HP Pavilion n3210 HP Pavilion Notebook PC N321x - Most Recent Information - Page 111

Recovering and Reinstalling Software

Get HP Pavilion n3210 PDF manuals and user guides View all HP Pavilion n3210 manuals
Add to My Manuals
Save this manual to your list of manuals

Page 111 highlights

Solving Problems with Your Computer Recovering and Reinstalling Software Recovering and Reinstalling Software You can use the Recovery CD to recover an original build, or you can use it to install the HP custom software over a user-installed alternate operating system. If you need to recover a specific application, you can reinstall the software directly from your hard drive; for instructions, see "To recover an application" on page 113. The Recovery CD provides the HP notebook-specific Windows drivers to configure your custom system. You can find drivers: • On the hard drive under C:\Notebook\Drivers. • On the Recovery CD, under \Notebook\Drivers\W98. • On the HP notebook Web site at www.hp.com/notebooks. This Web site contains the latest updates of software drivers for your computer. CAUTION To recover the factory installation of your hard disk The following procedure describes how to recover the original Windows software and operating system that came with your computer. This procedure will format the hard disk drive. After the hard disk drive is formatted, you'll need to reinstall any applications. Reformatting the hard disk drive will erase all data on the disk. 1. Back up all data from your hard disk. 2. Connect the AC adapter to the computer. 3. Insert the bootable Recovery CD in the CD-ROM drive. 4. Reboot and, when you see the HP logo, press F2. 5. Select the CD-ROM drive as the first boot device, exit from the BIOS Setup utility, and reboot. You can find more details about recovering the factory installation of Windows on the Recovery CD: the file readme.txt is in the CD's root directory. The recovery process can take as long as 30 minutes. Do not interrupt the process or unplug the AC adapter until the process is completed. Setup Guide 111

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
  • 15
  • 16
  • 17
  • 18
  • 19
  • 20
  • 21
  • 22
  • 23
  • 24
  • 25
  • 26
  • 27
  • 28
  • 29
  • 30
  • 31
  • 32
  • 33
  • 34
  • 35
  • 36
  • 37
  • 38
  • 39
  • 40
  • 41
  • 42
  • 43
  • 44
  • 45
  • 46
  • 47
  • 48
  • 49
  • 50
  • 51
  • 52
  • 53
  • 54
  • 55
  • 56
  • 57
  • 58
  • 59
  • 60
  • 61
  • 62
  • 63
  • 64
  • 65
  • 66
  • 67
  • 68
  • 69
  • 70
  • 71
  • 72
  • 73
  • 74
  • 75
  • 76
  • 77
  • 78
  • 79
  • 80
  • 81
  • 82
  • 83
  • 84
  • 85
  • 86
  • 87
  • 88
  • 89
  • 90
  • 91
  • 92
  • 93
  • 94
  • 95
  • 96
  • 97
  • 98
  • 99
  • 100
  • 101
  • 102
  • 103
  • 104
  • 105
  • 106
  • 107
  • 108
  • 109
  • 110
  • 111
  • 112
  • 113
  • 114
  • 115
  • 116
  • 117
  • 118
  • 119
  • 120
  • 121
  • 122
  • 123
  • 124
  • 125
  • 126
  • 127
  • 128
  • 129
  • 130
Solving Problems with Your Computer
Recovering and Reinstalling Software
Setup Guide
111
Recovering and Reinstalling Software
You can use the Recovery CD to recover an original build, or you can use it to install the
HP custom software over a user-installed alternate operating system. If you need to
recover a specific application, you can reinstall the software directly from your hard
drive; for instructions, see “To recover an application” on page 113.
The Recovery CD provides the HP notebook–specific Windows drivers to configure your
custom system. You can find drivers:
•
On the hard drive under C:\Notebook\Drivers.
•
On the Recovery CD, under \Notebook\Drivers\W98.
•
On the HP notebook Web site at
www.hp.com/notebooks. This Web site contains the
latest updates of software drivers for your computer.
To recover the factory installation of your hard disk
The following procedure describes how to recover the original Windows software and
operating system that came with your computer.
CAUTION
This procedure will format the hard disk drive. After the hard disk drive is
formatted, you’ll need to reinstall any applications. Reformatting the hard disk
drive will erase all data on the disk.
1.
Back up all data from your hard disk.
2.
Connect the AC adapter to the computer.
3.
Insert the bootable Recovery CD in the CD-ROM drive.
4.
Reboot and, when you see the HP logo, press F2.
5.
Select the CD-ROM drive as the first boot device, exit from the BIOS Setup utility,
and reboot.
You can find more details about recovering the factory installation of Windows on the
Recovery CD: the file readme.txt is in the CD’s root directory.
The recovery process can take as long as 30 minutes.
Do not interrupt the process or
unplug the AC adapter until the process is completed.