7 Drives and external devices

 

Drives .................................................................................................................................................

55

Identifying installed drives ..................................................................................................

55

Handling drives ..................................................................................................................

55

Improving hard drive performance .....................................................................................

55

Using Disk Defragmenter ..................................................................................

55

Using Disk Cleanup ...........................................................................................

56

Using HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection (select models only) .................................

56

Identifying HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection status ................................

56

Managing power with a parked hard drive ........................................................

57

Using HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection software ...................................

57

Using external drives .........................................................................................................

58

Connecting optional external drives ..................................................................

58

Using the external optical drive (select models only) .........................................................

58

Removing an optical disc when the disc tray will not open ...............................

59

Sharing optical drives ........................................................................................................

59

External devices .................................................................................................................................

60

Using a USB device ...........................................................................................................

60

Connecting a USB device .................................................................................

60

Removing a USB device ...................................................................................

61

Using Digital Media Slot cards ...........................................................................................

61

Inserting a digital card .......................................................................................

62

Removing a digital card .....................................................................................

62

8 Security

 

Protecting the computer .....................................................................................................................

64

Using passwords ................................................................................................................................

64

Setting passwords in Windows ..........................................................................................

65

Setting passwords in Setup Utility .....................................................................................

65

Administrator password .....................................................................................

66

Managing an administrator password ...............................................

66

Entering an administrator password .................................................

67

Power-on password ..........................................................................................

67

Managing a power-on password ......................................................

67

Entering a power-on password .........................................................

67

Using antivirus software .....................................................................................................................

67

Using firewall software .......................................................................................................................

68

Installing critical security updates .......................................................................................................

68

Installing an optional security cable ....................................................................................................

68

Appendix A Setup Utility (BIOS)

 

Starting Setup Utility ...........................................................................................................................

70

Using Setup Utility ..............................................................................................................................

70

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