Laptops usually have a "restore" partition on the hard drive that allows you to restore the laptop to the original configuration as you bought it. Of course, this would mean that you lose all of your programs and data that were added since purchase, but this is what you seem to be wanting to preserve. To do the restore, you would need to press an appropriate key during the POST process before the OS starts to boot. I don’t know which key is needed to be pressed on your particular model, but you should find it in the documentation.
So the answer to your question is that you probably do not need to create a backup of the original configuration since it is probably already on your computer.
Peter Shkabara
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From: John Clemence [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Sunday, May 1, 2016 5:00 AM
Subject: Help with New Laptop
Hello,
I have just bought an HP 250 G4 Laptop, Intel Core i5-6200U 2.3GHz, 4GB RAM, 128GB SSD, 15.6 HD, DVDRW, Intel HD, WIFI, Bluetooth, Webcam, Windows 10 Home 64 <http://www.ebuyer.com/product/735558>_._
I would like to know if it is possible to clone the hard drive before I load any programs or applications. I just thought if I did this, it would be easy to revert to the cloned drive, (or the original drive if I replaced it with the cloned one), if I encountered any problems.
I have also bought another 4GB ram which I can add to give me 8GB, can I simply plug the new RAM in the vacant slot in the hope that it will recognise and make any configuration changes automatically? Not sure if I need to take any precautions when handling the RAM.
I would appreciate any advice if you kind guys have time to respond.
Many thanks and kind regards,
John.
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