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Recovery System and Hard Drive Space

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Recovery System and Hard Drive Space HP Pavilion home PCs with Windows XP feature a recovery partition included on the hard drive, along with a recovery disc creator program. This program allows you to make your own recovery CDs/DVD. The recovery process, either application or operating system, offers the following advantages: ! Selective: Ensures that the recovery data is matched to the particular PC model. You can easily recover only the application or system software you need. ! Fast: Recovers only the software you need; preserves user data and files. System recovery using recovery discs has two options: ! Standard Recovery: This option recovers factory-shipped programs, drivers, and the operating system without affecting data files. ! Full System Recovery: This recovery erases hard disk drive data, reformats the drive, creates a new disk partition, and then installs the operating system. You must reinstall any software that was not installed on the computer at the factory. Instructions for using system recovery and application recovery, and creating your recovery CDs or DVD are in this guide: refer to "Using Application Recovery and System Recovery." To view the space used by the recovery partition on the hard drive, or to delete undesired software titles, refer to "Freeing Up Space on Your Hard Disk Drive." xxviii HP Pavilion home PC

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HP Pavilion home PC
HP Pavilion home PCs with Windows XP feature a recovery
partition included on the hard drive, along with a recovery
disc creator program. This program allows you to make
your own recovery CDs/DVD. The recovery process, either
application or operating system, offers the following
advantages:
!
Selective:
Ensures that the recovery data is matched to
the particular PC model. You can easily recover only the
application or system software you need.
!
Fast:
Recovers only the software you need; preserves
user data and files.
Recovery System and Hard Drive Space
System recovery using recovery discs has two options:
!
Standard Recovery:
This option recovers factory-shipped
programs, drivers, and the operating system without
affecting data files.
!
Full System Recovery:
This recovery erases hard
disk drive data, reformats the drive, creates a new disk
partition, and then installs the operating system. You must
reinstall any software that was not installed on the
computer at the factory.
Instructions for using system recovery and application
recovery, and creating your recovery CDs or DVD are in this
guide: refer to “Using Application Recovery and System
Recovery.” To view the space used by the recovery partition
on the hard drive, or to delete undesired software titles, refer
to “Freeing Up Space on Your Hard Disk Drive.”