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partition, or you can't use it ESC
key repeatedly to enter the Startup MenuF11
to recover the system840 G3
(for a HP Elitebook 840 G3)Note: you may have to enter the BIOS and disable the Secure Boot and enable the Legacy Support (check MBR vs GPT, Legacy vs UEFI for more details
ESC
key repeatedly to enter the Startup MenuF9
) and select the appropriate USB drive (e.g. LEGACY - SanDisk Ultra) and press Enter
The following steps have not been tested
C:
disk, including system files. You may gain 30+ Gb if you accept to completely remove the previous version of Windows (Windows 7)You can use either SDM (HP SoftPaq Download Manager) or HP Support Assistant. SDM will offer more packages to download (not all of them useful), but SA is easier to use. The version numbers may differ slightly between SDM and SA
840 G3
(for a HP Elitebook 840 G3)F:\Hewlett_Packard
(HP_TOOLS) directory to D:\
(HP_RECOVERY)ESC
to enter the Startup Menu, and choose Update System BIOS. The Update BIOS button should display the version of the new BIOS you want to install (e.g. 1.24
)
Note: Some of the packages (e.g. BIOS) can't be installed automatically! They will be downloaded to C:\ProgramData\HP\HP SoftPaq Download Manager\SWDownload
and you have to execute them from this directory