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Backing up the entire hard drive

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Backing up the entire hard drive When you perform a complete backup of the hard drive, you are saving the full factory image, including the Windows operating system, software applications, and all personal files and folders. NOTE A copy of the entire hard drive image can be stored on another hard drive, on a network drive, or on recovery discs that you create. NOTE This process may take over an hour, depending on your computer speed and the amount of data being stored. To back up your entire hard drive: 1. Select Start > All Programs > HP Backup & Recovery > HP Backup and Recovery Manager. 2. Click Next. 3. Click Back up to protect system settings and important data files, and then click Next. 4. Click Back up entire hard drive, and then click Next. The "Back up entire hard disk" page opens. 5. Click Next. 6. Select the location for the backup files, and then click Next. 7. Select the Protect data access with password check box, and type your password in the Password and Confirm boxes. NOTE This step is optional. If you do not want to password-protect your data access, clear the Protect data access with password check box. 8. Click Next. 9. Follow the on-screen instructions. 8 Chapter 2 Backup ENWW

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Backing up the entire hard drive
When you perform a complete backup of the hard drive, you are saving the full factory image, including
the Windows operating system, software applications, and all personal files and folders.
NOTE
A copy of the entire hard drive image can be stored on another hard drive, on a network
drive, or on recovery discs that you create.
NOTE
This process may take over an hour, depending on your computer speed and the amount
of data being stored.
To back up your entire hard drive:
1.
Select
Start > All Programs > HP Backup & Recovery > HP Backup and Recovery Manager
.
2.
Click
Next
.
3.
Click
Back up to protect system settings and important data files
, and then click
Next
.
4.
Click
Back up entire hard drive
, and then click
Next
.
The “Back up entire hard disk” page opens.
5.
Click
Next
.
6.
Select the location for the backup files, and then click
Next
.
7.
Select the
Protect data access with password
check box, and type your password in the
Password
and
Confirm
boxes.
NOTE
This step is optional. If you do not want to password-protect your data access, clear
the
Protect data access with password
check box.
8.
Click
Next
.
9.
Follow the on-screen instructions.
8
Chapter 2
Backup
ENWW