HP Envy 15 User Manual

10 Windows – Backing up, restoring, and
recovering
Your computer includes tools provided by HP and Windows to help you safeguard your information
and retrieve it if you ever need to. These tools will help you return your computer to a proper working
state or even back to the original factory state, all with simple steps.
This chapter provides information about the following processes:
●
Creating recovery media and backups
● Restoring and recovering your system
NOTE: This chapter describes an overview of backing up, restoring and recovering options. For
more details about the tools provided, see Help and Support. From the Start screen, type help, and
then select Help and Support.
Creating recovery media and backups
1. After you successfully set up the computer, create HP Recovery media. This step creates a
backup of the HP Recovery partition on the computer. The backup can be used to reinstall the
original operating system in cases where the hard drive is corrupted or has been replaced.
HP Recovery media you create will provide the following recovery options:
●
System Recovery—Reinstalls the original operating system and the programs that were
installed at the factory.
●
Minimized Image Recovery—Reinstalls the operating system and all hardware-related
drivers and software, but not other software applications.
●
Factory Reset—Restores the computer to the state its original factory state by deleting all
information from the hard drive and re-creating the partitions. Then it reinstalls the
operating system and the software that was installed at the factory.
See
Creating HP Recovery media on page 106.
2. Use the Windows tools to create system restore points and create backups of personal
information. For more information and steps, see Windows Help and Support. From the Start
screen, type help, and then select Help and Support.
Creating HP Recovery media
HP Recovery Manager is a software program that offers a way to create recovery media after you
successfully set up the computer. HP Recovery media can be used to perform system recovery if the
hard drive becomes corrupted. System recovery reinstalls the original operating system and the
software programs installed at the factory, and then configures the settings for the programs. HP
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HP Envy 15 Specifications

General

Form factor	Clamshell
Product type	Laptop
Product color	Silver
Country of origin	China
Accelerometer	Yes
Motherboard chipset	Intel SoC
Memory slots	2x SO-DIMM
Internal memory	8 GB
Memory clock speed	2133 MHz
Memory form factor	SO-DIMM
Internal memory type	DDR4-SDRAM
Maximum internal memory	16 GB
Memory layout (slots x size)	2 x 4 GB
3D	No
SSD capacity	The Solid State Drive's storage capacity in Gigabytes.
Storage media	SSD
Total storage capacity	256 GB
Compatible memory cards	SD, SDHC, SDXC
Number of SSDs installed	1
Display diagonal	15.6 \
Native aspect ratio	16:9
On-board graphics card ID	0x5916
Discrete graphics card model	Not available
On-board graphics card model	Intel® HD Graphics 620
On-board graphics card family	Intel® HD Graphics
Maximum on-board graphics card memory	32 GB
On-board graphics card OpenGL version	4.4
On-board graphics card base frequency	300 MHz
On-board graphics card DirectX version	12.0
On-board graphics card dynamic frequency (max)	1000 MHz
Speakers manufacturer	Bang & Olufsen
Number of built-in speakers	2
Wi-Fi standards	Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth version	4.2
Charging port type	DC-in jack
USB 2.0 ports quantity	0
USB 3.2 Gen 2 (3.1 Gen 2) Type-A ports quantity	3
Pointing device	Touchpad
Operating system architecture	64-bit
Battery capacity	52 Wh
Battery life (max)	9 h
AC adapter power	45 W
AC adapter frequency	50 - 60 Hz
AC adapter input voltage	100 - 240 V
Cable lock slot type	Kensington
Package depth	305 mm
Package width	520 mm
Package height	69 mm
Package weight	3510 g
Operating altitude	-15 - 3048 m
Non-operating altitude	-15 - 12192 m
Storage temperature (T-T)	-20 - 60 °C
Operating temperature (T-T)	5 - 35 °C
Storage relative humidity (H-H)	5 - 95 %
Operating relative humidity (H-H)	10 - 90 %
Sustainability certificates	EPEAT Silver, ENERGY STAR
Bus type	OPI
Stepping	H0
Tjunction	100 °C
Processor cache	3 MB
System bus rate	4 GT/s
Processor family	Intel® Core™ i5
Processor socket	BGA 1356
Processor threads	4
Processor codename	Kaby Lake
Configurable TDP-up	25 W
Processor frequency	2.5 GHz
Processor cache type	Smart Cache
Configurable TDP-down	7.5 W
Processor lithography	14 nm
Processor manufacturer	Intel
PCI Express slots version	3.0
Processor boost frequency	3.1 GHz
PCI Express configurations	1x2+2x1, 1x4, 2x2, 4x1
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 W
Configurable TDP-up frequency	2.7 GHz
Configurable TDP-down frequency	0.8 GHz
Maximum number of PCI Express lanes	12
Processor code	SR2ZU
Processor ARK ID	95443
Processor package size	42 x 24 mm
Supported instruction sets	AVX 2.0, SSE4.1, SSE4.2
Intel Identity Protection Technology version	1.00
Intel Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP) version	0.00

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	255 mm
Width	380 mm
Height	17.9 mm
Weight	1930 g