Determining the BIOS version ......................................................................................... 101
Downloading a BIOS update ........................................................................................... 101
Using Advanced System Diagnostics ............................................................................................... 102
9 Specifications .............................................................................................................................................. 103
Computer specifications ................................................................................................................... 103
15.6 inch (39.80 cm) display specifications ...................................................................................... 104
Hard drive specifications .................................................................................................................. 104
10 Windows – Backing up, restoring, and recovering ............................................................................... 106
Creating recovery media and backups ............................................................................................. 106
Creating HP Recovery media .......................................................................................... 106
Restore and recovery ....................................................................................................................... 107
Recovering using HP Recovery Manager ........................................................................ 108
What you need to know ................................................................................... 108
Using the HP Recovery partition (select models only) .................................... 108
Using HP Recovery media to recover ............................................................. 109
Changing the computer boot order ................................................................. 109
Removing the HP Recovery partition ............................................................................... 109
11 Ubuntu Linux – Backing up, restoring, and recovering ........................................................................ 111
Performing a system recovery .......................................................................................................... 111
Creating the restore DVDs ............................................................................................... 111
Creating a restore image on a USB device ..................................................................... 111
Performing recovery using the restore media .................................................................. 112
Backing up your information ............................................................................................................. 112
12 Power cord set requirements .................................................................................................................. 114
Requirements for all countries .......................................................................................................... 114
Requirements for specific countries and regions ............................................................................. 115
13 Recycling ................................................................................................................................................... 117
Index ................................................................................................................................................................. 118
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