Increasing hard disk drive space
■Adjust TV recording and recorder storage settings. See “Adjusting TV recording and storage settings” on page 65.
■Use the Disk Cleanup Utility. See “Using the Disk Cleanup utility” on page 66.
■Adjust the System Restore settings. See “Adjusting System Restore settings” on page 66.
■Delete recorded TV programs from the Recorded TV folder in Shared Documents. See “Deleting recorded TV programs” on page 67.
■Uninstall software programs. See “Uninstalling software programs that are not needed” on page 67.
■Archive TV programs to a DVD if your HP Digital Entertainment Center has a DVD Writer drive. See “Copying Recorded TV Programs to DVD” on page 131.
■Archive TV programs to an HP Personal Media Drive. See “Recording TV programs to the HP Personal Media Drive” on page 183.
Adjusting TV recording and storage settings
1 Press the Media Center Start button 
on the remote control.
2Select Settings, TV, and then select Recorder.
3Select Recorder Storage to change your Disk allocation and Recording quality settings. Increase the percentage of hard disk drive space available for recorded TV programs in Default Settings.
Or
Select Recording Defaults to change your recording storage settings. Select Fair as the default recording quality. The better the quality of the recording, the more space the file takes. Select Until I watch as the Keep setting for each recorded program.
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The storage space for your Digital Entertainment Center may differ from the amount listed here.
Watching and Recording TV Programs
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