Software Setup For Microsoft Windows Xp Professional; Restoring The Windows Operating System; The Restoreplus! Process; Creating A Restoreplus! Cd - HP xw series Setup And Troubleshooting Manual

To use the Windows Easy Transfer tool, select Start > All Programs > Accessories > System
Tools > Windows Easy Transfer.
NOTE: For more information on using Windows Easy Transfer with your workstation, visit
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/features/details/easytransfer.mspx

Software setup for Microsoft Windows XP Professional

When you first apply power to the workstation, the operating system is installed. This process takes
approximately 5 to 10 minutes. Carefully follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation.
CAUTION:
is complete. Turning off the workstation during installation can damage the installation and operation of
this software.
NOTE: After you have selected a language during initial boot of the operating system, the language
will be locked in on the hard drive. If the system is restored, the restore CD checks for the language
stored on the hard drive and restores only the original preinstalled language. If a new hard drive is
installed or no language is found on the disk, the Recovery CD will install any language requested. A
language selection is not required for the 64-bit operating system.
For complete operating system installation and configuration instructions, see the operating system
documentation that was provided with the workstation. Additional information is available in the online
help tool after you successfully install the operating system.

Restoring the Windows operating system

Your workstation has a several methods to restore your Windows XP operating system to a near-factory
state, or to the state of the system at a predefined restore point. Your system has a recovery partition
on the system hard drive that contains software and data required for the restore process as described
in the following sections.
NOTE: If you must restore the operating system with Windows XP OEM CDs (installing without using
the Restore Plus! CDs), you must call Microsoft in order to provide the company with a Stock Keeping
Unit (SKU) number. The SKU information is on the service tag and is the OS product number in the
lower right hand section of the tag. It should display "OS: XXXXXXX," where "XXXXXXX" is the OS
product number.

The RestorePlus! process

The Windows operating system and device drivers (for devices shipped with the system) are reinstalled
using this process. Some application software might not be restored using the RestorePlus! process. In
this case you must install the application software from the appropriate application CD. The RestorePlus!
process can be executed from CD or from the recovery partition contained on your system hard drive.
CAUTION:
Windows partition will be deleted when you restore using the RestorePlus! process. However, the
recovery partition on the system drive and other partitions should not be affected.

Creating a RestorePlus! CD

You can create a set of the CDs from your system if you have a CD burner. When you first boot your
system, you are prompted to make CDs for RestorePlus!, the Windows operating system, and a
supplemental HP Backup and Recovery Manager CD. (There might be additional CDs you can create,
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After the automatic installation has started, do not turn off the workstation until the process
Backup your data before you attempt any operating system restore. All data on the
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