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Backup BIOS/ UEFI before flashing
08-12-2019 04:56 PM

I would like to backup my HP 500-336 UEFI/ BIOS before flashing. I looked around in the interface (pressed F10 when booting) but I don't see any option in there to back up.
08-12-2019 05:44 PM

Greetings,
Welcome back to the forum.
I am not a HP employee.
I have never seen a BIOS Backup option on a HP consumer PC.
HP has a BIOS recovery option (Link).
Avoid using HP Support Assistant when doing BIOS updates.
Regards
08-13-2019 04:25 PM

Do you know where that UEFI backup is stored? I am just wondering if it's something that's only on the hard drive that shipped with the computer (like a recovery partition for the UEFI, similar to recovery partition for Windows).
08-13-2019 04:49 PM - edited 08-13-2019 05:05 PM

Hi,
Pretty sure the BIOS firmware is in a hidden partition named HP_TOOLS.
The HP Hardware Diagnostics 4-1 USB Key (Link) supports recovering a corrupted BIOS on some PCs. I have no idea if your PC is on the supported system list.
Scroll down the site link to see this download option.
Regards

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