7 Specifications ................................................................................................................. 93
Computer specifications .......................................................................................................... 93
39.6-cm (15.6-in) display specifications .................................................................................... 95
Hard drive specifications ........................................................................................................ 96
DVD±RW and CD-RW SuperMulti Double-Layer Combo Drive specifications ................................. 97
Blu-ray Disc ROM and DVD±R/RW SuperMulti Double-Layer Drive specifications .......................... 98
8 Backing up, restoring, and recovering (Windows 8) ........................................................ 99
Creating recovery media and backups ..................................................................................... 99
Creating HP Recovery media .................................................................................. 100
Restore and recovery ............................................................................................................ 101
Using Windows Refresh for quick and easy recovery ................................................. 102
Remove everything and reinstall Windows ............................................................... 102
Recovering using HP Recovery Manager .................................................................. 103
What you need to know .......................................................................... 103
Using the HP Recovery partition to recover a minimized image (select models
only) ..................................................................................................... 103
Using HP Recovery media to recover ........................................................ 104
Changing the computer boot order ........................................................... 104
Removing the HP Recovery partition ........................................................................ 104
9 Backing up, restoring, and recovering (Ubuntu Linux) ................................................... 106
Performing a system recovery ................................................................................................ 106
Creating the restore DVDs ...................................................................................... 106
Creating a restore image on a USB device ............................................................... 106
Performing recovery using the restore DVD ............................................................... 107
Backing up your information .................................................................................................. 107
10 Power cord set requirements ...................................................................................... 109
Requirements for all countries ................................................................................................ 109
Requirements for specific countries and regions ....................................................................... 110
11 Recycling .................................................................................................................... 112
Index ............................................................................................................................... 113
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