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6 Drives
Handling drives ................................................................................................................................... 64
Optical drive ....................................................................................................................................... 65
Identifying the installed optical drive .................................................................................. 65
Using optical discs ............................................................................................................. 66
Selecting the right disc (CDs, DVDs, and BDs) ................................................................. 67
CD-R discs ........................................................................................................ 67
CD-RW discs ..................................................................................................... 67
DVD±R discs ..................................................................................................... 67
DVD±RW discs ................................................................................................. 67
LightScribe DVD+R discs .................................................................................. 68
Blu-ray Disc (BD) .............................................................................................. 68
Playing a CD, DVD, or BD ................................................................................................. 68
Configuring AutoPlay ......................................................................................................... 70
Changing DVD region settings .......................................................................................... 70
Observing the copyright warning ....................................................................................... 71
Copying a CD, DVD, or BD ................................................................................................ 71
Creating or “burning” a CD or DVD .................................................................................... 72
Removing a CD, DVD, or BD ............................................................................................. 73
Troubleshooting drive and device driver problems ............................................................................. 73
The optical disc tray does not open for removal of a CD, DVD, or BD .............................. 73
A disc does not play automatically ..................................................................................... 74
A DVD movie stops, skips, or plays erratically .................................................................. 74
A DVD movie is not visible on an external display ............................................................. 75
The process of burning a disc does not begin, or it stops before completion .................... 75
A DVD playing in Windows Media Player produces no sound or display .......................... 75
A device driver must be reinstalled .................................................................................... 75
Obtaining the latest HP device drivers .............................................................. 76
Obtaining the latest Windows device drivers .................................................... 77
Using external drives .......................................................................................................................... 78
Improving hard drive performance ..................................................................................................... 79
Using Disk Defragmenter ................................................................................................... 79
Using Disk Cleanup ........................................................................................................... 79
Replacing the hard drive .................................................................................................................... 80
7 External devices and external media cards
Using a USB device ........................................................................................................................... 84
Connecting a USB device .................................................................................................. 84
Removing a USB device .................................................................................................... 85
Using Digital Media Slot cards ........................................................................................................... 86
Inserting a digital card ........................................................................................................ 86
Removing a digital card ..................................................................................................... 87
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