What You Need To Know; Using The Hp Recovery Partition (Select Models Only); Using Hp Recovery Media To Recover - HP Tablet User Manual

System Recovery—Reinstalls the original operating system, and then configures the settings for
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the programs that were installed at the factory.
Factory Reset—Restores the tablet to its original factory state by deleting all information from
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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
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provided with this tablet, 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 tablet
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issues.
HP Recovery media must be used if the tablet hard drive fails. If you have not already created
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recovery media, see
To use the Factory Reset option, you must use HP Recovery media. If you have not already
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created recovery media, see
If the HP Recovery media does not work, you can obtain recovery media for your system from
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support. See the
find contact information from the HP website. Go to http://www.hp.com/support, select your
country or region, and follow the on-screen instructions.
IMPORTANT:
data. Before beginning recovery, back up any personal data you wish to retain.

Using the HP Recovery partition (select models only)

The HP Recovery partition (select models only) 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:
IMPORTANT:
models only).
1. Press
– or –
Press and hold
2. Select Troubleshoot from the boot options menu.
3. Select Recovery Manager, and then follow the on-screen instructions.

Using HP Recovery media to recover

You can use HP Recovery media to recover the original system. This method can be used if your
system does not have an HP Recovery partition or if the hard drive is not working properly.
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Creating HP Recovery media on page
Creating HP Recovery media on page
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HP Recovery Manager does not automatically provide backups of your personal
For tablets, connect to the keyboard dock before beginning these steps (select
f11 while the tablet boots.
f11 as you press the power button.
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booklet included with the tablet. You can also