HP Presario Table of contents

Table of contents

1 Handling drives
2 Using an optical drive
Identifying the installed optical drive .....................................................................................................	2
Using optical discs ................................................................................................................................	3
Selecting the right disc .........................................................................................................................	4
CD-R discs ...........................................................................................................................	4
CD-RW discs .......................................................................................................................	4
DVD±R discs .......................................................................................................................	4
DVD±RW discs ....................................................................................................................	4
LightScribe DVD+R discs ....................................................................................................	4
Blu-ray Disc .........................................................................................................................	5
Playing a CD or DVD ............................................................................................................................	6
Configuring AutoPlay ............................................................................................................................	7
Changing DVD region settings .............................................................................................................	8
Observing the copyright warning ..........................................................................................................	9
Copying a CD or DVD ..........................................................................................................................	9
Creating or “burning” a CD or DVD ....................................................................................................	10
Removing an optical disc (CD or DVD) ..............................................................................................	11
Removing the optical drive ................................................................................................................	12
3 Improving hard drive performance
Using Disk Defragmenter ...................................................................................................................	14
Using Disk Cleanup ............................................................................................................................	14
4 Using HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection (select models only)
Identifying HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection status .................................................................	16
Using HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection software ....................................................................	17
5 Replacing the hard drive
6 Troubleshooting
The optical disc tray does not open for removal of a CD or DVD .......................................................	23
The computer does not detect the optical drive .................................................................................	24
A disc does not play ...........................................................................................................................	25
A disc does not play automatically .....................................................................................................	26
The process of burning a disc does not begin, or it stops before completion ....................................	27
A DVD playing in Windows Media Player produces no sound or display ...........................................	27

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