How To Use A Recovery Disk Windows 8

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HP PCs - Creating and Using a Microsoft Recovery USB Drive (Windows 8)

This document is for all HP and Compaq computers with Windows 8.

Yous can use a recovery USB bulldoze to showtime your reckoner in case of a problem. The drive also contains Windows system recovery tools that can assistance yous recover Windows from a serious mistake or restore your reckoner from a system image.

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If you are non using the latest version of Windows viii, some graphics and data in this document may vary. You tin can get the latest version from the Microsoft Shop.

Creating a Microsoft recovery USB drive in Windows 8

A recovery drive tin can troubleshoot problems with your computer even when the operating organisation does non open. You can too copy the HP Recovery partition to the bulldoze.

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Copying the recovery partition uses a big amount of space and requires a large capacity USB drive.

Connect a USB drive to the computer.

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Everything on the bulldoze is deleted when yous create the recovery bulldoze.
From the Start screen, type recovery bulldoze to open the Search charm, and so select Create a recovery drive from the search results.
Select Re-create the recovery sectionalization from the PC to the recovery drive if yous want to copy the recovery partitioning to the USB drive. Copying the recovery partition uses a large amount of infinite and requires a large capacity USB drive.
Click Next.

The Recovery Drive creator determines how much space is required to create the recovery drive.
Select the USB drive you desire to use, and and then click Next.
Click Create.

The recovery drive is created.
Click End when the drive is set up.
Shop the recovery drive in a safety place.

Using the recovery USB drive in Windows 8

To use the recovery USB drive:

Turn off the computer.
Insert the recovery USB drive into a USB port on the estimator and turn on the computer.
Employ the Downwardly arrow cardinal to select the USB bulldoze (for case, UEFI: HP v220w two.0PMAP), and and so press the Enter key.
Click the language for your keyboard.
Click Troubleshoot.

Use these sections to resolve figurer issues:

Refresh your PC
Refreshing the computer reinstalls Windows without affecting your personal files, apps, and many settings. Yous can refresh your figurer to resolve problems, such as the computer not starting.
1. On the Troubleshoot screen, click Refresh your PC.
2. Click Next.
3. Click the operating system (Windows 8).
4. Click Refresh to brainstorm.
Reset your PC

Resetting the figurer reinstalls Windows and removes all of your personal files and settings.

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Resetting your computer destroys your personal files and settings. Make certain you have backed up all your important files earlier continuing. Do not continue if y'all have important files on the hard drive that have non been backed up. Skip to the next section and employ System Recovery to support files. You lot might want to seek a professional data recovery service to restore your files.
1. On the Troubleshoot screen, click Reset your PC.
2. Click Adjacent.
3. Click the operating organisation (Windows 8).
4. Click But remove my files to begin.
System Recovery

You tin utilise the recovery USB bulldoze to open HP Organisation Recovery and restore your computer to its original state or support of import files.
1. On the Troubleshoot screen, click Arrangement Recovery.
2. Click Arrangement Recovery to restore the computer to its original factory shipped status or click File Fill-in Program to back upwards files to a blank disc or USB drive.
System Restore

You tin can utilize the recovery USB bulldoze to open up Microsoft System Restore and restore your calculator to a previous state.
1. On the Troubleshoot screen, click Advanced options, then click System Restore.
2. Click the operating organisation (Windows 8).
  
  System Restore opens.
3. Click Next.
  
  Select a restore point, then click Next.
4. Click Terminate to restore the estimator to the selected restore point.
Arrangement Prototype Recovery

A arrangement paradigm is a personalized backup of the partition that contains Windows, and includes programs and user information, such as, documents, pictures, and music. System Image Recovery replaces all data on a bulldoze sectionalisation with another image of the drive partitioning. Y'all must take created a system image to utilise this option.
Automatic Repair

Automatic Repair automatically fixes certain problems, such as missing or damaged system files, that might preclude Windows from starting correctly. Automated Repair can only fix certain problems, such as missing or damaged organisation files. It cannot fix hardware failures, such as a failing hd or incompatible retentiveness, and it does not protect confronting virus attacks.

If a startup trouble is detected, Automatic Repair starts automatically and tries to fix the problem. If the problem is severe enough that Automatic Repair does not start on its own, run Automated Repair using the recovery USB drive.
1. On the Troubleshoot screen, click Advanced options, and then click Automatic Repair.
2. Click the operating system (Windows 8).
  
  Automatic Repair checks the estimator for issues that preclude Windows from loading.
Command Prompt

Avant-garde users can use the Control Prompt in a WinRE environment to enter command lines for diagnosing and troubleshooting problems. Click Command Prompt to open a command prompt window. There are many command lines that tin be entered. Make sure you fully understand the control and the risks before typing the command. For a list of available commands and their descriptions, type help at the command prompt.
UEFI Firmware Settings

UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) provides the interface between the Windows 8 operating system and the firmware on the figurer during arrangement startup. It is not recommended to change the UEFI firmware settings.