Restore; Creating Restore Media - HP Mini 210 Maintenance And Service Manual

Restore

In the event of hard drive failure, to restore your system to its factory image you will need a set of
recovery discs or a recovery flash drive that you can create using HP Recovery Manager. HP
recommends that you use this software to create either a set of recovery discs or a recovery flash
drive immediately after software setup.
If for some other reason you need to restore your system, this can be achieved using the HP
Recovery partition, without the need for recovery discs or a recovery flash drive. To check for the
presence of a recovery partition, click Start, right-click Computer, click Manage, and then click Disk
Management. If the recovery partition is present, a Recovery drive is listed in the window.
CAUTION:
preinstalled at the factory. Software not provided with this computer must be reinstalled manually.

Creating restore media

HP recommends that you create either a set of recovery discs or a recovery flash drive to be sure that
you can restore your computer to its original factory state if the hard drive fails, or if for any reason
you cannot restore using the recovery partition tools. Create these discs or the flash drive after setting
up the computer for the first time.
NOTE: HP Recovery Manager allows the creation of only one set of recovery discs or one recovery
flash drive. Handle these discs or flash drive carefully and keep them in a safe place.
NOTE: You can use an optional external optical drive (purchased separately) to create recovery
discs, or you can use a flash drive. For information about purchasing recovery media for your
computer, refer to the HP web site. If you use an external optical drive, it must be connected directly
to a USB port on the computer, not to a USB port on an external device, such as a USB hub.
Guidelines:
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Purchase high-quality DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-R DL, or DVD+R DL discs.
NOTE:
(rewritable Blu-ray) discs, are not compatible with the HP Recovery Manager software.
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The computer must be connected to AC power during this process.
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Only one set of recovery discs or one recovery flash drive can be created per computer.
NOTE:
drive.
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If you using a flash drive, you will need at least 8 GB of free space on the storage device.
However, depending on the drivers and software installed on your computer, you may need
slightly more than 8 GB of space. HP recommends that you use a 16 GB device for best
results.
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If necessary, you can exit the program before you have finished creating the recovery discs or
recovery flash drive. The next time you open HP Recovery Manager, you will be prompted to
continue the backup creation process.
To create a set of recovery discs or a recovery flash drive:
1. Select Start > All Programs > HP > HP Recovery Manager > HP Recovery Media Creation.
2. Follow the on-screen instructions.
84 Chapter 7 Backup and recovery
HP Recovery Manager (partition or discs/flash drive) restores only software that was
Read-write discs, such as CD-RW, DVD±RW, double-layer DVD±RW, and BD-RE
If you are creating recovery discs, number each disc before inserting it into the optical