Setting Up Operating System Software; Setting Up Software For Windows Vista Business; Restoring The Windows Vista Business Operating System - HP xw series Setup And Troubleshooting Manual

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Setting up operating system software

This chapter provides setup information for the Windows Vista® Business , Microsoft Windows XP, Red
Hat Linux, and Red Flag Linux operating systems. it also provides information on how to verify that you
have the latest BIOS, drivers, and software updates installed on your workstation.
CAUTION:
operating system is successfully installed. Adding hardware might cause errors and prevent the
operating system from installing correctly.

Setting up software for Windows Vista Business

When you first apply power to the workstation, the operating system is installed. This process takes
approximately 5 to 10 minutes. Carefully follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation.
CAUTION:
is complete. Turning off the workstation during installation can damage the installation and operation of
this software.
NOTE: After you have selected a language during initial boot of the operating system, the language
will be locked in on the hard drive. If the system is restored with HP Backup and Recovery, only the
previously selected language can be installed. If using RestorePlus! DVDs, the RestorePlus! DVD
checks for the language stored on the hard drive and restores only the original preinstalled language.
If a new hard drive is installed or no language is found on the disk, the RestorePlus! DVD installs any
language requested.
For complete operating system installation and configuration instructions, see the operating system
documentation that was provided with the workstation. Additional information is available in the online
help tool after you successfully install the operating system.

Restoring the Windows Vista Business operating system

Your workstation has several methods to restore your Windows Vista Business operating system to a
near-factory state or to the state of the system at a predefined restore point. Your system has a recovery
partition on the system hard drive that contains software and data required for the restore process as
described in the following sections.
NOTE: If you must restore the operating system with Windows XP OEM CDs (installing without using
the Restore Plus! CDs), you must call Microsoft in order to provide the company with a Stock Keeping
Unit (SKU) number. The SKU information is on the service tag and is the OS product number in the
lower right hand section of the tag. It should display "OS: XXXXXXX," where "XXXXXXX" is the OS
product number.
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Do not add optional hardware or third-party devices to the HP workstation until the
After the automatic installation has started, do not turn off the workstation until the process
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