Creating System Recovery Discs; Choosing Recovery Disc Media - HP z560 Limited Warranty

System Recovery provides two recovery options:
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Standard Recovery: This option recovers factory-
shipped programs, drivers, and the operating system
without affecting any data files that you may have
created since purchase. Some data files may be difficult
to find after the System Recovery, so it is best to back up
all hard disk drive files before performing a System
Recovery. However, you must reinstall any software that
was not installed on the HP DEC at the factory. This
includes software that came on CDs included in the
accessory box, and software programs you installed
since your purchase.
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Full System Recovery: This recovery function
completely erases and reformats the hard disk drive. The
program performs a full System Recovery to reinstall the
operating system, programs, and drivers from the
recovery image. It is best to back up all hard disk drive
files before performing a System Recovery. However, you
must reinstall any software that was not installed on the
HP DEC at the factory. This includes software that came
on CDs included in the accessory box, and software
programs you installed since your purchase.
If your HP DEC has a blank or corrupted hard disk
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drive, you cannot run System Recovery from the hard disk
drive. You must run full System Recovery from recovery discs
that you create.
Additionally, you have to choose from the following methods
for performing a System Recovery:
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Recovery Image — Run the recovery from a recovery
image stored on your hard disk drive. The recovery
image is a file that contains a copy of the original
software. To perform a system recovery from the recovery
image on your hard disk drive, see "Running System
Recovery from the Hard Disk Drive" on page 20.
The recovery image uses a portion of the hard
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disk drive that cannot be used for data storage.
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Recovery Discs — Run the recovery from a set of
recovery discs (CDs or DVDs) that you create from files
stored on your hard disk drive. To create recovery discs,
perform the procedure in the next section.

Creating System Recovery Discs

Complete the procedure described in this section to create a
set of system recovery discs from the recovery image stored
on your hard disk drive. This image contains the operating
system and software program files that were originally
installed on your DEC at the factory.
You can create only one set of recovery discs for your
DEC. The recovery discs you create can only be used with
your DEC.
After creating the recovery discs, you can delete the
recovery image if you would like to make extra space
available on your hard disk drive.
NOTE: Do not delete the recovery image unless you have
made recovery CDs or DVDs.

Choosing recovery disc media

There are several advantages to using DVDs instead of CDs
when creating recovery discs:
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DVDs have a faster data transfer rate. DVD recovery
discs restore the original data faster than CD recovery
discs.
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DVD recovery discs take less time to create than CD
recovery discs.
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DVDs have greater capacity than CDs, so there are fewer
discs to record and store.
To create recovery discs, your DEC must have a CD or DVD
writer drive, or other drive that can write to CDs or DVDs.
The number of discs in the recovery disc set depends on
your DEC model. The program that creates the discs tells
you the number of blank discs needed to make the set. The
process takes some time, up to 15 minutes per disc, to verify
that the information written on the disc is correct.
You can quit the process at any time. The next time you run
the program, it begins where you left off.
To create System Recovery discs:
1 Close all open programs.
2 Click Start.
3 Choose All Programs.
4 Choose PC Help & Tools.
5 Click HP PC Recovery CD-DVD Creator.
The Recovery CD/DVD Creator window appears.
6 Follow the onscreen instructions. Label each disc as you
make it (for example: Recovery 1, Recovery 2).
Store the System Recovery discs in a safe place.
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