Setup Utility - Windows Vista and Windows 7
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...processor C6 sleep state. Enable/disable LAN Power Saving. Enable/disable Card Reader/1394 Power Saving. NOTE: On models with two hard drives, this Change the Setup Utility language. Enable/disable the capacitive button tapping sound. Set the following boot options: ● ... Floppy ◦ Internal CD/DVD ROM drive ◦ USB CD/DVD ROM drive ◦ Hard drive ◦ USB Diskette on a secondary hard drive. Run a comprehensive self-test on Key ◦ USB Hard drive ◦ Network adapter Diagnostics menu Select Hard Disk Self Test Secondary Hard Disk Self Test (select models only) ...
...processor C6 sleep state. Enable/disable LAN Power Saving. Enable/disable Card Reader/1394 Power Saving. NOTE: On models with two hard drives, this Change the Setup Utility language. Enable/disable the capacitive button tapping sound. Set the following boot options: ● ... Floppy ◦ Internal CD/DVD ROM drive ◦ USB CD/DVD ROM drive ◦ Hard drive ◦ USB Diskette on a secondary hard drive. Run a comprehensive self-test on Key ◦ USB Hard drive ◦ Network adapter Diagnostics menu Select Hard Disk Self Test Secondary Hard Disk Self Test (select models only) ...
Setup Utility - Windows Vista and Windows 7
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... Reader Power Saving 6 changing the Setup Utility language 2 D Diagnostics menu 6 displaying system information 3 drives, boot order 6 E exiting the Setup Utility 4 F fan always on 6 fingerprint reader 1 H hard drive self test 6 L LAN Power Saving 6 language support 6 M Main menu 5 memory test 6 ...N navigating in the Setup Utility 2 P passwords 5 power-on password 5 Processor C6 State 6 R restoring default settings 3 S secondary hard drive self test 6 Security menu 5 selecting in the Setup Utility 2 starting the Setup Utility 1 System Configuration menu 6 system information 5 U using ...
... Reader Power Saving 6 changing the Setup Utility language 2 D Diagnostics menu 6 displaying system information 3 drives, boot order 6 E exiting the Setup Utility 4 F fan always on 6 fingerprint reader 1 H hard drive self test 6 L LAN Power Saving 6 language support 6 M Main menu 5 memory test 6 ...N navigating in the Setup Utility 2 P passwords 5 power-on password 5 Processor C6 State 6 R restoring default settings 3 S secondary hard drive self test 6 Security menu 5 selecting in the Setup Utility 2 starting the Setup Utility 1 System Configuration menu 6 system information 5 U using ...
Backup and Recovery - Windows Vista
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...● Recovering a program or driver (Recovery Manager software feature). Use these discs to recover your information and restoring it in the Hard Disk Drives section of a recovery partition, select Start > Computer. With Recovery Manager, you can recover your full factory image if you create.... If your computer includes a solid-state drive (SSD), you to reverse undesirable changes to your system on the hard drive or from recovery discs you experience system failure or instability. Tools provided by the operating system and HP Recovery Manager software are used to factory ...
...● Recovering a program or driver (Recovery Manager software feature). Use these discs to recover your information and restoring it in the Hard Disk Drives section of a recovery partition, select Start > Computer. With Recovery Manager, you can recover your full factory image if you create.... If your computer includes a solid-state drive (SSD), you to reverse undesirable changes to your system on the hard drive or from recovery discs you experience system failure or instability. Tools provided by the operating system and HP Recovery Manager software are used to factory ...
Backup and Recovery - Windows Vista
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... your mind, you can then recover back to that point if you want to reverse subsequent changes made to save and name a snapshot of your hard drive at a previous date and time), when the computer was functioning optimally, follow these steps: 1. Click Create. Select Start > Control Panel > System and Maintenance > System. 2. You...
... your mind, you can then recover back to that point if you want to reverse subsequent changes made to save and name a snapshot of your hard drive at a previous date and time), when the computer was functioning optimally, follow these steps: 1. Click Create. Select Start > Control Panel > System and Maintenance > System. 2. You...
Backup and Recovery - Windows Vista
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... backed up. Use these features, try them before using Recovery Manager. NOTE: Recovery Manager recovers only software that you use HP Recovery Manager to create an entire drive backup as soon as System Restore and driver roll-back capabilities. Insert the first recovery disc into the optical...from the recovery discs To restore the system from a dedicated recovery partition (select models only) on -screen instructions. Follow the on the hard drive. If you may not have not already tried these discs to repair or restore the system if you have been included with this computer must...
... backed up. Use these features, try them before using Recovery Manager. NOTE: Recovery Manager recovers only software that you use HP Recovery Manager to create an entire drive backup as soon as System Restore and driver roll-back capabilities. Insert the first recovery disc into the optical...from the recovery discs To restore the system from a dedicated recovery partition (select models only) on -screen instructions. Follow the on the hard drive. If you may not have not already tried these discs to repair or restore the system if you have been included with this computer must...
Backup and Recovery - Windows Vista
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... restore the system from the partition, follow these discs to recover your computer includes an SSD, you can perform a recovery from the partition on the hard drive from either of the following ways: ● Select Start > All Programs > Recovery Manager > Recovery Manager. - or - ● Restart the computer and press f11 while the...
... restore the system from the partition, follow these discs to recover your computer includes an SSD, you can perform a recovery from the partition on the hard drive from either of the following ways: ● Select Start > All Programs > Recovery Manager > Recovery Manager. - or - ● Restart the computer and press f11 while the...
Software Update, Backup and Recovery - Windows Vista
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...: 1. Make a note of the system BIOS currently installed. Follow the instructions on or restarting the computer. You may need to the hard drive. 2 Updating software If the Setup Utility does not open with the system information displayed, use the arrow keys to reliable external power using.... Determining the BIOS version To determine whether available BIOS updates contain later BIOS versions than the BIOS version currently installed on the HP Web site that is displayed. 3. BIOS version information (also known as ROM date and System BIOS) can be displayed by ...
...: 1. Make a note of the system BIOS currently installed. Follow the instructions on or restarting the computer. You may need to the hard drive. 2 Updating software If the Setup Utility does not open with the system information displayed, use the arrow keys to reliable external power using.... Determining the BIOS version To determine whether available BIOS updates contain later BIOS versions than the BIOS version currently installed on the HP Web site that is displayed. 3. BIOS version information (also known as ROM date and System BIOS) can be displayed by ...
Software Update, Backup and Recovery - Windows Vista
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...for example, filename.exe). The BIOS installation begins. 5. Updating the BIOS 3 NOTE: If you can delete the downloaded file from your hard drive. Double-click your hard drive designation. Double-click the file that contains the update. 4. NOTE: After a message on the screen reports a successful installation, you ... the update. Follow any software updates, especially system BIOS updates. Make a note of the path to the location on your hard drive where the BIOS update will need to access this path when you are ready to a network, consult the network administrator before ...
...for example, filename.exe). The BIOS installation begins. 5. Updating the BIOS 3 NOTE: If you can delete the downloaded file from your hard drive. Double-click your hard drive designation. Double-click the file that contains the update. 4. NOTE: After a message on the screen reports a successful installation, you ... the update. Follow any software updates, especially system BIOS updates. Make a note of the path to the location on your hard drive where the BIOS update will need to access this path when you are ready to a network, consult the network administrator before ...
Software Update, Backup and Recovery - Windows Vista
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... an updated driver to open a window containing additional information. 6. or - Click Install now to step 6. 3. If you may be able to http://www.hp.com/support, and select your country or region. 2. Select your computer model number in the Search box, press enter, and follow these steps: To use... and then verify the operation of drivers is downloaded, navigate to the folder where the file was stored, and double-click the file to your hard drive. If prompted to do this, click Download only to save the file to install. 7. Open your Internet browser, go to download the driver ...
... an updated driver to open a window containing additional information. 6. or - Click Install now to step 6. 3. If you may be able to http://www.hp.com/support, and select your country or region. 2. Select your computer model number in the Search box, press enter, and follow these steps: To use... and then verify the operation of drivers is downloaded, navigate to the folder where the file was stored, and double-click the file to your hard drive. If prompted to do this, click Download only to save the file to install. 7. Open your Internet browser, go to download the driver ...
Drives - Windows Vista
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..., or BD ...11 Creating or "burning" a CD or DVD ...12 Removing a CD, DVD, or BD ...13 3 Using external drives 4 Improving hard drive performance Using Disk Defragmenter ...15 Using Disk Cleanup ...15 5 Replacing the hard drive in the hard drive bay 6 Troubleshooting The optical disc tray does not open for removal of a CD, DVD, or BD 20 The...
..., or BD ...11 Creating or "burning" a CD or DVD ...12 Removing a CD, DVD, or BD ...13 3 Using external drives 4 Improving hard drive performance Using Disk Defragmenter ...15 Using Disk Cleanup ...15 5 Replacing the hard drive in the hard drive bay 6 Troubleshooting The optical disc tray does not open for removal of a CD, DVD, or BD 20 The...
Drives - Windows Vista
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...use X-rays instead of power, be sure that the battery is connected to an external hard drive, initiate Sleep and allow the screen to vibration. Do not spray the drive with magnetic fields include airport walkthrough devices and security wands. The airport security devices that...of magnetism and will not damage a drive. 1 Avoid exposing a drive to which they apply. If a drive must be handled with , shipping, or storing a drive. If you move the computer while the optical drive is sensitive to clear, or properly disconnect the external hard drive. Do not type on and then shut...
...use X-rays instead of power, be sure that the battery is connected to an external hard drive, initiate Sleep and allow the screen to vibration. Do not spray the drive with magnetic fields include airport walkthrough devices and security wands. The airport security devices that...of magnetism and will not damage a drive. 1 Avoid exposing a drive to which they apply. If a drive must be handled with , shipping, or storing a drive. If you move the computer while the optical drive is sensitive to clear, or properly disconnect the external hard drive. Do not type on and then shut...
Drives - Windows Vista
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... ● Making your own music CDs ● Keeping permanent archives of computer files and scanned home records ● Offloading files from your hard drive to the outside of disc is ideal for movies, software, and data backup purposes. These discs are the same form factor as needed. Selecting... the right disc (CDs, DVDs, and BDs) 5 CDs, used for your computer may not support all the types of hard drive files ● Updating photos, video, audio, and data continuously DVD±R discs Use blank DVD±R discs to store large projects that can...
... ● Making your own music CDs ● Keeping permanent archives of computer files and scanned home records ● Offloading files from your hard drive to the outside of disc is ideal for movies, software, and data backup purposes. These discs are the same form factor as needed. Selecting... the right disc (CDs, DVDs, and BDs) 5 CDs, used for your computer may not support all the types of hard drive files ● Updating photos, video, audio, and data continuously DVD±R discs Use blank DVD±R discs to store large projects that can...
Drives - Windows Vista
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... copyright laws, to the destination disc. Do not copy directly from a source disc to a destination disc or from your hard drive, and then burn from a network drive to the software manufacturer's instructions, which may be provided on disc, in the software Help, or on battery power. NOTE...: For details about using . Save the information to your hard drive to make unauthorized copies of information or damage to a disc, observe the following guidelines: Before writing to a disc, connect the computer to a...
... copyright laws, to the destination disc. Do not copy directly from a source disc to a destination disc or from your hard drive, and then burn from a network drive to the software manufacturer's instructions, which may be provided on disc, in the software Help, or on battery power. NOTE...: For details about using . Save the information to your hard drive to make unauthorized copies of information or damage to a disc, observe the following guidelines: Before writing to a disc, connect the computer to a...
Drives - Windows Vista
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...Explore and navigate to the user guide that came with the software, on disc, or on the manufacturer's Web site. 12 Chapter 2 Using an optical drive Do not use . Refer to the folder where the source files are stored. 6. Open the folder, and then drag the files to the software ...usually do not support all programs. ● A CD-R or DVD-R is generally best for burning data files or for creating a data file. If your hard drive. 2. Initiate the burning process as the process for testing audio or video recordings before you have selected. It is copied, it cannot be played only...
...Explore and navigate to the user guide that came with the software, on disc, or on the manufacturer's Web site. 12 Chapter 2 Using an optical drive Do not use . Refer to the folder where the source files are stored. 6. Open the folder, and then drag the files to the software ...usually do not support all programs. ● A CD-R or DVD-R is generally best for burning data files or for creating a data file. If your hard drive. 2. Initiate the burning process as the process for testing audio or video recordings before you have selected. It is copied, it cannot be played only...
Drives - Windows Vista
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... unplug the AC power cord. 14 Chapter 3 Using external drives USB drives include the following types: ● 1.44-megabyte diskette drive ● Hard drive module (a hard drive with an adapter attached) ● DVD-ROM Drive ● DVD/CD-RW Combo Drive ● DVD±RW and CD-RW Combo Drive NOTE: For more information about required software and drivers, or...
... unplug the AC power cord. 14 Chapter 3 Using external drives USB drives include the following types: ● 1.44-megabyte diskette drive ● Hard drive module (a hard drive with an adapter attached) ● DVD-ROM Drive ● DVD/CD-RW Combo Drive ● DVD±RW and CD-RW Combo Drive NOTE: For more information about required software and drivers, or...
Drives - Windows Vista
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... System Tools > Disk Cleanup. 2. Follow the on the hard drive so that you use the computer, files on the hard drive become fragmented. Click Defragment now. Using Disk Cleanup Disk Cleanup searches the hard drive for tasks such as installing applications, running utilities, or changing ... instructions. Select Start > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Disk Defragmenter. 2. Using Disk Defragmenter 15 4 Improving hard drive performance Using Disk Defragmenter As you can run more information. Refer to improve the security of your permission or password for unnecessary...
... System Tools > Disk Cleanup. 2. Follow the on the hard drive so that you use the computer, files on the hard drive become fragmented. Click Defragment now. Using Disk Cleanup Disk Cleanup searches the hard drive for tasks such as installing applications, running utilities, or changing ... instructions. Select Start > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Disk Defragmenter. 2. Using Disk Defragmenter 15 4 Improving hard drive performance Using Disk Defragmenter As you can run more information. Refer to improve the security of your permission or password for unnecessary...
Drives - Windows Vista
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... computer before removing the hard drive from the hard drive bay. Do not remove the hard drive while the computer is off or in Hibernation, turn the computer on a flat surface. 6. To remove the hard drive: 1. Save your work. 2. 5 Replacing the hard drive in the hard drive bay CAUTION: To prevent... information loss or an unresponsive system: Shut down on by pressing the power button. With the hard drive bay toward you are not sure whether the...
... computer before removing the hard drive from the hard drive bay. Do not remove the hard drive while the computer is off or in Hibernation, turn the computer on a flat surface. 6. To remove the hard drive: 1. Save your work. 2. 5 Replacing the hard drive in the hard drive bay CAUTION: To prevent... information loss or an unresponsive system: Shut down on by pressing the power button. With the hard drive bay toward you are not sure whether the...
Drives - Windows Vista
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8. Remove the 4 screws that secure the hard drive to disconnect the hard drive. 11. Lift the hard drive (3) out of the hard drive bay. To install a hard drive: 1. Lift the hard drive cover away from the computer (2). 9. Pull the hard drive tab to the left (2) to the computer (1). 10. Pull the hard drive tab (2) to the right until the hard drive snaps into the hard drive bay (1). 2. Insert the hard drive into place. 17
8. Remove the 4 screws that secure the hard drive to disconnect the hard drive. 11. Lift the hard drive (3) out of the hard drive bay. To install a hard drive: 1. Lift the hard drive cover away from the computer (2). 9. Pull the hard drive tab to the left (2) to the computer (1). 10. Pull the hard drive tab (2) to the right until the hard drive snaps into the hard drive bay (1). 2. Insert the hard drive into place. 17
Drives - Windows Vista
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Tighten the 4 hard drive cover screws (3). 18 Chapter 5 Replacing the hard drive in the hard drive bay Close the cover (2). 6. Replace the 4 screws that secure the hard drive to the computer (3). 4. 3. Align the tabs (1) on the hard drive cover with the notches on the computer. 5.
Tighten the 4 hard drive cover screws (3). 18 Chapter 5 Replacing the hard drive in the hard drive bay Close the cover (2). 6. Replace the 4 screws that secure the hard drive to the computer (3). 4. 3. Align the tabs (1) on the hard drive cover with the notches on the computer. 5.
Drives - Windows Vista
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See your user guides for your hard drive. ● Reinstall the disc-burning device driver located in the DVD/CD-ROM drives category in Device Manager. 24 Chapter 6 Troubleshooting The process of disc for more information about disc types. ● Be sure that the disc is inserted... properly. ● Select a slower write speed and try again. ● If you are copying a disc, save the information on the source disc to your hard drive before completion ● Be sure that all other programs are closed. ● Turn off Sleep mode and Hibernation. ● Be sure that you are using...
See your user guides for your hard drive. ● Reinstall the disc-burning device driver located in the DVD/CD-ROM drives category in Device Manager. 24 Chapter 6 Troubleshooting The process of disc for more information about disc types. ● Be sure that the disc is inserted... properly. ● Select a slower write speed and try again. ● If you are copying a disc, save the information on the source disc to your hard drive before completion ● Be sure that all other programs are closed. ● Turn off Sleep mode and Hibernation. ● Be sure that you are using...
