Restoring and recovery
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18
Restoring, resetting, and refreshing using Windows tools
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18
Restoring using HP Recovery Manager and the HP Recovery partition
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18
Recovering using HP Recovery Manager
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18
Recovering using the HP Recovery partition (select products only)
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19
Recovering using HP Recovery media
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19
Changing the computer boot order
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20
Removing the HP Recovery partition (select products only)
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20
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Setting up Linux
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21
Linux-ready systems
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21
HP Linux driver discs
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21
Setting up Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
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22
HP driver disc
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22
Installing with the HP Red Hat Linux driver media
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22
Setting up SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop (SLED)
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22
Installing SLED with the HP driver disc
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23
Setting up Ubuntu
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23
Using the HP driver disc
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23
Proprietary graphics drivers
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23
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Updating the computer
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24
Updating the computer after
first
boot
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24
Updating the BIOS
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24
Determining the current BIOS version
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24
Upgrading BIOS
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24
Upgrading device drivers
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Maintenance, diagnostics, and minor troubleshooting
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Turning
off
the computer
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26
If you encounter issues
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26
For more information
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26
Visual inspection
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26
At startup
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27
During operation
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27
Customer Self Repair
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28
Blink or beep codes: interpreting POST diagnostic LEDs and audible codes
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28
Basic troubleshooting
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28
HP Support
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29
Online support
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