Creating recovery media and backups .............................................................................................................. 103
Performing a system recovery .......................................................................................................................... 105
Creating backups ............................................................................................................................................... 108
Backing up your information ............................................................................................................................. 108
Performing a system recovery .......................................................................................................................... 109
USB Recovery option (select models only) ....................................................................................................... 109
13 Specifications .......................................................................................................................................... 112
Computer specifications .................................................................................................................................... 112
Hard drive specifications ................................................................................................................................... 114
DVD±RW SuperMulti DL Drive specifications .................................................................................................... 116
Blu-ray ROM DVD±RW SuperMulti DL Drive ...................................................................................................... 117
DVD-ROM drive .................................................................................................................................................. 117
14 Statement of Volatility ............................................................................................................................ 119
Non-volatile memory usage ............................................................................................................................. 121
Questions and answers ..................................................................................................................................... 123
15 Power cord set requirements .................................................................................................................... 124
Requirements for all countries and regions ..................................................................................................... 124
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Using f11 recovery tools ................................................................................................................. 101
Using Windows Refresh or Windows Reset .................................................................................... 102
Using HP Software Setup ................................................................................................................ 102
Guidelines ........................................................................................................................................ 103
Creating recovery media with HP Recovery Disc Creator ............................................................... 103
Creating recovery media .............................................................................................. 104
Backing up your information .......................................................................................................... 104
Using the Windows recovery tools ................................................................................................. 105
Using Windows 7 operating system media .................................................................................... 106