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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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