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07-22-2020 07:29 AM
I have been tearing my hair out trying to find a solution to HP not including CD/DVD drive and MS requiring a CD/DVD for restoring a system image.
After trying suggestions from experts that did not work, I found the following which does work, well it did for me:
https://www.ubackup.com/windows-10/restore-windows-10-from-usb.html#H3-1
07-24-2020 06:21 PM
@lewishilary Welcome to HP Community!
I understand that you are unable to perform system restore.
In that case, you will have to order a recovery media: Click here for steps.
Or you may also attempt to download the same using the steps on this link: click here
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