Recovering Using Hp Recovery Manager; What You Need To Know; Using The Hp Recovery Partition (Select Models Only) - HP Pavilion 15 Maintenance And Service Manual

● 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
Recovery Manager on page
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If you wish to remove the recovery partition to reclaim hard drive space, HP Recovery Manager offers
the Remove Recovery Partition option.
For more information, see

Recovering using HP Recovery Manager

HP Recovery Manager software allows you to recover the computer to its original factory state. Using the HP
Recovery media you created, you can choose from one of the following recovery options:
● System Recovery—Reinstalls the original operating system, and then configures the settings for the
programs that were installed at the factory.
● Minimized Image Recovery—Reinstalls the operating system and all hardware-related drivers and
software, but not other software applications.
● Factory Reset—Restores the computer to the state 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

● HP Recovery Manager recovers only software that was installed at the factory. For software not
provided with this computer, you must either download the software from the manufacturer's website
or reinstall the software from the media provided by the manufacturer.
● Recovery through HP Recovery Manager should be used as a final attempt to correct computer issues.
● HP Recovery media must be used if the computer hard drive fails.
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To use the Factory Reset, you must use HP Recovery media.
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If the HP Recovery media do not work, you can obtain recovery media for your system by contacting
support. See the Worldwide Telephone Numbers booklet included with the computer. You can also find
contact information from the HP website. For U.S. support, go to http://www.hp.com/go/contactHP. For
worldwide support, go to http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/wwcontact_us.html.
IMPORTANT:
beginning recovery, back up any personal data you wish to retain.

Using the HP Recovery partition (select models only)

The HP Recovery partition allows you to perform a system recovery or minimized image recovery without the
need for recovery discs or a recovery USB flash drive. This type of recovery can only be used if the hard drive
is still working.
To start HP Recovery Manager from the HP Recovery partition:
1. Press
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HP Recovery Manager does not automatically provide backups of your personal data. Before
f11 while the computer boots.
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