HP G72-B66US manual Drives

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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