Creating Recovery Discs (Highly Recommended) - HP 510 Maintenance And Service Manual

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Windows System Restore. For more information, select Start > Help and Support, and then
search for "System Restore."
HP Backup and Recovery Manager performs these tasks:
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Creating recovery discs (highly recommended)—The recovery discs are used to start up your
computer and to recover the full factory image (operating system and software) in case of system
failure or instability.
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be stored on another hard drive or on a network drive.
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Performing a recovery—You can perform a full system recovery or recover important files from
the recovery partition on the hard drive, from another drive, or from recovery discs that you create.

Creating recovery discs (highly recommended)

After setting up the computer for the first time, you can create a set of recovery discs of the full factory
image, using Recovery Media Creator in the HP Backup and Recovery Manager. The recovery discs
are used to start up (boot) the computer and recover the operating system and software to factory
settings in case of system failure or instability.
CAUTION
on the hard drive by deleting the recovery partition. However, doing this is not recommended. If
you delete this partition, you will lose any information that is on the partition.
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Before creating recovery discs:
● Obtain high-quality CD-R, DVD-R, or DVD+R media, purchased separately.
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Backup and Recovery Manager.
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Number each disc before inserting it into the optical drive of the computer.
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If necessary, you can cancel Recovery Media Creator before you have finished creating the
recovery discs. The next time you open Recovery Media Creator, you will be prompted to continue
the disc creation process where you left off.
To create a set of recovery discs:
1. Select Start > All Programs > HP Backup & Recovery > HP Backup and Recovery Manager.
2. Click Next.
3. Click Create factory software recovery CDs or DVDs to recover the system (Highly
recommended), and then click Next.
The "Recovery Media Creator" page opens.
4. Click Next.
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Before using HP Backup and Recovery Manager, try repairing the system by running
If you do not have a CD or DVD burner, a copy of the entire hard drive image can
After you create the recovery discs, you can increase the amount of available space
Only one set of recovery discs can be created for this computer.
Formatted DVD±RW discs and DVD±RW double-layer discs are not compatible with HP
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