6 Drives

 

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

75

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

75

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

77

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

77

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

77

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

78

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

78

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

79

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

80

Replacing a drive in the upgrade bay .................................................................................................

83

Removing the protective insert ..........................................................................................

83

Replacing a hard drive .......................................................................................................

83

Replacing an optical drive ..................................................................................................

86

7 External devices

 

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

89

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

89

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

90

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

90

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

91

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

91

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

91

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

93

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

93

Using a docking device ......................................................................................................................

94

8 External media cards

 

Using SD Card Reader cards .............................................................................................................

95

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

95

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

96

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

96

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

96

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

96

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

97

Using smart cards (select models only) .............................................................................................

98

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

99

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

99

9 Memory modules

 

Adding or replacing a memory module in the expansion memory module slot ................................

101

Upgrading a memory module in the primary memory module slot ...................................................

104

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