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122 hp media center pc user’s guide
Recording quality and hard disk storage space
The space available for recording TV programs
depends on your hard disk size, the percentage of
hard disk space allocated to recorded TV, and the
recording quality setting.
To get the maximum recording time, change the
recording quality to Fair instead of the default
setting of Best.
Freeing up space on your hard disk drive
The PC comes with a hard disk drive. Depending on
your model, the hard disk drive has 40 gigabytes
(GB) to more than 200 GB of total disk space. The
PC comes with preloaded software programs and a
partition within the hard disk drive that takes up a
certain amount of space on the hard disk drive.
The partition:
■ Houses a backup version of the operating
system and the programs included with
the PC.
■ Takes up about 5 GB of hard disk space,
reducing the total amount of space available
for your use.
■ Replaces the need for system and application
recovery CDs.
Use the following procedures to:
■ Display the amount of used and free disk
space through the System Tools Disk
Management program.
■ Uninstall unneeded programs.
Quality of
recording
Hard disk space used
Best *3 GB/hour
Better *2.4 GB/hour
Good *2 GB/hour
*This table shows approximate sizes of recorded TV program
files. Some files may be smaller or larger.