Start HereHP Pavilion home PCs with Windows XP feature a recoverypartition included on the hard drive, along with a recoveryCD creator program. This program allows you to makeyour own recovery CDs. The recovery process, eitherapplication or operating system, offers the followingadvantages:" Selective: Ensures that the recovery data is matched tothe particular PC model. You can easily recover only theapplication or system software you need." Non-destructive: Recovers only the softwareyou need; preserves user data and files.Recovery System and Hard Drive SpaceSystem recovery using recovery CDs has two options:" Standard Recovery: This is a non-destructive recovery,which recovers factory-shipped programs, drivers, andthe operating system without affecting data files." Full System Recovery: This recovery erases harddisk drive data, reformats the drive, creates a new diskpartition, and then installs the operating system. You mustreinstall any software that was not installed on thecomputer at the factory.Instructions for using system recovery and applicationrecovery, and creating your recovery CDs are in this guide:refer to “Using Application Recovery and System Recovery.”To view the space used by the recovery partition on thehard drive, or to delete undesired software titles, refer to“Freeing Up Space on Your Hard Disk Drive.”
