4Before disconnecting the drive:

￿Make sure that there are no scheduled recordings or recordings in progress, to avoid losing data.

￿Change the recording path back to the local hard disk drive. See “Changing the TV recording path to the local hard disk drive.”

5Disconnect the HP Media Drive safely. See “Disconnecting the Drive.”

Changing the TV recording path to the HP Media Drive

If you decide to change the recording path to record directly to the HP Media Drive, Windows Media Center creates a Recorded TV folder on the drive:

1Assign a drive letter to the HP Media Drive. See “Locating the Drive and Assigning a Drive Letter.”

2Open Windows Media Center.

3In the Tasks menu, click settings, TV, Recorder, and then Recorder Storage.

4Under Record on Drive, select (+) to select the HP Media Drive. You can also set the disk allocation and recording quality settings in this window.

NOTE: HP recommends that you:

￿Record TV programs directly to the local hard disk drive and then transfer your recorded programs to the HP Media Drive, if you so desire.

￿Know the drive letter assigned to and the storage amount of the HP Media Drive.

5Click Save.

To change the TV recording path back to the local hard disk drive, follow this procedure and select the hard disk drive in step 4 of the previous procedure.

Changing the TV recording path to the local hard disk drive

To change the Windows Media Center TV recording path to the local hard disk drive:

1Open Windows Media Center.

2In the Tasks menu, click settings, TV, Recorder, and then Recorder Storage. You can also set the disk allocation and recording quality settings in this window.

3Select the local hard disk drive (C:).

4Click Save.

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