Step 3: Discharge the battery ............................................................................

74

Step 4: Fully recharge the battery .....................................................................

76

Step 5: Reenable Hibernation and Sleep ..........................................................

76

Conserving battery power ..................................................................................................

76

Storing a battery ................................................................................................................

77

Disposing of a used battery ...............................................................................................

77

Replacing the battery ........................................................................................................

77

Testing an AC adapter .......................................................................................................................

78

Shutting down the computer ...............................................................................................................

78

6 Drives

 

Identifying installed drives ..................................................................................................................

80

Handling drives ...................................................................................................................................

80

Improving hard drive performance .....................................................................................................

82

Using Disk Defragmenter ...................................................................................................

82

Using Disk Cleanup ...........................................................................................................

82

Using HP 3D DriveGuard ..................................................................................................................

83

Identifying HP 3D DriveGuard status .................................................................................

83

Using HP 3D DriveGuard software ....................................................................................

84

Replacing a hard drive in the hard drive bay ......................................................................................

85

Replacing a drive in the upgrade bay .................................................................................................

88

Removing the protective insert ..........................................................................................

88

Replacing a hard drive .......................................................................................................

88

Replacing an optical drive ..................................................................................................

92

7 External devices

 

Using a USB device ...........................................................................................................................

95

Connecting a USB device ..................................................................................................

95

Removing a USB device ....................................................................................................

96

Using USB legacy support .................................................................................................

96

Using a 1394 device ...........................................................................................................................

97

Connecting a 1394 device .................................................................................................

97

Removing a 1394 device ...................................................................................................

97

Using a serial device (select models only) .........................................................................................

99

Using external drives ........................................................................................................................

100

Using optional external devices .......................................................................................

100

Using a docking device ....................................................................................................................

101

8 External media cards

 

Using Media Card Reader cards ......................................................................................................

102

Inserting a digital card ......................................................................................................

102

Removing a digital card ...................................................................................................

103

Using ExpressCards (select models only) ........................................................................................

104

Configuring an ExpressCard ............................................................................................

104

Inserting an ExpressCard ................................................................................................

104

Removing an ExpressCard ..............................................................................................

105

Using smart cards (select models only) ...........................................................................................

106

Inserting a smart card ......................................................................................................

106

Removing a smart card ....................................................................................................

106

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