HP Pavilion 11-ad100 User Guide - Page 71

Using HP Recovery Manager to create recovery media, Before you begin, Creating the recovery media

Get HP Pavilion 11-ad100 PDF manuals and user guides View all HP Pavilion 11-ad100 manuals
Add to My Manuals
Save this manual to your list of manuals

Page 71 highlights

On select products, you can use the HP Cloud Recovery Download Tool to create HP Recovery media on a bootable USB flash drive. For more information, see Using the HP Cloud Recovery Download Tool to create recovery media on page 60. Using HP Recovery Manager to create recovery media NOTE: If you cannot create recovery media yourself, contact support to obtain recovery discs. Go to http://www.hp.com/support, select your country or region, and then follow the on-screen instructions. Before you begin Before you begin, note the following: ● Only one set of recovery media can be created. Handle these recovery tools carefully, and keep them in a safe place. ● HP Recovery Manager examines the computer and determines the required media storage capacity. ● To create recovery media, use one of the following options: NOTE: If the computer does not have a recovery partition, HP Recovery Manager displays the Windows Create a Recovery Drive feature. Follow the on-screen instructions to create a recovery image on a blank USB flash drive or hard drive. ● If your computer has an optical drive with DVD writer capability, be sure to use only high-quality blank DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-R DL, or DVD+R DL discs. Do not use rewritable discs such as CD±RW, DVD±RW, double-layer DVD±RW, or BD-RE (rewritable Blu-ray) discs, which are not compatible with HP Recovery Manager software. ● If your computer does not include an integrated optical drive with DVD writer capability, you can use an external optical drive (purchased separately) to create recovery discs, as described above. If an external optical drive is used, you must connect it directly to a USB port on the computer. It cannot be connected to a USB port on an external device, such as a USB hub. ● To create a recovery flash drive, use a high-quality blank USB flash drive. ● Be sure that the computer is connected to AC power before you begin creating the recovery media. ● The creation process can take an hour or more. Do not interrupt this process. ● If necessary, you can exit the program before you have finished creating all of the recovery media. HP Recovery Manager will finish the current DVD or flash drive. The next time you start HP Recovery Manager, you will be prompted to continue. Creating the recovery media To create HP Recovery media using HP Recovery Manager: IMPORTANT: For a tablet with a detachable keyboard, connect the tablet to the keyboard base before beginning these steps. 1. Type recovery in the taskbar search box, and then select HP Recovery Manager. 2. Select Create recovery media, and then follow the on-screen instructions. If you need to recover the system, see Recovering using HP Recovery Manager on page 60. Creating HP Recovery media (select products only) 59

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
  • 15
  • 16
  • 17
  • 18
  • 19
  • 20
  • 21
  • 22
  • 23
  • 24
  • 25
  • 26
  • 27
  • 28
  • 29
  • 30
  • 31
  • 32
  • 33
  • 34
  • 35
  • 36
  • 37
  • 38
  • 39
  • 40
  • 41
  • 42
  • 43
  • 44
  • 45
  • 46
  • 47
  • 48
  • 49
  • 50
  • 51
  • 52
  • 53
  • 54
  • 55
  • 56
  • 57
  • 58
  • 59
  • 60
  • 61
  • 62
  • 63
  • 64
  • 65
  • 66
  • 67
  • 68
  • 69
  • 70
  • 71
  • 72
  • 73
  • 74
  • 75
  • 76
  • 77
  • 78
  • 79
  • 80
  • 81
On select products, you can use the HP Cloud Recovery Download Tool to create HP Recovery media on a
bootable USB
flash
drive. For more information, see
Using the HP Cloud Recovery Download Tool to create
recovery media
on page
60
.
Using HP Recovery Manager to create recovery media
NOTE:
If you cannot create recovery media yourself, contact support to obtain recovery discs. Go to
support
, select your country or region, and then follow the on-screen instructions.
Before you begin
Before you begin, note the following:
●
Only one set of recovery media can be created. Handle these recovery tools carefully, and keep them in a
safe place.
●
HP Recovery Manager examines the computer and determines the required media storage capacity.
●
To create recovery media, use one of the following options:
NOTE:
If the computer does not have a recovery partition, HP Recovery Manager displays the Windows
Create a Recovery Drive feature. Follow the on-screen instructions to create a recovery image on a blank
USB
flash
drive or hard drive.
●
If your computer has an optical drive with DVD writer capability, be sure to use only high-quality
blank DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-R DL, or DVD+R DL discs. Do not use rewritable discs such as CD±RW,
DVD±RW, double-layer DVD±RW, or BD-RE (rewritable Blu-ray) discs, which are not compatible with
HP Recovery Manager software.
●
If your computer does not include an integrated optical drive with DVD writer capability, you can
use an external optical drive (purchased separately) to create recovery discs, as described above. If
an external optical drive is used, you must connect it directly to a USB port on the computer. It
cannot be connected to a USB port on an external device, such as a USB hub.
●
To create a recovery
flash
drive, use a high-quality blank USB
flash
drive.
●
Be sure that the computer is connected to AC power before you begin creating the recovery media.
●
The creation process can take an hour or more. Do not interrupt this process.
●
If necessary, you can exit the program before you have
finished
creating all of the recovery media. HP
Recovery Manager will
finish
the current DVD or
flash
drive. The next time you start HP Recovery
Manager, you will be prompted to continue.
Creating the recovery media
To create HP Recovery media using HP Recovery Manager:
IMPORTANT:
For a tablet with a detachable keyboard, connect the tablet to the keyboard base before
beginning these steps.
1.
Type
recovery
in the taskbar search box, and then select
HP Recovery Manager
.
2.
Select
Create recovery media
, and then follow the on-screen instructions.
If you need to recover the system, see
Recovering using HP Recovery Manager
on page
60
.
Creating HP Recovery media (select products only)
59