Starting System Recovery
If the PC Is Responding
1 Turn off the PC. Disconnect all peripheral
devices from the PC except the monitor, the
keyboard, and the mouse. Turn on the PC.
2 Click Start on the taskbar, choose All
Programs, choose Hewlett-Packard,
choose HP Pavilion PC Tools, and click
HP PC System Recovery.
3 Wait until the System Recovery window
appears asking Do you really want to start
System Recovery?
4 Click Yes to continue with the recovery
process. If you created recovery discs (see
"Using HP PC Recovery CD-DVD Creator"
on page 100), then you may be directed to
insert recovery disc #1.
5 The PC starts the recovery; wait for the
onscreen instructions to display, and then
follow those instructions.
6 Complete the PC startup, and finish
the registration process. Then reconnect
all peripheral devices.
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