HP Presario 6 Drives, 7 External devices and external media cards

6 Drives
Handling drives ...................................................................................................................................	64
Optical drive .......................................................................................................................................	65
Identifying the installed optical drive ..................................................................................	65
Using optical discs .............................................................................................................	66
Selecting the right disc (CDs, DVDs, and BDs) .................................................................	67
CD-R discs ........................................................................................................	67
CD-RW discs .....................................................................................................	67
DVD±R discs .....................................................................................................	67
DVD±RW discs .................................................................................................	67
LightScribe DVD+R discs ..................................................................................	68
Blu-ray Disc (BD) ..............................................................................................	68
Playing a CD, DVD, or BD .................................................................................................	68
Configuring AutoPlay .........................................................................................................	70
Changing DVD region settings ..........................................................................................	70
Observing the copyright warning .......................................................................................	71
Copying a CD, DVD, or BD ................................................................................................	71
Creating or “burning” a CD or DVD ....................................................................................	72
Removing a CD, DVD, or BD .............................................................................................	73
Troubleshooting drive and device driver problems .............................................................................	73
The optical disc tray does not open for removal of a CD, DVD, or BD ..............................	73
A disc does not play automatically .....................................................................................	74
A DVD movie stops, skips, or plays erratically ..................................................................	74
A DVD movie is not visible on an external display .............................................................	75
The process of burning a disc does not begin, or it stops before completion ....................	75
A DVD playing in Windows Media Player produces no sound or display ..........................	75
A device driver must be reinstalled ....................................................................................	75
Obtaining the latest HP device drivers ..............................................................	76
Obtaining the latest Windows device drivers ....................................................	77
Using external drives ..........................................................................................................................	78
Improving hard drive performance .....................................................................................................	79
Using Disk Defragmenter ...................................................................................................	79
Using Disk Cleanup ...........................................................................................................	79
Replacing the hard drive ....................................................................................................................	80
7 External devices and external media cards
Using a USB device ...........................................................................................................................	84
Connecting a USB device ..................................................................................................	84
Removing a USB device ....................................................................................................	85
Using Digital Media Slot cards ...........................................................................................................	86
Inserting a digital card ........................................................................................................	86
Removing a digital card .....................................................................................................	87

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