Recovering Using Hp Recovery Manager; What You Need To Know; Using The Hp Recovery Partition To Recover A Minimized Image - HP Pavilion 15 Sleekbook Maintenance And Service Manual

To use the Start screen:
1. On the Start screen, point to the far-right upper or lower corner of the screen to display the
charms.
2.
Click Settings.
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. Using
the HP Recovery media you created, you can choose from one of the following recovery options:
System Recovery—Reinstalls the original operating system, and then configures the settings for the
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programs that were installed at the factory.
Minimized Image Recovery—Reinstalls the operating system and all hardware-related drivers and
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software, but not other software applications.
Factory Reset—Restores the computer to the state its original factory state by deleting all
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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

HP Recovery Manager recovers only software that was installed at the factory. For software not
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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.
Recovery through HP Recovery Manager should be used as a final attempt to correct computer
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issues.
HP Recovery media must be used if the computer hard drive fails.
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To use the Factory Reset or System Recovery options, you must use HP Recovery media.
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If the HP Recovery media do not work, you can obtain recovery media for your system from the HP
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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:
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.
HP Recovery Manager does not automatically provide backups of your personal data.
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