Using an HP Personal Media Drive

The HP Personal Media Drive is an internal and external USB hard disk drive designed to quickly and easily increase your storage capacity and to transfer media files such as digital photos, music, videos, and other important files. You can also use the HP Personal Media Drive to back up other drives on your PC.

The HP Personal Media drive is designed to:

Work with the Media Center PC and other PCs that have a USB port.

Store large media files and personal files.

Transfer files between PCs.

Play media files.

Back up your files.

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The HP Personal Media Drive is sold separately.

Locating the Drive After Installation

After you install the HP Personal Media Drive into the PC, you can find the drive in My Computer. The HP Media Center PC automatically assigns a drive letter which may change unless you assign a drive letter. See “Assigning a Drive Letter to the HP Personal Media Drive” on page 24.

1 Click Start on the taskbar.

2 Click My Computer.

3 Select your drive under Hard Disk Drives. The default name is HP Personal Media Drive.

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HP m1080n, m1050y (PJ697AV) Using an HP Personal Media Drive, Locating the Drive After Installation, Click My Computer

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