Reinstalling The Operating System - HP Compaq Series Hardware And Software Manual

Software Update and Recoveries

Reinstalling the Operating System

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CAUTION: Personal data and software you have installed on the
notebook will be lost during the operating system reinstall. To protect
your data, back up your data before reinstalling your operating system.
See the Windows online Help utility to learn more about backing up
your files.
If other recovery efforts do not successfully repair the notebook,
you can reinstall the operating system.
To reinstall the operating system:
1. Connect the notebook to external power and turn on the
notebook.
2. Immediately insert the Operating System disc into the
notebook.
3. Press and hold the power button for 5 seconds to turn off the
notebook.
4. Press the power button again to start the notebook.
5. When prompted, press any key to boot from the disc. (After
a few minutes, the Welcome to Setup screen is displayed.)
6. Press
displayed.(
7. Press
window is displayed.)
8. Press
system instead of repairing it.
9. Press
10. Press
11–8
to continue. (A Licensing Agreement screen is
enter
to accept the agreement and continue. (The Setup
f8
to continue installing a new copy of the operating
esc
to set up the operating system.
enter
to continue setup using this partition.
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