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 ....................................................................................................	5
	Blu-ray Disc (BD) .................................................................................................................	5
	Playing a CD, DVD, or BD ....................................................................................................................	6
	Configuring AutoPlay ............................................................................................................................	7
	Changing DVD region settings .............................................................................................................	7
	Observing the copyright warning ..........................................................................................................	8
	Copying a CD or DVD ..........................................................................................................................	8
	Creating or “burning” a CD or DVD ......................................................................................................	9
	Removing an optical disc (CD, DVD, or BD) ......................................................................................	10
	Removing the optical drive ................................................................................................................	11
3	Using external drives
4	Improving hard drive performance
	Using Disk Defragmenter ...................................................................................................................	14
	Using Disk Cleanup ............................................................................................................................	14
5	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
6	Replacing the hard drive
7	Troubleshooting
	The optical disc tray does not open for removal of a CD, DVD, or BD ...............................................	22
	The computer does not detect the optical drive .................................................................................	23
	A disc does not play ...........................................................................................................................	24

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