Recovery From The Recovery Disc - HP Firebird User Manual

Recovery from the recovery disc

This section describes how to perform a system recovery from the system recovery disc that
you made.
1 Insert the recovery disc you made in the disc drive.
2 Shut down the computer. If you do not have access to the desktop, press the Power
button on the left side of the badge on the computer to shut down.
3 Press the Power button on the left side of the badge to turn on the computer.
4 When the HP logo screen appears, press the Delete key on the keyboard repeatedly,
until the logo screen disappears.
NOTE: Some operations may be slightly different depending on your motherboard.
5 From the main menu at the top of the window, use the left arrow and right arrow
keys on your keyboard to select Boot.
6 Use the up arrow and down arrow keys to select Boot Device Priority, and then
press Enter on the keyboard.
Next, associate 1st Boot Device with CDROM. To do so:
1 Ensure 1st Boot Device is selected, and press Enter.
2 In the submenu that appears, use the arrow keys to move the black marker on the right
of the boot devices to CDROM. Press Enter.
Note that 1st Boot Device is now associated with CDROM.
3 Press F10 on the keyboard.
4 Ensure Yes is selected, and press Enter to save configuration changes.
The system automatically restarts from the disc drive.
5 Press 3 on the keyboard (to select Disaster Recovery), and then press Enter.
A window opens, showing file loading progress.
6 In the registration window, type your product key number (found on the Certificate of
Authenticity sticker inside the front cover of your computer), and then click Next.
A window opens, asking where you want to install Windows.
7 If it is not already highlighted, select System Drive by using the up arrow and
down arrow keys.
8 Click Drive Options in the lower-right area of the window.
CAUTION: All data on the hard disk drive will be deleted in the next step.
You will lose data if it is not backed up.
9 Ensure that System Drive is still highlighted and that the Recovery partition is not
highlighted, and then click Delete.
A window opens, asking whether you are sure you want to delete.
10 Click OK.
Note that the partition you deleted now shows Unallocated Space.
11 Click Next.
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