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4 During the startup, do the following to enter the System Recovery program: When the blue screen with the HP Invent logo appears, press the F10 key on the keyboard. (You have only a few seconds to press the F10 key before the normal startup process continues.) 5 Wait until the System Recovery box appears asking Do you really want to start HP PC System Recovery? 6 Click Yes to continue with the recovery process. 7 Follow the onscreen instructions. 8 Complete the computer startup, and finish the registration process. Then reconnect all peripheral devices. Freeing Up Space on Your Hard Disk Drive The PC comes with a hard disk drive. Depending on your model, the hard disk drive has 20 gigabytes (GB) to more than 160 GB of total disk space. The PC comes with preloaded software programs and a partition within the hard disk drive that takes up a certain amount of space on the hard disk drive. Note: The system recovery image is in a partition area of the hard drive; this disk space is not available for your use. The partition: Houses a backup version of the operating system and the programs included with the PC. 76 HP Pavilion home PC

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HP Pavilion home PC
4
During the startup, do the following to enter
the System Recovery program:
When the blue screen with the
HP Invent
logo
appears, press the F10 key on the keyboard.
(You have only a few seconds to press the
F10 key before the normal startup process
continues.)
5
Wait until the System Recovery box appears
asking
Do you really want to start HP PC
System Recovery?
6
Click
Yes
to continue with the recovery
process.
7
Follow the onscreen instructions.
8
Complete the computer startup, and finish the
registration process. Then reconnect all
peripheral devices.
Freeing Up Space on
Your Hard Disk Drive
The PC comes with a hard disk drive.
Depending on your model, the hard disk drive
has 20 gigabytes (GB) to more than 160 GB of
total disk space. The PC comes with preloaded
software programs and a partition within the
hard disk drive that takes up a certain amount
of space on the hard disk drive.
Note:
The system recovery image is in a partition area
of the hard drive; this disk space is not available
for your use.
The partition:
±
Houses a backup version of the operating
system and the programs included with
the PC.