Filter
Top Products
Table of contents
1 Handling drives
2 Using an optical drive
Identifying the installed optical drive ..................................................................................................... 2
Using optical discs ................................................................................................................................ 3
Selecting the right disc ......................................................................................................................... 4
CD-R discs ........................................................................................................................... 4
CD-RW discs ....................................................................................................................... 4
DVD±R discs ....................................................................................................................... 4
DVD±RW discs .................................................................................................................... 4
LightScribe DVD+R discs .................................................................................................... 4
Blu-ray Disc ......................................................................................................................... 5
Playing a CD or DVD ............................................................................................................................ 5
Using AutoPlay ..................................................................................................................................... 6
Changing DVD region settings ............................................................................................................. 6
Observing the copyright warning .......................................................................................................... 6
Copying a CD or DVD .......................................................................................................................... 7
Creating or “burning” a CD or DVD ...................................................................................................... 7
Removing an optical disc (CD or DVD) ................................................................................................ 8
3 Improving hard drive performance
Using Disk Defragmenter ..................................................................................................................... 9
Using Disk Cleanup .............................................................................................................................. 9
4 Replacing the hard drive
5 Troubleshooting
The optical disc tray does not open for removal of a CD or DVD ....................................................... 13
The computer does not detect the optical drive ................................................................................. 14
A disc does not play ........................................................................................................................... 15
A disc does not play automatically ..................................................................................................... 16
The process of burning a disc does not begin, or it stops before completion .................................... 16
A device driver must be reinstalled .................................................................................................... 17
Obtaining the latest HP device drivers ............................................................................... 17
Obtaining the latest Windows device drivers ..................................................................... 18
Index ................................................................................................................................................................... 19
iii