Performing A System Restore - HP ENVY 17-2000 Getting Started Manual

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Purchase high-quality DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-R DL, or DVD+R DL
discs.
NOTE:
DVD±RW, and BD-RE (rewritable Blu-ray) discs, are not compatible
with the Recovery Manager software.
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The computer must be connected to AC power during this process.
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Only one set of recovery discs or one recovery flash drive can be
created per computer.
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inserting it into the optical drive.
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If necessary, you can exit the program before you have finished
creating the recovery discs or recovery flash drive. The next time
you open Recovery Manager, you will be prompted to continue the
backup creation process.
To create a set of recovery discs or a recovery flash drive:
1. Select Start > All Programs > Recovery Manager > Recovery
Media Creation.
2. Follow the on-screen instructions.

Performing a system restore

Recovery Manager software allows you to repair or restore the computer
to its original factory state. Recovery Manager works from recovery discs
or a recovery flash drive, or from a dedicated recovery partition (select
models only) on the hard drive.
A system restore needs to be performed if the computer hard
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drive has failed or if all attempts to correct any functional computer
issues fail. A system restore should be used as a final attempt to correct
computer issues.
Note the following when performing a system restore:
Read-write discs, such as CD-RW, DVD±RW, double-layer
If you are creating recovery discs, number each disc before
Performing a system restore
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