Creating recovery media to recover the original system .................................................................. 85
What you need to know .................................................................................................. 85
Creating the recovery media ........................................................................ 86
Creating system restore points ......................................................................................................... 86
What you need to know .................................................................................................. 86
Creating a system restore point ..................................................................................... 86
Backing up system and personal information .................................................................................. 86
Tips for a successful backup ........................................................................................... 87
What you need to know .................................................................................................. 87
Creating a backup using Windows Backup and Restore ................................................. 87
Restore and recovery ........................................................................................................................................... 88
Restoring to a previous system restore point .................................................................................. 88
Restoring specic les ...................................................................................................................... 88
Restoring specic les using Windows Backup and Restore ......................................... 88
Recovering the original system using HP Recovery Manager .......................................................... 88
What you need to know .................................................................................................. 88
Recovering using HP Recovery partition (select models only) ...................................... 89
Recovering using the recovery media ............................................................................ 89
Changing the computer boot order .............................................................. 89
11 Backing up, restoring, and recovering in Windows 8.1 ................................................................................... 91
Creating recovery media and backups ................................................................................................................ 91
Creating HP Recovery media (select models only) ........................................................................... 91
Using Windows tools ........................................................................................................................................... 92
Restore and recovery ........................................................................................................................................... 92
Recovering using HP Recovery Manager ........................................................................................... 93
What you need to know before you get started ............................................................. 93
Using the HP Recovery partition (select models only) ................................................... 94
Using HP Recovery media to recover .............................................................................. 94
Changing the computer boot order ................................................................................ 94
Removing the HP Recovery partition (select models only) ............................................ 95
12 Backing up, restoring, and recovering in Windows 10 .................................................................................... 97
Creating recovery media and backups ................................................................................................................ 97
Creating HP Recovery media (select products only) ......................................................................... 97
Using Windows tools ........................................................................................................................................... 98
Restore and recovery ........................................................................................................................................... 99
Recovering using HP Recovery Manager ........................................................................................... 99
What you need to know before you get started ............................................................. 99
Using the HP Recovery partition (select products only) .............................................. 100
Using HP Recovery media to recover ............................................................................ 100
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