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9 Securing your computer and information .................................................................................................. 50
Using passwords ................................................................................................................................ 50
Setting Windows passwords .............................................................................................. 51
Setting Setup Utility (BIOS) passwords ............................................................................. 51
Using Internet security software ......................................................................................................... 51
Using antivirus software ..................................................................................................... 52
Using firewall software ....................................................................................................... 52
Installing software updates ................................................................................................................. 52
Installing Windows updates ............................................................................................... 52
Installing HP and third-party software updates .................................................................. 52
Securing your wireless network .......................................................................................................... 53
Backing up your software applications and information ..................................................................... 53
10 Using Setup Utility (BIOS) and System Diagnostics ............................................................................... 54
Starting Setup Utility (BIOS) ............................................................................................................... 54
Updating the BIOS ............................................................................................................................. 54
Determining the BIOS version ........................................................................................... 54
Downloading a BIOS update ............................................................................................. 55
Using System Diagnostics .................................................................................................................. 55
11 Backing up, restoring, and recovering ..................................................................................................... 57
Creating recovery media and backups ............................................................................................... 57
Creating HP Recovery media ............................................................................................ 58
Restore and recovery ......................................................................................................................... 59
Using Windows Refresh for quick and easy recovery ....................................................... 60
Remove everything and reinstall Windows ........................................................................ 60
Recovering using HP Recovery Manager .......................................................................... 61
What you need to know ..................................................................................... 61
Using the HP Recovery partition to recover a minimized image (select
models only) ...................................................................................................... 61
Using HP Recovery media to recover ............................................................... 62
Changing the computer boot order ................................................................... 62
Removing the HP Recovery partition ................................................................................. 62
12 Specifications .............................................................................................................................................. 63
Input power ......................................................................................................................................... 63
Operating environment ....................................................................................................................... 63
13 Electrostatic Discharge .............................................................................................................................. 65
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