Replacing the battery .........................................................................................................

80

Testing an AC adapter .......................................................................................................................

81

Shutting down the computer ...............................................................................................................

81

7 Drives .............................................................................................................................................................

83

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

83

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

84

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

85

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

85

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

85

Using HP 3D DriveGuard ...................................................................................................................

86

Identifying HP 3D DriveGuard status .................................................................................

86

Using HP 3D DriveGuard software ....................................................................................

87

Replacing the hard drive in the hard drive bay ...................................................................................

88

8 External devices ............................................................................................................................................

92

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

92

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

92

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

92

Using USB legacy support .................................................................................................

93

Using a 1394 device ...........................................................................................................................

94

Connecting a 1394 device .................................................................................................

94

Removing a 1394 device ...................................................................................................

94

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

95

Using optional external devices .........................................................................................

95

Using the docking connector ..............................................................................................................

96

9 External media cards ....................................................................................................................................

97

Using Media Card Reader cards ........................................................................................................

97

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

97

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

98

Using ExpressCards (select models only) ..........................................................................................

99

Configuring an ExpressCard ..............................................................................................

99

Inserting an ExpressCard ..................................................................................................

99

Removing an ExpressCard ..............................................................................................

100

Using Smart Cards (select models only) ..........................................................................................

101

Inserting a smart card ......................................................................................................

101

Removing a smart card ....................................................................................................

102

10 Memory modules ......................................................................................................................................

103

Adding or replacing a memory module .............................................................................................

104

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