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Getting to Know the Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005
Changing the Media Center Settings
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About Recorded TV Storage Space Settings
The space available for recording TV programs depends on
your hard disk allocation, drive size, and default recording
quality selections. Your computer requires a certain amount
of space to run your Windows XP operating system, run
software programs, and store data files. If your hard disk
becomes full, it may affect your computer’s speed and
performance. You may need to free up storage space to record
more programs or to optimize your computer’s performance.
To increase disk space, you can:
❖Delete recorded shows from the Recorded TV window.
For more information, refer to “Recording TV tips” on
page 203.
❖Increase the percentage of hard disk space available for
recorded TV shows in Default Settings. Select between 5
percent and 90 percent. The default is set at 75 percent.
❖Media Center does not support removable drives,
network drives, or drives with less than 5 MB of disk
space.
❖Archive TV programs to writable DVD media if your
computer has a DVD writable drive. You can play
archived programs recorded on DVDs only from the
computer that you recorded the TV program from.
❖In the Recorder Defaults window, select Fair as the
default recording quality. The better the quality of the
recording, the more space the file takes.
❖In the Recorder Defaults window, select Until I watch as
the Keep setting for each recorded show.