Recovering Using Hp Recovery Manager; What You Need To Know; Using The Hp Recovery Partition To Recover A Minimized Image - HP Pavilion TouchSmart 14-b100 Maintenance And Service Manual

3. Click Change PC settings in the bottom-right corner of the screen, and then select General
from the PC settings screen.
4. Under Remove everything and reinstall Windows, select Get started, and follow the on-
screen instructions.

Recovering using HP Recovery Manager

HP Recovery Manager software allows you to recover the computer to its original factory state by
using the HP Recovery media you created or by using the HP Recovery partition. See
Recovery media on page
Using HP Recovery media, you can choose from one of the following recovery options:
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System Recovery—Reinstalls the original operating system, and then configures the settings for
the programs that were installed at the factory.
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Minimized Image Recovery—Reinstalls the operating system and all hardware-related drivers
and software, but not other software applications.
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Factory Reset—Restores the computer to its original factory state by deleting all information
from the hard drive and re-creating the partitions. Then it reinstalls the operating system and the
software that was installed at the factory.
The HP Recovery partition allows Minimized Image Recovery.

What you need to know

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HP Recovery Manager recovers only software that was installed at the factory. For software not
provided with this computer, you must either download the software from the manufacturer's
website or reinstall the software from the media provided by the manufacturer.
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Recovery through HP Recovery Manager should be used as a final attempt to correct computer
issues.
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HP Recovery media must be used if the computer hard drive fails. See
media on page
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To use the Factory Reset or System Recovery options, you must use HP Recovery media. See
Creating HP Recovery media on page
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If the HP Recovery media do not work, you can obtain recovery media for your system from the
HP website. For U.S. support, go to http://www.hp.com/go/contactHP. For worldwide support, go
to http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/wwcontact_us.html.
IMPORTANT:
data. Before beginning recovery, back up any personal data you wish to retain.

Using the HP Recovery partition to recover a minimized image

The HP Recovery partition allows you to perform a minimized image recovery without the need for
recovery discs or a recovery USB flash drive. This type of recovery can only be used if the hard drive
is still working.
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95, if you have not already created recovery media.
95, if you have not already created recovery media.
HP Recovery Manager does not automatically provide backups of your personal
95, if you have not already created recovery media.
Creating HP
Creating HP Recovery