What You Need To Know; Using The Hp Recovery Partition (Select Models Only) - HP Pro x2 410 G1 Maintenance And Service Manual

Using HP Recovery media, 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 (select models only)—Reinstalls the operating system and all hardware-
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related drivers and software, but not other software applications.
Factory Reset—Restores the computer to its original factory state by deleting all information from
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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 (select models only) allows System Recovery and 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. If you have not already created
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recovery media, see
To use the Factory Reset option, you must use HP Recovery media. If you have not already created
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recovery media, see
If the HP Recovery media does not work, you can obtain recovery media for your system from
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support. See the Worldwide Telephone Numbers booklet included with the computer. You can
also find contact information from the HP website. Go to http://www.hp.com/support, select your
country or region, and follow the on-screen instructions.
IMPORTANT:
Before beginning recovery, back up any personal data you wish to retain.

Using the HP Recovery partition (select models only)

The HP Recovery partition (select models only) allows you to perform a system recovery or 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.
To start HP Recovery Manager from the HP Recovery partition:
IMPORTANT:
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Choose your keyboard layout.
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Creating HP Recovery media on page
Creating HP Recovery media on page
HP Recovery Manager does not automatically provide backups of your personal data.
For tablets, connect to the keyboard dock before beginning these steps (select models
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f11 as you press the power button.
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