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Setting Up the HP Personal Media Drive, to Work with Media Center, Locating the Drive After

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Setting Up the HP Personal Media Drive to Work with Media Center When you complete this setup procedure, you will be able to easily access content, such as music, photos, videos, and recorded TV programs from customized folders on your HP Personal Media Drive. Once you complete the setup wizard, you can drag and drop your music, video, pictures, and recorded TV files from your primary hard disk drive to personalized folders in the HP Personal Media Drive for backup or storage. You will also be able to use your remote control to access these files from within Media Center. 1 Insert the HP Personal Media Drive Installation CD that came with your HP Personal Media Drive. 2 When the menu of installation options appears, select the items you want to install by placing a check in the check box next to the choices. Make sure you place a check next to HP Media Center Setup Utility, and then click Install. 3 Insert your HP Personal Media Drive into the drive bay or connect it to a USB port, and then click Continue. 4 Follow any onscreen instructions and restart the PC when you complete the wizard. Locating the Drive After Installation After you install the HP Personal Media Drive into the PC, you can find the drive in My Computer. The PC automatically assigns a drive letter which may change unless you assign a drive letter. See "Assigning a Drive Letter to the HP Personal Media Drive" on page 93. 1 Click Start on the taskbar. 2 Click My Computer. 3 Select your drive under Hard Disk Drives. The default name is HP Personal Media Drive. 92 HP Media Center PC Software Guide

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HP Media Center PC Software Guide
Setting Up the HP Personal Media Drive
to Work with Media Center
When you complete this setup procedure, you will
be able to easily access content, such as music,
photos, videos, and recorded TV programs from
customized folders on your HP Personal Media
Drive.
Once you complete the setup wizard, you can drag
and drop your music, video, pictures, and recorded
TV files from your primary hard disk drive to
personalized folders in the HP Personal Media Drive
for backup or storage. You will also be able to use
your remote control to access these files from within
Media Center.
1
Insert the HP Personal Media Drive Installation
CD that came with your HP Personal Media
Drive.
2
When the menu of installation options
appears, select the items you want to install by
placing a check in the check box next to the
choices. Make sure you place a check next to
HP Media Center Setup Utility, and then click
Install
.
3
Insert your HP Personal Media Drive into the
drive bay or connect it to a USB port, and
then click
Continue
.
4
Follow any onscreen instructions and restart
the PC when you complete the wizard.
Locating the Drive After Installation
After you install the HP Personal Media Drive into
the PC, you can find the drive in My Computer. The
PC automatically assigns a drive letter which may
change unless you assign a drive letter. See
“Assigning a Drive Letter to the HP Personal Media
Drive” on page 93.
1
Click
Start
on the taskbar.
2
Click
My Computer
.
3
Select your drive under
Hard Disk Drives
. The
default name is HP Personal Media Drive.