HP Presario Table of contents

Table of contents

1 Handling drives
2 Using an optical drive
Identifying the installed optical drive .....................................................................................................	3
Using optical discs ................................................................................................................................	4
Selecting the right disc (CDs, DVDs, and BDs) ....................................................................................	5
CD-R discs ...........................................................................................................................	5
CD-RW discs .......................................................................................................................	5
DVD±R discs .......................................................................................................................	5
DVD±RW discs ....................................................................................................................	5
LightScribe DVD+R discs ....................................................................................................	5
Blu-ray Discs (BD) ...............................................................................................................	6
Playing a CD, DVD, or BD ....................................................................................................................	7
Configuring AutoPlay ............................................................................................................................	8
Changing DVD region settings .............................................................................................................	9
Observing the copyright warning ........................................................................................................	10
Copying a CD, DVD, or BD ................................................................................................................	11
Creating or “burning” a CD or DVD ....................................................................................................	12
Removing a CD, DVD, or BD .............................................................................................................	13

3Using external drives

4Improving hard drive performance

	Using Disk Defragmenter ...................................................................................................................	15
	Using Disk Cleanup ............................................................................................................................	15
5	Replacing the hard drive in the hard drive bay
6	Troubleshooting
	The optical disc tray does not open for removal of a CD, DVD, or BD ...............................................	20
	The computer does not detect the optical drive .................................................................................	21
	A disc does not play ...........................................................................................................................	22
	A disc does not play automatically .....................................................................................................	23

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