Conserving battery power
..................................................................................................
74
Storing a battery
................................................................................................................
74
Disposing of a used battery
...............................................................................................
75
Replacing the battery
........................................................................................................
75
Testing an AC adapter
.......................................................................................................................
76
Shutting down the computer
...............................................................................................................
76
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Drives
Identifying installed drives
..................................................................................................................
78
Handling drives
...................................................................................................................................
78
Improving hard drive performance
.....................................................................................................
80
Using Disk Defragmenter
...................................................................................................
80
Using Disk Cleanup
...........................................................................................................
80
Using HP 3D DriveGuard
...................................................................................................................
81
Identifying HP 3D DriveGuard status
.................................................................................
81
Using HP 3D DriveGuard software
....................................................................................
81
Replacing a hard drive in the hard drive bay
......................................................................................
83
Replacing a drive in the upgrade bay
.................................................................................................
86
Removing the protective insert
..........................................................................................
86
Replacing a hard drive
.......................................................................................................
86
Replacing an optical drive
..................................................................................................
90
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External devices
Using a USB device
...........................................................................................................................
93
Connecting a USB device
..................................................................................................
93
Stopping and removing a USB device
...............................................................................
94
Using USB legacy support
.................................................................................................
94
Using a 1394 device
...........................................................................................................................
95
Connecting a 1394 device
.................................................................................................
95
Stopping and removing a 1394 device
..............................................................................
95
Using a serial device (select models only)
.........................................................................................
96
Using external drives
..........................................................................................................................
97
Using optional external devices
.........................................................................................
97
Using a docking device
......................................................................................................................
98
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External media cards
Using Media Card Reader cards
........................................................................................................
99
Inserting a digital card
........................................................................................................
99
Stopping and removing a digital card
..............................................................................
100
Using ExpressCards (select models only)
........................................................................................
101
Configuring an ExpressCard
............................................................................................
101
Inserting an ExpressCard
................................................................................................
101
Stopping and removing an ExpressCard
.........................................................................
102
Using smart cards (select models only)
...........................................................................................
103
Inserting a smart card
......................................................................................................
103
Removing a smart card
....................................................................................................
103
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Memory modules
Adding or replacing a memory module in the expansion memory module slot
................................
106
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