Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Recovering your HP Pavilion Entertainment PC from Software Problems

I've recently read about HP Pavilion Series that you may find useful before you actually find HP Pavilion Entertainment PC Parts. Some of the problem may be only software only. So here some are guides that are in the troubleshooting guide which I will be covering for the next few posts. The topics will be:

PC Repair Overview
Restarting Your PC
Turning Off Your PC
Updating Drivers
Microsoft System Restore
Application Recovery and Driver Recovery
System Recovery Overview
Creating System Recovery Discs
Creating a Recovery Tools CD
Running System Recovery from Recovery Discs
Running System Recovery from the Hard Disc Drive


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The PC uses the operating system and installed software programs during normal operation. If your PC works improperly or stops because of the software, you may be able to repair it. Some software repairs are as simple as restarting your PC, and others require performing a System Recovery from files on your hard disk drive.

Your hard disk drive contains a System Recovery image that includes all the software files that were originally installed on your PC at the factory. In the unlikely event that you need to recover your system, it is easy to do so using this recovery image. Because all the necessary information is contained in the System Recovery image on your hard disk drive, recovery discs are not included in the accessory box.

As a backup, you can make your own copy of this system recovery image onto CD or DVD discs as described in “Creating System Recovery Discs“ later in the next few posts. You should also make the HP PC Recovery Tools CD. This CD contains utilities that allow you to make
changes to your hard disk drive. See “Creating a Recovery Tools CD“ in the next posts for more information.

NOTE: It is important that you perform the PC repair methods in the order described in this document. PC Repair Overview This section lists the available methods to fix your PC
if you are experiencing software problems. Detailed instructions about each method are in the sections that follow. You must perform the procedures in the order listed here.

• Restarting your PC
• Turning off your PC
• Updating drivers
• Microsoft System Restore
• Application Recovery and Driver Recovery
• System Recovery

NOTE: If you are replacing a hard disk drive, you only have to run the System Recovery.
Additionally, your PC may include a Software Repair Wizard (select models only). You can
use this wizard to access many of the repair methods described in this chapter, including:

• Creating System Recovery discs
• Microsoft System Restore
• Application Recovery and Driver Recovery
• System Recovery

You can start the Software Repair Wizard by double clicking the desktop icon or clicking Start, All Programs, PC Help & Tools, and then Software Repair Wizard.

Restarting Your PC

Restarting is the simplest repair method for your PC. When you restart, the PC reloads the operating system and software into its memory.

To restart your PC:
1 Close all open programs and windows.
2 Click Start.
3 Choose Turn Off Computer.
4 Click Restart.

Turning Off Your PC

When you turn off your PC and then turn it on again, you force the PC to reload the operating system into its memory, which clears some tracking information. This may eliminate some problems that can remain after performing a restart.

To turn off your PC:

1 Close all open programs and windows.
2 Click Start.
3 Choose Turn Off Computer.
4 Click Turn Off.
5 Start your PC by pressing the On button.

Check the next post in the next few days. I'll be covering Updating drivers, and Microsoft System Restore for your HP Pavilion Entertainment PC parts. Hope you find this useful and leave your comments.

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