Managing Hard Disk Drive Space

Watching live TV and recording a different channel at the same time

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1	Press the Media Center Start button	on	4	Select a second show to watch, and then
	the remote control.			press the OK button to begin watching it.
2	Select My TV, and then select Guide.		5	Follow any onscreen instructions.
3	Use the arrow buttons to select a show to

record, and then press the Record button on the remote control.

The space available for recording TV programs depends on your hard disk drive allocation, drive size, and default recording quality selections. The PC requires a certain amount of space to run your Windows XP operating system, run software programs, and store data files. If your hard disk drive becomes full, it may affect the PC speed and performance. You may need to free up storage space to record more programs or to optimize the

performance of your PC. There are several things you can do to optimize and increase your available hard disk drive space.

The size of your PC hard disk drive depends on your model. The PC comes with preloaded software programs and a backup partition within the hard disk drive that takes up a certain amount of space on the hard disk drive.

Increasing hard disk drive space

■Adjust TV recording and recorder storage settings. See “Adjusting TV recording and storage settings” on page 50.

■Use the Disk Cleanup Utility. See “Using the Disk Cleanup utility” on page 51.

■Adjust the System Restore settings. See “Adjusting System Restore settings” on page 51.

■Delete recorded TV programs from the Recorded TV folder in Shared Documents. See “Deleting recorded TV programs” on

page 51.

■Uninstall software programs. See “Uninstalling software programs that are not needed” on page 51.

■Archive TV programs to a DVD if your PC has a DVD Writer drive. See “Copying Recorded TV Programs to DVD” on page 101.

■Archive TV programs to an HP Personal Media Drive. See “Recording TV programs to the HP Personal Media Drive” on page 144.

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m7050e (PX154AV), m7087c, m7077c, m7070n, m7060n specifications

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HP m7050e (PX154AV), m7087c manual Managing Hard Disk Drive Space, Increasing hard disk drive space

Models: m7050e (PX154AV) m7087c m7077c m7070n m7060n m7067c m7063w m7050y (PX153AV)

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