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Cleaning the display (All-in-Ones or Notebooks) .............................................. 50
Cleaning the sides or cover ............................................................................... 50
Cleaning the TouchPad, keyboard, or mouse ................................................... 51
Traveling with or shipping your computer ........................................................................................... 51
9 Securing your computer and information .................................................................................................. 52
Using passwords ................................................................................................................................ 52
Setting Windows passwords .............................................................................................. 53
Setting Setup Utility (BIOS) passwords ............................................................................. 53
Using Internet security software ......................................................................................................... 53
Using antivirus software ..................................................................................................... 54
Using firewall software ....................................................................................................... 54
Installing software updates ................................................................................................................. 54
Installing critical security updates ...................................................................................... 54
Installing HP and third-party software updates .................................................................. 54
Securing your wireless network .......................................................................................................... 55
Backing up your software applications and information ..................................................................... 55
Using an optional security cable lock ................................................................................................. 55
10 Using Setup Utility (BIOS) and HP PC Hardware Diagnostics (UEFI) .................................................... 56
Starting Setup Utility (BIOS) ............................................................................................................... 56
Updating the BIOS ............................................................................................................................. 56
Determining the BIOS version ........................................................................................... 56
Downloading a BIOS update ............................................................................................. 57
Using HP PC Hardware Diagnostics (UEFI) ...................................................................................... 57
Downloading HP PC Hardware Diagnostics (UEFI) to a USB device ............................... 58
11 Backing up, restoring, and recovering ..................................................................................................... 59
Creating recovery media and backups ............................................................................................... 59
Creating HP Recovery media ............................................................................................ 60
Restore and recovery ......................................................................................................................... 61
Using Windows Refresh for quick and easy recovery ....................................................... 62
Remove everything and reinstall Windows ........................................................................ 62
Recovering using HP Recovery Manager .......................................................................... 63
What you need to know ..................................................................................... 63
Using the HP Recovery partition to recover (select models only) ..................... 63
Using HP Recovery media to recover ............................................................... 64
Changing the computer boot order ................................................................... 64
Removing the HP Recovery partition ................................................................................. 64
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