User guide

Displaying the remaining battery charge ........................................................... 37
Maximizing battery discharge time .................................................................... 37
Managing low battery levels .............................................................................. 37
Identifying low battery levels ............................................................. 38
Resolving a low battery level ............................................................ 38
Inserting or removing the battery ...................................................................... 38
Inserting a battery ............................................................................. 38
Removing a battery .......................................................................... 39
Conserving battery power ................................................................................. 39
Storing a user-replaceable battery (select models only) ................................... 39
Disposing of a user-replaceable battery (select models only) ........................... 40
Replacing a user-replaceable battery (select models only) .............................. 40
Using external AC power ................................................................................................... 40
Testing an AC adapter ...................................................................................... 41
Switchable graphics/dual graphics (select models only) .................................................................... 41
Using switchable graphics (select models only) ................................................................ 42
Using dual graphics (select models only) .......................................................................... 42
7 External cards and devices .......................................................................................................................... 43
Using Media Card Reader cards ........................................................................................................ 43
Inserting a digital card ........................................................................................................ 43
Removing a digital card ..................................................................................................... 43
Using a USB device ........................................................................................................................... 44
Connecting a USB device .................................................................................................. 44
Removing a USB device .................................................................................................... 45
Using optional external devices .......................................................................................................... 45
Using optional external drives ............................................................................................ 45
8 Drives ............................................................................................................................................................. 46
Handling drives ................................................................................................................................... 46
Using hard drives ............................................................................................................................... 46
Intel Smart Response Technology (select models only) .................................................... 47
Replacing or upgrading the hard drive ............................................................................... 47
Removing the hard drive ................................................................................... 47
Installing a hard drive ........................................................................................ 48
Improving hard drive performance ..................................................................................... 50
Using Disk Defragmenter .................................................................................. 50
Using Disk Cleanup ........................................................................................... 50
Using HP 3D DriveGuard ................................................................................................... 50
Identifying HP 3D DriveGuard status ................................................................ 51
Using optical drives (select models only) ........................................................................................... 51
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