HP Pavilion 500 HP Pavilion desktop PCs - (English) Quick Start Guide - Page 100

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Help The System Recovery program uses a special recovery partition on the hard disk that stores an image of the original software. This makes recovery convenient, without the need to have or use a System Recovery CD. Note: The system recovery image is in a partition area of the hard drive; this disk space is not available for your use. In the unlikely event that you replace the hard drive, or somehow damage the data in the special recovery partition on the hard drive, you must contact HP Support for help. To contact HP Support, see the Support Guide, included in the computer documentation, for the HP Customer Care telephone number. To start System Recovery: 1 Disconnect all peripheral devices from the PC except the monitor, the keyboard and the mouse. 2 Do one of the following: If the computer responds: click Start on the taskbar, choose All Programs, choose Hewlett-Packard, choose hp pavilion pc tools, and click hp pc system recovery. Continue with step 5. Or If the computer does not respond, press and hold the On button until the computer turns off. Continue with step 3. 3 Wait a few seconds and then press the On button to turn the computer on. Quick Start Guide 75

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Quick Start Guide
75
Help
The System Recovery program uses a special
recovery partition
on the hard disk that stores
an image of the original software. This makes
recovery convenient, without the need to have
or use a System Recovery CD.
Note:
The system recovery image is in a partition area
of the hard drive; this disk space is not available
for your use.
In the unlikely event that you replace the hard
drive, or somehow damage the data in the
special recovery partition on the hard drive,
you must contact HP Support for help.
To contact HP Support, see the
Support Guide
,
included in the computer documentation, for
the HP Customer Care telephone number.
To start System Recovery:
1
Disconnect all peripheral devices from the
PC except the monitor, the keyboard and the
mouse.
2
Do one of the following:
±
If the computer responds: click
Start
on the
taskbar, choose
All Programs
, choose
Hewlett-Packard
, choose
hp pavilion
pc tools
, and click
hp pc system
recovery
. Continue with step 5.
Or
±
If the computer does not respond, press
and hold the On button until the computer
turns off. Continue with step 3.
3
Wait a few seconds and then press the
On button to turn the computer on.