Creating Recovery Discs; System Recovery Options; Choosing Recovery Discs; Starting System Recovery From The Hard Disk Drive - HP Dx9000 - TouchSmart - 4 GB RAM Manual

Creating Recovery Discs

Complete the procedure described in this section to create
a set of recovery discs from the recovery image stored on
your hard disk drive. This image contains the operating
system and software program files that were originally
installed on your computer at the factory.
You can create only one set of recovery discs for your
computer. Furthermore, the recovery discs you create can
be used only with your computer.
After creating the recovery discs, you can delete the
recovery image if you want to make extra space available
on your hard disk drive.
NOTE: Do not delete the recovery image until you have
made recovery discs.

Choosing Recovery Discs

There are several advantages to using DVDs instead of
CDs when creating recovery discs:
DVDs have greater capacity than CDs, so there are fewer
discs to record and store.
DVD recovery discs take less time to create than CD
recovery discs.
To create recovery discs, your computer must have a CD
or DVD Writer drive, or other drive that can write to CDs
or DVDs.
You must use high-quality discs. Because making a set of
recovery discs is so important, there is a very high
verification standard for this process. You may see error
messages such as Recording failure when writing disc or
Error detected during disc verification.
Your discs may be rejected if they are not defect-free. You
will be prompted to insert a new blank disc to try again. It
is normal that some of your discs may be rejected.
The number of discs in the recovery disc set depends on
your computer model. The program that creates the discs
tells you the specific number of blank discs needed to
make the set. The following table gives an idea of how
many discs you will need.
Disk Drive Disc Type
DVD DVD-R, DVD+R
DVD DVD+R Dual-
Layer
CD CD-R
No CD or
DVD drive
The process takes some time to verify that the information
written on the disc is correct. You can quit the process at
any time. The next time you run the program, it resumes
where it left off.
Number of
Required Blank
Discs
1–3 discs
1–2 discs
7–16 discs
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To create recovery discs:
1 Close all open programs.
2 Click the Windows Vista start button, All
Programs, PC Help & Tools, and then click
Recovery Disc Creation.
3 Follow the onscreen instructions. Label each disc as
you make it (for example, Recovery 1, Recovery 2).
4 Store the Recovery discs in a safe place.

System Recovery Options

You should attempt system recovery in the following order:
1 Through the hard disk drive, from the Windows Vista
Start menu.
2 Through the hard disk drive, by pressing the F11 key
on the keyboard during system startup.
3 Through recovery discs that you create.
4 Through recovery discs purchased from HP Support.
To purchase recovery discs, go to
http://www.hp.com/support and visit the
Software & Driver downloads page for your
computer model.
Starting system recovery from
the hard disk drive
Choose one of the following procedures to reinstall the
software from the recovery image on your hard disk drive:
•
Starting system recovery from the Windows Vista
Start menu
•
System recovery from system startup
System recovery from the
Windows Vista Start menu
If the computer is working, and Windows Vista is
responding, use these steps to perform a system recovery.
NOTE: System Recovery deletes any data or programs
that you created or installed after purchase. Therefore,
ensure you have backed up to a removable disc any data
that you want to keep.
1 Turn off the computer.
2 Disconnect all peripheral devices from the computer,
except the monitor, keyboard, and mouse.
3 Turn on the computer.
4 Click the Windows Vista start button, All
Programs, PC Help & Tools, and then click
Recovery Manager.
5 In the Recovery Manager Welcome window, click the
Advanced options button.
6 Click Recover your computer to its original
factory condition, and then click Next.
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