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Dedication to quality. So you can go the distance.

HP is committed to delivering industry-leading noteboks through innovative methodologies, meticulous processes and an absolute dedication to quality. Rigorous worlwide testing ensures that your HP Business Notebooks and accessories are ready to go the distance. With well-designed details and innovative engineering, you get mobility you can truly count on.
 
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Reliability testing program

HP Professional Innovation Reliability Features

Comprehensive Testing Programmes
HP’s comprehensive hardware and software testing is unrivalled in the industry. With more than 47,000 hours of testing per platform, HP’s functional testing ensures that our laptops can stand up to thousands of open/close cycles. Our keyboard keys are tapped 20 million times, thereby ensuring that the keyboard is built for extra durability.

General reliability testing

HP Business Notebook PCs are tested in several key areas in an effort to delivery maximum reliability. These tests include but are not limited to:
 
  • Drop
  • Shock
  • Vibration
  • Electrical
  • Mechanical
  • Environmental

Specific tests

Beyond general reliability testing, a few of the tests that specific features of HP Business Notebook PCs must pass include:
 
  • Highly Accelerated Life Testing (HALT) to validate performance under the harshest conditions.
  • Keyboard & button testing ensures the highest durability specifications are met.
  • Hinge testing over thousands of cycles to verify long useful life.
  • Display quality testing helps deliver optimal uniformity, brightness, and consistency.
  • Compatibility and validation ensures best experience with software and hardware accessories from HP as well as third parties.
  • Spill testing proves system functionality following minor accidental spills.

Shock & vibration protection

Mobile Data Protection System

By mounting the hard drive directly to the structure of the system, which helps reduce the transmission of shock to the hard drive, HP Business Notebooks offer built-in passive protection from sudden shocks and impacts.

Mobile Data Protection System 3D

The hard drive is most vulnerable to damage when writing information to the disk. The three-axis digital accelerometer acts as a motion detector that notifies the system software of sudden motion. It then sends a command to hard disks to temporarily stop the hard drive and protect data in the event of impact. This provides additional security.
 
Two levels of seamless, intelligent active protection help ensure the integrity of your business-critical information without interfering with your work.
 
  • Normal protection policy is active while you are working on your notebook. It activates in the event of a drop but remains immune to the environmental vibration in flights, trains, and other forms of transportation.
  • Enhanced protection policy features higher sensitivity. It is enabled when the risk of failure is higher, such as when the user is mobile: carrying the notebook with the system on, lid closed, and running on the battery.

Durable materials

Magnesium alloy frames and display enclosures

HP Business Notebook PCs incorporate a durable yet lightweight magnesium-reinforced frame and a magnesium-alloy display enclosure, which create a strong case for rigorous mobile user environments and makes them more reliable.
Strong metal alloy hinges with hardened steel pin axels are also are designed to withstand extensive use.

Scratch-resistant surface

In-mold Lamination offers a scratch-resistant surface built for rigorous mobile environments that helps protect the keyboard deck from normal wear and tear. It also maintains the finish and all graphics and icons intact, keeping your notebook looking newer longer.

Spill-Resistant Keyboard

Spills from drinks are extremely common, so HP has constructed its keyboards to be spill-resistant by using a thin Mylar film that minimises the risk of damage to sensitive, critical components underneath it.

HP Backup & Recovery

HP Local Client Recovery Solution

Offering either automatic or manual backups, HP provides simple solutions for data backup and recovery. It lets you create factory software recovery CDs or DVDs, back up and recover systems or individual files and folders, and create or manage restore points and snapshots.

Easy to run, easy to restore

  • To run, simply go to All Programs > HP Backup & Recovery > HP Backup and Recovery Manager.
  • To recover a deleted file, simply use the Restore Wizard.
  • For a full system restoration, press the F11 key during bootup and then select "Recover PC" from the menu.

Recovery Discs enable disaster recovery

HP Backup and Recovery Manager saves your computer's software image on Recovery Discs (CDs or DVDs). You have the flexibility to save both the original factory software image that came with your HP computer and your software image that includes your customizations and data. These Recovery Discs enable full recovery of your computer should a critical hardware failure occur.
 
HP Backup & Recovery Manager is preloaded on new HP commercial notebooks and tablet PCs introduced starting March 2006.
 
» Learn more about HP Backup & Recovery Manager [US | English]

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