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Recovering from the recovery discs

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Backup and recovery Recovering from the recovery discs To restore the system from the recovery discs: 1. Back up all personal files. 2. Insert the first recovery disc into the optional external optical drive and restart the computer. 3. Follow the on-screen instructions. Recovering from the dedicated recovery partition (select models only) ✎ Computers with an SSD may not have a recovery partition. If the computer does not have a recovery partition, you will not be able to recover using this procedure. Recovery discs have been included for computers that do not have a partition. Use these discs to recover your operating system and software. On some models, you can perform a recovery from the partition on the hard drive, accessed by pressing either the Start button or f11. This restores the computer to its factory condition. To restore the system from the partition, follow these steps: 1. Access Recovery Manager in either of the following ways: ◆ Select Start > All Programs > Recovery Manager > Recovery Manager. - or - ◆ Turn on or restart the computer, and then press esc while the "Press the ESC key for Startup Menu" message is displayed at the bottom of the screen. Then, press f11 while the "Press for recovery" message is displayed on the screen. 2. Click System Recovery in the Recovery Manager window. 3. Follow the on-screen instructions. 8-6 Maintenance and Service Guide

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Maintenance and Service Guide
Backup and recovery
Recovering from the recovery discs
To restore the system from the recovery discs:
1.
Back up all personal files.
2.
Insert the first recovery disc into the optional external optical drive and restart the computer.
3.
Follow the on-screen instructions.
Recovering from the dedicated recovery partition (select models only)
✎
Computers with an SSD may not have a recovery partition. If the computer does not have a recovery partition,
you will not be able to recover using this procedure. Recovery discs have been included for computers that do
not have a partition. Use these discs to recover your operating system and software.
On some models, you can perform a recovery from the partition on the hard drive, accessed by pressing either the
Start
button or
f11
. This restores the computer to its factory condition.
To restore the system from the partition, follow these steps:
1.
Access Recovery Manager in either of the following ways:
◆
Select
Start > All Programs > Recovery Manager > Recovery Manager
.
– or –
◆
Turn on or restart the computer, and then press
esc
while the “Press the ESC key for Startup Menu”
message is displayed at the bottom of the screen. Then, press
f11
while the “Press <F11> for recovery”
message is displayed on the screen.
2. Click
System Recovery
in the Recovery Manager window.
3.
Follow the on-screen instructions.