Hard drive specifications ..................................................................................................................................... 81
DVD±RW SuperMulti Double-Layer Combination Drive specifications .............................................................. 82
10 Backing up, restoring, and recovering in Windows 8.1 .................................................................................. 83
Creating recovery media and backups ................................................................................................................ 83
Creating HP Recovery media ............................................................................................................. 83
Restore and recovery .......................................................................................................................................... 84
Recovering using HP Recovery Manager .......................................................................................... 85
What you need to know .................................................................................................. 85
Using the HP Recovery partition (select models only) .................................................. 85
Using HP Recovery media to recover ............................................................................. 86
Changing the computer boot order ................................................................................ 86
Removing the HP Recovery partition (select models only) .............................................................. 86
11 Backing up, restoring, and recovering in Windows 7 ..................................................................................... 87
Creating backups ................................................................................................................................................. 87
Creating recovery media to recover the original system ................................................................. 87
What you need to know .................................................................................................. 87
Creating the recovery media ........................................................................ 88
Creating system restore points ........................................................................................................ 88
What you need to know .................................................................................................. 88
Creating a system restore point ..................................................................................... 88
Backing up system and personal information .................................................................................. 88
Tips for a successful backup ........................................................................................... 89
What you need to know .................................................................................................. 89
Creating a backup using Windows Backup and Restore ................................................ 89
Restore and recovery .......................................................................................................................................... 90
Restoring to a previous system restore point .................................................................................. 90
Restoring specific files ...................................................................................................................... 90
Restoring specific files using Windows Backup and Restore ......................................... 90
Recovering the original system using HP Recovery Manager .......................................................... 90
What you need to know .................................................................................................. 90
Recovering using HP Recovery partition (select models only) ...................................... 91
Recovering using the recovery media ............................................................................ 91
Changing the computer boot order .............................................................. 91
12 Power cord set requirements ...................................................................................................................... 93
Requirements for all countries ........................................................................................................................... 93
Requirements for specific countries and regions ............................................................................................... 94
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