HP Pavilion g4-1300 HP Notebook User Guide - Page 8

Backup and Recovery, Setup Utility BIOS and Advanced System Diagnostics, MultiBoot

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Using passwords ...58 Setting passwords in the operating system 58 Setting passwords in Setup Utility 58 Managing an administrator password 59 Entering an administrator password 59 Managing a power-on password 59 Entering a power-on password 60 Using firewall software ...60 Installing an optional security cable ...61 11 Backup and Recovery ...62 Performing a system recovery ...63 Creating the restore DVDs 63 Creating a restore image on a USB device 63 Performing recovery using the restore DVD 64 Backing up your information ...65 12 Setup Utility (BIOS) and Advanced System Diagnostics 66 Starting Setup Utility ...66 Using Setup Utility ...66 Changing the language of Setup Utility 66 Navigating and selecting in Setup Utility 66 Displaying system information 67 Restoring factory default settings in Setup Utility 67 Exiting Setup Utility ...67 Updating the BIOS ...67 Determining the BIOS version 68 Downloading a BIOS update 68 Using Advanced System Diagnostics 69 13 MultiBoot ...70 About the boot device order ...70 Enabling boot devices in Setup Utility 71 Considering boot order changes ...72 Choosing MultiBoot preferences ...73 Setting a new boot order in Setup Utility 73 Dynamically choosing a boot device using the f9 prompt 73 Setting a MultiBoot Express prompt 74 Entering MultiBoot Express preferences 74 viii

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Using passwords
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58
Setting passwords in the operating system
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58
Setting passwords in Setup Utility
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58
Managing an administrator password
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59
Entering an administrator password
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59
Managing a power-on password
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59
Entering a power-on password
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60
Using firewall software
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60
Installing an optional security cable
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61
11
Backup and Recovery
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62
Performing a system recovery
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63
Creating the restore DVDs
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63
Creating a restore image on a USB device
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63
Performing recovery using the restore DVD
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64
Backing up your information
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65
12
Setup Utility (BIOS) and Advanced System Diagnostics
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66
Starting Setup Utility
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66
Using Setup Utility
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66
Changing the language of Setup Utility
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66
Navigating and selecting in Setup Utility
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66
Displaying system information
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67
Restoring factory default settings in Setup Utility
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67
Exiting Setup Utility
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67
Updating the BIOS
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67
Determining the BIOS version
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68
Downloading a BIOS update
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68
Using Advanced System Diagnostics
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69
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MultiBoot
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70
About the boot device order
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70
Enabling boot devices in Setup Utility
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71
Considering boot order changes
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72
Choosing MultiBoot preferences
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73
Setting a new boot order in Setup Utility
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73
Dynamically choosing a boot device using the f9 prompt
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73
Setting a MultiBoot Express prompt
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74
Entering MultiBoot Express preferences
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74
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