HP computers come with a preinstalled system repair and recovery utility on a special partition of the hard drive. If your computer’s operating system is corrupted or damaged, the System Recovery Manager can be used to return the computer to its original factory default state. If this partition is erased or corrupted however, you will have to restore both the special partition and the operating system using an HP recovery disk. HP recovery disks can be created through the HP Recovery Manager while the computer is operational. If you didn’t create a recovery disk before the recovery partition was damaged, you can also order a copy from the HP website. If you are using recovery disks ordered from the HP website and a supplemental driver disk was not included, click “Skip” or “Cancel.” Warnings Writer Bio

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