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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