User manual HP COMPAQ DX7300 MICROTOWER PC

[. . . ] HP Backup and Recovery Manager User Guide Version 1. 0 Table of Contents Introduction Installation How to Install Language Support HP Backup and Recovery Manager Reminders Scheduled Backups What Can Be Scheduled? When Can Backups Be Scheduled?How to Create Schedules How to Delete Schedules Manual Backups How to Back Up Individual Files and Folders How to Create Entire Drive Backups How to Create Recovery Points How to Manage Recovery Points Saving Backups to Network or CD/DVD Recovery Recovery Media Creator How to Recover Backup Tips Expert Options Notebook Requirements HP Recovery Partition Removal Wizard Why HP Recommends Users Preserve the Recovery Partition Why Some Users May Desire to Remove the Recovery Partition How to Remove the Recovery Partition Uninstall What is Removed How to Uninstall Glossary Entire Drive Backup Initial Recovery Point Recovery Point Recovery Partition Recovery Disc Set Introduction The HP Backup and Recovery Manager is an easy-to-use, versatile application that allows you to back up and recover the primary hard drive on the PC. The application works within Windows to create backups of Windows, all applications, and all data files. Backups can be scheduled to occur automatically at designated intervals, or they can be initiated manually. [. . . ] By default, this is 600MB for CDs and 4GB for DVDs. Select the location of the Recovery Points to manage. For Recovery Points On another hard disk or On network, select Yes to use the current folder and click Next to continue. Select Manage Existing Recovery Points on the hard drive. Note: if there are no Recovery Points, this option does not appear. It is possible to delete all Recovery Points back to a specific time or move all Recovery Points to CD or DVD disc with appropriate hardware. Select an option and follow the wizard to finish. Note: As Recovery Points are incremental, deleting one Recovery Point also deletes all subsequent Recovery Points. Each Recovery Point location is independent of the others, as well. For example, Recovery Points created on the network are incremental, but independent of Recovery Points stored on an external hard drive. If a Recovery Point is deleted from the network location, this affects only the Recovery Points in that network location and not other locations. Saving Backups to Network or CD/DVD Recovery Points, Entire Drive Backups and File Backups may be saved to a Network Drive, while Recovery Points and File Backups may be burned to CD/DVD, depending on hardware available. These discs can be used with the Recovery Disc Set created by Recovery Media Creator to recover the system fully, up to the moment the last archive was created. File Backups may be saved to network, secondary hard drive or CD/DVD during the backup creation process, while Entire Drive Backups may be saved to Network or secondary hard drive. On the Windows Start Menu, select HP Backup and Recovery. Select the HP Backup and Recovery Manager. After the Welcome Screen, select Backup to protect system settings and important data files. Select Backup individual files and folders for File Backups, or select Backup entire hard drive to create an Entire Drive Backup. Follow the wizard to back up to a network drive, secondary hard drive or, for File Backups only, create CDs or DVDs. During Recovery Point creation, Recovery Points may be saved to a network location; however, CD or DVD archives are created separately from that process. On the Windows Start Menu, select HP Backup and Recovery. Select the HP Backup and Recovery Manager. After the Welcome Screen, select Backup to protect system settings and important files. Select Create or manage Recovery Points. [. . . ] The HP Backup and Recovery Manager uses this record to recover the system hard drive. Removing the Recovery Partition destroys this record. If necessary, the Recovery Partition may be removed. Before doing so, however, the Recovery Media Creator should be run to create a disc backup of the software on the Recovery Partition, including all ISO images. Why Some Users May Desire to Remove the Recovery Partition On some computers with small hard drives, the Recovery Partition may consume much needed hard drive space. [. . . ]