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HP Pavilion dm3-2010us Entertainment Notebook PC User Manual

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Appendix A Setup Utility (BIOS) ..................................................................................................................... 71

Starting Setup Utility ........................................................................................................................... 71
Using Setup Utility .............................................................................................................................. 71

Navigating and selecting in Setup Utility ............................................................................ 71
Changing the language of Setup Utility ............................................................................. 71
Displaying system information ........................................................................................... 72
Restoring default settings in Setup Utility .......................................................................... 72
Exiting Setup Utility ............................................................................................................ 73

Setup Utility menus ............................................................................................................................ 73

Main menu ......................................................................................................................... 73
Security menu .................................................................................................................... 73
System Configuration menu .............................................................................................. 73
Diagnostics menu .............................................................................................................. 74

Updating the BIOS ............................................................................................................................. 74

Determining the BIOS version ........................................................................................... 74

Downloading a BIOS update ............................................................................. 75

Updating programs and drivers .......................................................................................................... 76

Appendix B Backup and recovery .................................................................................................................. 77

Creating recovery discs ...................................................................................................................... 77
Backing up your information ............................................................................................................... 78

Using Windows Backup and Restore ................................................................................ 79
Using system restore points .............................................................................................. 79

When to create restore points ........................................................................... 79
Create a system restore point ........................................................................... 79
Restore to a previous date and time ................................................................. 80

Performing a recovery ........................................................................................................................ 80

Recovering using the recovery discs ................................................................................. 80
Recovering using the dedicated recovery partition ............................................................ 80

Index ................................................................................................................................................................... 81

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