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Question posted by kmg73teacher on March 6th, 2013

How To Restore The Hp Pavillion Dv6646us To Factory Settings

My hard drive crashed and I am trying to restore my laptop to factory settings but the restore disk is no longer available at HP and I did not create a set. What do I do?

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Answer #1: Posted by tintinb on March 6th, 2013 6:41 PM

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Please follow the instructions provided in the video tutorials below. Carefully watch and follow the instructions.

Refer to the user's manual here for more information:

http://www.helpowl.com/manuals/HP/DV6646US/43483

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