Creating recovery media to recover the original system .................................................................. 77
What you need to know .................................................................................................. 77
Creating the recovery media ........................................................................ 78
Creating system restore points ......................................................................................................... 78
What you need to know .................................................................................................. 78
Creating a system restore point ..................................................................................... 78
Backing up system and personal information .................................................................................. 78
Tips for a successful backup ........................................................................................... 79
What you need to know .................................................................................................. 79
Creating a backup using Windows Backup and Restore ................................................. 79
Restore and recovery ........................................................................................................................................... 80
Restoring to a previous system restore point .................................................................................. 80
Restoring specic les ...................................................................................................................... 80
Restoring specic les using Windows Backup and Restore ......................................... 80
Recovering the original system using HP Recovery Manager .......................................................... 80
What you need to know .................................................................................................. 80
Recovering using HP Recovery partition (select models only) ...................................... 81
Recovering using the recovery media ............................................................................ 81
Changing the computer boot order .............................................................. 81
11 Backing up, restoring, and recovering in Windows 8.1 ................................................................................... 83
Creating recovery media and backups ................................................................................................................ 83
Creating HP Recovery media (select models only) ........................................................................... 83
Using Windows tools ........................................................................................................................................... 84
Restore and recovery ........................................................................................................................................... 84
Recovering using HP Recovery Manager ........................................................................................... 85
What you need to know before you get started ............................................................. 85
Using the HP Recovery partition (select models only) ................................................... 86
Using HP Recovery media to recover .............................................................................. 86
Changing the computer boot order ................................................................................ 86
Removing the HP Recovery partition (select models only) ............................................ 87
12 Backing up, restoring, and recovering in Windows 10 .................................................................................... 89
Creating recovery media and backups ................................................................................................................ 89
Creating HP Recovery media (select products only) ......................................................................... 89
Using Windows tools ........................................................................................................................................... 90
Restore and recovery ........................................................................................................................................... 91
Recovering using HP Recovery Manager ........................................................................................... 91
What you need to know before you get started ............................................................. 91
Using the HP Recovery partition (select products only) ................................................. 92
Using HP Recovery media to recover .............................................................................. 92
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