Restore And Recovery; Recovering Using Hp Recovery Manager; What You Need To Know Before You Get Started - HP Z2 Mini G3 User Manual

Restore and recovery

NOTE: Microsoft Windows 10 recovery restores to a recent system restore point. HP Recovery Manager is
the only method of restoring the original factory image. For more information, go to
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/windows-10-recovery-options.
There are several options for recovering your system. Choose the method that best matches your situation
and level of expertise:
IMPORTANT:
Windows offers several options for restoring from backup, refreshing the workstation, and resetting the
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workstation to its original state. For more information, see Help and Support.
Type help in the taskbar search box, and then select Help and Support.
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If you need to correct a problem with a preinstalled application or driver, use the Reinstall drivers and/ or
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applications option (select products only) of HP Recovery Manager to reinstall the individual application
or driver.
Type recovery in the taskbar search box, select HP Recovery Manager, select Reinstall drivers
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and/or applications, and then follow the on-screen instructions.
If you want to recover the Windows partition to original factory content, you can choose the System
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Recovery option from the HP Recovery partition (select products only) or use the HP Recovery media.
For more information, see
created recovery media, see
On select products, if you want to recover the workstation's original factory partition and content, or if
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you have replaced the hard drive, you can use the Factory Reset option of HP Recovery media. For more
information, see
On select products, if you want to remove the recovery partition to reclaim hard drive space, HP
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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 workstation to its original factory state by using the
HP Recovery media that you either created or that you obtained from HP, or by using the HP Recovery
partition (select products only). If you have not already created recovery media, see
media (select products only) on page

What you need to know before you get started

HP Recovery Manager recovers only software that was installed at the factory. For software not
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provided with this workstation, you must either download the software from the manufacturer's
website or reinstall the software from the media provided by the manufacturer.
IMPORTANT:
workstation issues.
HP Recovery media must be used if the workstation hard drive fails. If you have not already created
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recovery media, see
Not all methods are available on all products.
Recovering using HP Recovery Manager on page
Creating HP Recovery media (select products only) on page
Recovering using HP Recovery Manager on page
Removing the HP Recovery partition (select products only) on page
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Recovery through HP Recovery Manager should be used as a final attempt to correct
Creating HP Recovery media (select products only) on page
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Backing up, restoring, and recovering in Windows 10
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Creating HP Recovery
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