Installing Or Restoring The Operating System - HP xw8400 Service And Technical Reference Manual

2 Installing or restoring the operating
system
This chapter describes the installation and restoration of the operating system.
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Installing the Operating System and Software on page 14
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Restoring the operating system on page 17
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Protecting the software on page 18
● Ordering backup software on page 19
If your workstation was shipped with a preinstalled operating system, it is configured automatically the
first time your workstation is powered on.
Adding optional hardware devices to your workstation before the operating system successfully installs
can cause errors and prevent the operating system from installing properly.
CAUTION
this process completes. Powering off your workstation during the installation process might
damage the software that runs the system.
ENWW
After the automatic installation has begun, do not power off your workstation until
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