HP G72-B66US 6 Drives, 7 External devices and external media cards

6 Drives
Handling drives ...................................................................................................................................	65
Optical drive .......................................................................................................................................	66
Identifying the installed optical drive ..................................................................................	66
Using optical discs .............................................................................................................	67
Selecting the right disc (CDs, DVDs, and BDs) .................................................................	68
CD-R discs ........................................................................................................	68
CD-RW discs .....................................................................................................	68
DVD±R discs .....................................................................................................	68
DVD±RW discs .................................................................................................	68
LightScribe DVD+R discs ..................................................................................	69
Blu-ray Disc (BD) ..............................................................................................	69
Playing a CD, DVD, or BD .................................................................................................	69
Configuring AutoPlay .........................................................................................................	71
Changing DVD region settings ..........................................................................................	71
Observing the copyright warning .......................................................................................	72
Copying a CD, DVD, or BD ................................................................................................	72
Creating or “burning” a CD or DVD ....................................................................................	73
Removing a CD, DVD, or BD .............................................................................................	74
Troubleshooting drive and device driver problems .............................................................................	74
The optical disc tray does not open for removal of a CD, DVD, or BD ..............................	74
A disc does not play automatically .....................................................................................	75
A DVD movie stops, skips, or plays erratically ..................................................................	75
A DVD movie is not visible on an external display .............................................................	76
The process of burning a disc does not begin, or it stops before completion ....................	76
A DVD playing in Windows Media Player produces no sound or display ..........................	76
A device driver must be reinstalled ....................................................................................	76
Obtaining the latest HP device drivers ..............................................................	77
Obtaining the latest Windows device drivers ....................................................	78
Using external drives ..........................................................................................................................	79
Improving hard drive performance .....................................................................................................	80
Using Disk Defragmenter ...................................................................................................	80
Using Disk Cleanup ...........................................................................................................	80
Replacing the hard drive ....................................................................................................................	81
7 External devices and external media cards
Using a USB device ...........................................................................................................................	85
Connecting a USB device ..................................................................................................	85
Removing a USB device ....................................................................................................	86
Using Digital Media Slot cards ...........................................................................................................	87
Inserting a digital card ........................................................................................................	87
Removing a digital card .....................................................................................................	88

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