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Traveling with or shipping your computer ........................................................................................... 54
9 Securing your computer and information .................................................................................................. 55
Using passwords ................................................................................................................................ 55
Using Internet security software ......................................................................................................... 56
Installing software updates ................................................................................................................. 57
Securing your wireless network .......................................................................................................... 58
Backing up your software applications and information ..................................................................... 58
10 Using Setup Utility (BIOS) and System Diagnostics ............................................................................... 59
Starting Setup Utility (BIOS) ............................................................................................................... 59
Updating the BIOS ............................................................................................................................. 59
Using HP PC Hardware Diagnostics (UEFI) ...................................................................................... 60
11 Backing up, restoring, and recovering ..................................................................................................... 62
Creating recovery media and backups ............................................................................................... 62
Restore and recovery ......................................................................................................................... 64
12 Specifications .............................................................................................................................................. 69
Input power ......................................................................................................................................... 69
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Cleaning the sides and cover ............................................................................ 53
Cleaning the TouchPad, keyboard, or mouse ................................................... 53
Setting Windows passwords .............................................................................................. 56
Setting Setup Utility (BIOS) passwords ............................................................................. 56
Using antivirus software ..................................................................................................... 57
Using firewall software ....................................................................................................... 57
Installing Windows updates ............................................................................................... 57
Installing HP and third-party software updates .................................................................. 58
Determining the BIOS version ........................................................................................... 59
Downloading a BIOS update ............................................................................................. 60
Downloading HP PC Hardware Diagnostics (UEFI) to a USB device ............................... 61
Creating HP Recovery media ............................................................................................ 63
Using Windows Refresh for quick and easy recovery ....................................................... 64
Remove everything and reinstall Windows ........................................................................ 65
Recovering using HP Recovery Manager .......................................................................... 66
What you need to know ..................................................................................... 66
Using the HP Recovery partition ....................................................................... 66
Using HP Recovery media to recover ............................................................... 67
Changing the computer boot order ................................................................... 67
Removing the HP Recovery partition ................................................................................. 68