HP (Hewlett-Packard) DV6 User Manual

If possible, back up all personal files.

Insert the first recovery disc into the optical drive on your computer or an optional external optical
drive, and then restart the computer.

– or –

Insert the recovery flash drive into a USB port on your computer, and then restart the computer.

If the computer does not automatically restart in HP Recovery Manager, change the

computer boot order. See the “Changing the computer boot order” section in this chapter.

Press 

f9

 at system bootup.

Select the optical drive or the flash drive.

Follow the on-screen instructions.

To change the boot order for recovery discs:

Restart the computer.

Press 

esc

 while the computer is restarting, and then press 

f9

 for boot options.

Select Internal CD/DVD ROM Drive from the boot options window.

To change the boot order for a recovery flash drive:

Insert the flash drive into a USB port.

Restart the computer.

Press 

esc

 while the computer is restarting, and then press 

f9

 for boot options.

Select the flash drive from the boot options window.

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Chapter 7   Backing up, restoring, and recovering