Initiating and exiting Sleep
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40
Enabling and exiting user-initiated hibernation
..................................................................
40
Setting password protection on wakeup
............................................................................
40
Using the power meter and power settings
........................................................................................
41
Selecting a power plan
.......................................................................................................................
41
Running on battery power
..................................................................................................................
41
Factory-sealed battery
.......................................................................................................
42
Removing a user-replaceable battery
................................................................................
42
Finding battery information
................................................................................................
42
Conserving battery power
..................................................................................................
43
Identifying low battery levels
..............................................................................................
43
Resolving a low battery level
.............................................................................................
43
Resolving a low battery level when external power is available
........................
43
Resolving a low battery level when no power source is available
.....................
43
Resolving a low battery level when the computer cannot exit Hibernation
.......
43
Storing a user-replaceable battery
.....................................................................................
44
Disposing of a user-replaceable battery
............................................................................
44
Replacing a user-replaceable battery
................................................................................
44
Running on external AC power
..........................................................................................................
44
Troubleshooting power problems
......................................................................................
45
HP CoolSense (select models only)
...................................................................................................
45
Refreshing your software content with Intel Smart Connect Technology (select models only)
..........
45
Shutting down (turning off) the computer
...........................................................................................
46
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Managing and sharing information
.............................................................................................................
47
Using a USB device
...........................................................................................................................
47
Connecting a USB device
..................................................................................................
47
Removing a USB device
....................................................................................................
48
Connecting a powered USB device
...................................................................................
48
Inserting and removing a digital storage card
....................................................................................
49
Using optical drives
............................................................................................................................
49
Inserting an optical disc
.....................................................................................................
50
Removing an optical disc
...................................................................................................
51
Sharing data and drives and accessing software
..............................................................
52
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Maintaining your computer
..........................................................................................................................
54
Improving performance
......................................................................................................................
54
Handling drives
..................................................................................................................
54
Replacing a hard drive
.......................................................................................................
54
Using HP 3D DriveGuard (select models only)
..................................................................
56
Using Disk Defragmenter
...................................................................................................
56
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