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Hewlett-Packard Presario CQ43-300 Getting Started Manual

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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 (select models only), 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: HP Recovery Manager (partition or discs/flash drive) restores only software that was

preinstalled at the factory. Software not provided with this computer must be reinstalled manually.

NOTE: Recovery discs have been included if your computer does not have a recovery partition.

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: If your computer does not include an integrated optical drive, you can use an optional

external optical drive (purchased separately) to create recovery discs, or you can purchase recovery

discs for your computer from 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: Read-write discs, such as CD-RW, DVD±RW, double-layer DVD±RW, and BD-RE

(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: If you are creating recovery discs, number each disc before inserting it into the optical

drive.

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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.

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