HP Media Center m400 HP Media Center PC - User's Guide 5990-6456 - Page 125

Managing Hard Disk Space The space available for recording TV programs depends on your hard disk allocation, drive size, and default recording quality selections. Your PC requires a certain amount of space to run your Windows XP operating system, run software programs, and store data files. If your hard disk drive becomes full, it may affect the PC speed and performance. You may need to free up storage space to record more programs or to optimize the performance of your PC. There are several things you can do to optimize and increase your hard disk space. To increase disk space, you can: ■ Adjust TV recording 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. ■ Adjust Recorder storage settings. Increase the percentage of hard disk space available for recorded TV programs in Default Settings. Select between 5 and 90 percent. The default is set at 75 percent. ■ Use the Disk Cleanup Utility. n The hard disk space on your PC may differ from the space listed on this page. The Windows XP operating system, large data files, and software programs require disk space. ■ Adjust the System Restore settings. ■ Delete recorded TV programs from your Recorded TV folder in the Shared Documents folder on your hard disk drive. ■ Archive TV programs to a DVD+RW or DVD+R if your PC has a dvd writer drive. You can play archived programs recorded on DVDs only from the PC that you recorded the TV program from. For more information, refer to "Recording CDs and DVDs" on page 171. Adjusting TV recording and storage settings 1 Press the Start button control. on the remote 2 Select My TV, Settings, and then select Recorder. 3 Select Recorder storage to change your Disk allocation and recording quality settings. Or Select Recording defaults to change your recording storage settings. 4 Select the + or - to select your options, and then select Save. n To optimize storage space on your hard drive, you can change recording and storage settings in My TV. My TV 119