Software that was preinstalled at the factory. If the recovery partition is present, a Recovery driveĬAUTION: HP Recovery Manager (partition, or discs/flash drive) restores only Recovery partition, click Start, right-click Computer, click Manage, and thenĬlick Disk Management. If for some other reason you need to restore your system, this can beĪchieved using the HP Recovery partition (select models only), without the needįor recovery discs or a recovery flash drive. HP recommends that you use this software toĬreate either a set of recovery discs or a recovery flash drive immediately You will need a set of recovery discs or a recovery flash drive that you canĬreate using HP Recovery Manager. In the event of hard drive failure, to restore your system to its factory image You need to press first ESC and then F11, see below, to start the SystemĪlso HP Recovery partition is present only on selected models, see below. Hello again please see the response below from our consultant: