Can someone walk me through a system recovery?

[jessicajessica]

Could someone walk me through a system recovery for an HP dv6000 with Vista Home Premium?

[bertbear50]

Why do you need to perform a system recovery?

[rich99a]

1.) Backup ALL your personal files & programs

2.) Restart your computer

3.) Press the "F11" key has your computer is booting

4.) You will begin booting off your recovery partion

5.) Follow the steps the Recovery Wizard gives you

consider other options before you use your recovery partion it will remove everything on you Windows Partion

[jessicajessica]

Thanks!  How long does it generally take to do?  Is this something I leave my computer to do on its own for an hour or two?