Recovering Using The Recovery Discs; Recovering Using The Partition On The Hard Drive - HP Pavilion dv3-4100 - Entertainment Notebook PC Maintenance And Service Manual

Recovery Manager software allows you to repair or restore the system if you experience system
failure or instability. Recovery Manager works from recovery discs that you create or from a dedicated
recovery partition (select models only) on the hard drive. However, if your computer includes a solid-
state drive (SSD), you may not have a recovery partition. If that is the case, recovery discs have been
included with your computer. Use these discs to recover your operating system and software.
NOTE: Windows has its own built-in repair features, such as System Restore. If you have not
already tried these features, try them before using Recovery Manager. For more information on these
built-in repair features, click Start, and then click Help and Support.
NOTE: Recovery Manager recovers only the software that was preinstalled at the factory. Software
not provided with this computer must be downloaded from the manufacturer's Web site or reinstalled
from the disc provided by the manufacturer.

Recovering using the recovery discs

To restore the system from the recovery discs:
1. Back up all personal files.
2. Insert the first recovery disc into the optical drive and restart the computer.
3. Follow the on-screen instructions.

Recovering using the partition on the hard drive

On some models, you can perform a recovery from the partition on the hard drive by using either the
Start button or f11. This restores the computer to its factory condition.
NOTE: If your computer includes an SSD, you may not have a recovery partition. If the computer
does not have a recovery partition, you will not be able to recover using this procedure. Recovery
discs have been included for computers that do not have a partition. Use these discs to recover your
operating system and software.
To restore the system from the partition, follow these steps:
1. Access Recovery Manager in either of the following ways:
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Click Start, click All Programs, click Recovery Manager, and then click Recovery
Manager.
– or –
a. Turn on or restart the computer, and then press
Startup Menu" message is displayed at the bottom of the screen.
b. Press f11 while the "Press <F11> for recovery" message is displayed on the screen.
NOTE:
2. Click System Recovery in the Recovery Manager window.
3. Follow the on-screen instructions.
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