Using Disk Cleanup ........................................................................................................... 31
Using Disk Defragmenter ................................................................................................... 31
Updating programs and drivers ......................................................................................... 31
Cleaning your computer ..................................................................................................... 32
Cleaning products ............................................................................................. 32
Cleaning procedures ......................................................................................... 32
Cleaning the display ......................................................................... 32
Cleaning the sides and cover ........................................................... 32
Cleaning the keyboard ...................................................................... 32
Using security measures .................................................................................................................... 33
Setting Windows passwords .............................................................................................. 33
Setting Setup Utility (BIOS) passwords ............................................................................. 34
Using Internet security software ........................................................................................ 34
Installing software updates ................................................................................................ 34
Installing Windows updates ............................................................................... 34
Updating software ............................................................................................. 35
9 Using Setup Utility (BIOS) and HP PC Hardware Diagnostics (UEFI) ...................................................... 36
Starting Setup Utility (BIOS) ............................................................................................................... 36
Updating the BIOS ............................................................................................................................. 36
Determining the BIOS version ........................................................................................... 36
Downloading a BIOS update ............................................................................................. 37
Using HP PC Hardware Diagnostics (UEFI) ...................................................................................... 37
Downloading HP PC Hardware Diagnostics (UEFI) to a USB device ............................... 38
10 Backing up, restoring, and recovering ..................................................................................................... 39
Creating recovery media and backups ............................................................................................... 39
Creating HP Recovery media ............................................................................................ 40
Restore and recovery ......................................................................................................................... 41
Using Windows Refresh for quick and easy recovery ....................................................... 42
Remove everything and reinstall Windows ........................................................................ 42
Recovering using HP Recovery Manager .......................................................................... 43
What you need to know ..................................................................................... 43
Using the HP Recovery partition (select models only) ...................................... 43
Using HP Recovery media to recover ............................................................... 44
Changing the computer boot order ................................................................... 44
Removing the HP Recovery partition ................................................................................. 44
11 Troubleshooting .......................................................................................................................................... 46
Wireless connection problems ........................................................................................................... 46
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