Drives

Displaying Media Contents

AutoPlay, sometimes called Autorun, is a feature of the operating system. AutoPlay displays the contents of your media on the screen when you insert a CD or DVD into an optical drive and close the tray.

AutoPlay is enabled by default, but can be disabled.

Setting AutoPlay Preferences

AutoPlay is enabled or disabled through the operating system:

1.Select Start > My Computer.

2.Right-click the optical drive.

3.Select Properties > AutoPlay, and follow the instructions on the screen.

Canceling AutoPlay on an Audio CD

To prevent an audio CD from opening when AutoPlay is enabled, press the shift key as you insert the CD.

Displaying the Contents of a CD or DVD

If AutoPlay is disabled and the contents of a CD or DVD are not displayed when you insert it, you can display the contents manually:

1.Select Start > Run, and then type:

X:

(where X = the drive containing the CD or DVD)

2.Press enter.

✎A drive designation is a letter of the alphabet that the notebook uses to identify a drive. To display the drive designation of every drive in the system, select Start > My Computer.

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