Recovering From The Recovery Discs - HP Pavilion DV5100 Maintenance And Service Manual

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Recovering from the Recovery Discs

To restore the system from the recovery discs:
1. Back up all personal files.
2. Insert the first recovery disc into the optical drive and restart
the computer.
3. Follow the on-screen instructions.
Recovering from the Partition on the
Hard Drive
You can perform a recovery from the partition on the hard drive
from either the Start button or
To restore the system from the partition:
1. Access the PC Recovery tool:
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2. Select PC Recovery and click Next.
The computer restarts and the PC Recovery tool opens.
3. Click OK.
4. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the system
recovery.
If you want to perform a destructive recovery:
✎
A destructive recovery formats the hard drive and restores the
computer to its factory state. Select this option only as a last
resort.
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To access PC Recovery from the Start button, select
Start > All Programs > System Recovery >
PC Recovery.
To access PC Recovery from
press while the "Press <F11> for recovery" message is
f11
displayed on the screen.
The PC Recovery tool opens.
.
f11
, restart the computer and
f11
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