select models only) on page 49.
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On select models, if you have replaced the hard drive, you can use the Factory Reset option of
HP Recovery media to restore the factory image to the replacement drive. For more information,
see Recovering using HP Recovery Manager (select models only) on page 51.
Recovering using HP Recovery Manager (select models only)
HP Recovery Manager software allows you to recover the computer to its original factory state by
using the HP Recovery media that you created or by using the HP Recovery partition (select models
only). If you have not already created recovery media, see Creating HP Recovery media (select
models only) on page 49.
Using HP Recovery media, you can choose from one of the following recovery options:
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System Recovery—Reinstalls the original operating system, and then configures the settings for
the programs that were installed at the factory.
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Minimized Image Recovery (select models only)—Reinstalls the operating system and all
hardware-related drivers and software, but not other software applications.
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Factory Reset (select models only)—Restores the computer to its original factory state by
deleting all information from the hard drive and re-creating the partitions. Then it reinstalls the
operating system and the software that was installed at the factory.
The HP Recovery partition (select models only) allows System Recovery and Minimized Image
Recovery.
What you need to know
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HP Recovery Manager recovers only software that was installed at the factory. For software not
provided with the computer, you must either download the software from the manufacturer's
website or reinstall the software from the media provided by the manufacturer.
IMPORTANT: Recovery through HP Recovery Manager should be used as a final attempt to
correct computer issues.
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HP Recovery media (select models only) must be used if the computer hard drive fails. If you
have not already created recovery media, see Creating HP Recovery media (select models only)
on page 49.
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To use the Factory Reset option, you must use HP Recovery media (select models only). If you
have not already created recovery media, see Creating HP Recovery media (select models only)
on page 49.
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If the HP Recovery media (select models only) does not work, you can obtain recovery media for
your system from support. See the
Worldwide Telephone Numbers booklet included with the
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