Backing Up, Restoring, And Recovering; Creating A Microsoft Recovery Drive (Select Models Only) - HP Classmate Maintenance And Service Manual

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Backing up, restoring, and recovering

Your computer includes tools provided by Windows to help you safeguard your information and retrieve it if

you ever need to. These tools will help you return your computer to a proper working state or even back to

the original factory state, all with simple steps.

This chapter provides information about the following processes:

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Using Microsoft's Refresh your PC or Remove everything and reinstall Windows options to address

issues with your computer

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Backing up data using File History

NOTE:

This chapter describes an overview of backing up, restoring and recovering options. For more details

about the tools provided, see Help and Support. From the Start screen, type help, and then select Help and

Support.

Creating a Microsoft recovery drive (select models only)

After you successfully set up the computer, create a Microsoft recovery drive. The MS recovery drive backs up

the recovery partition on the computer and ensure access to the Refresh your PC and Remove everything and

reinstall Windows options even if the recovery partition on the computer has been corrupted or removed.

NOTE:

On select models, a recovery drive can be created on a USB flash drive (purchased separately). A

micro USB to USB adapter cable (purchased separately) with a micro USB male (B-type) connector and a USB

female (A-type) connector is also required.

On the Start screen, type create recovery drive, and then select Create a recovery drive.

IMPORTANT:

recovery drive is selected.

Select Next, and then follow the on-screen instructions.

After you have created the recovery drive, a prompt is displayed asking if you want to remove the

recovery partition. If you select No and later reconsider, you must complete the entire process again

before the prompt will be displayed a second time.

Be sure that the check box labeled Copy the recovery partition from the PC to the

Creating a Microsoft recovery drive (select models only)

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