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8. Turn on the computer to be configured.
9. As soon as the computer is turned on, press F10 when the monitor light turns green to enter
Computer Setup. Press Enter to bypass the title screen, if necessary.
10. Click File > Replicated Setup > Restore from Removable Media, and follow the instructions on
the screen.
11. Restart the computer when the configuration is complete.
Copying to Multiple Computers
CAUTION: A setup configuration is model-specific. File system corruption may result if source and
target computers are not the same model. For example, do not copy the setup configuration from a
dx57xx PC to a dx7xxx PC.
This method takes a little longer to prepare the configuration diskette or USB flash media device, but
copying the configuration to target computers is significantly faster.
NOTE: A bootable diskette is required for this procedure or to create a bootable USB flash media
device. If Windows XP is not available to use to create a bootable diskette, use the method for copying
to a single computer instead (see
Copying to Single Computer on page 33).
1. Create a bootable diskette or USB flash media device. See Supported USB Flash Media Device
on page 35 or Unsupported USB Flash Media Device on page 36.
CAUTION: Not all computers can be booted from a USB flash media device. If the default boot
order in the Computer Setup (F10) Utility lists the USB device before the hard drive, the computer
can be booted from a USB flash media device. Otherwise, a bootable diskette must be used.
2. Select a setup configuration to copy. Turn off the computer. If you are in Windows, click Start >
Shut Down > Shut Down.
3. If you are using a USB flash media device, insert it now.
4. Turn on the computer.
5. As soon as the computer is turned on, press F10 when the monitor light turns green to enter
Computer Setup. Press Enter to bypass the title screen, if necessary.
NOTE: If you do not press F10 at the appropriate time, you must restart the computer and again
press F10 when the monitor light turns green to access the utility.
6. If you are using a diskette, insert it now.
7. Click File > Replicated Setup > Save to Removable Media. Follow the instructions on the screen
to create the configuration diskette or USB flash media device.
8. Download a BIOS utility for replicating setup (repset.exe) and copy it onto the configuration diskette
or USB flash media device. To obtain this utility, go to
http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/
support.html and enter the model number of the computer.
9. On the configuration diskette or USB flash media device, create an autoexec.bat file containing the
following command:
repset.exe
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