Owner manual

Resolving a low battery level when no power source is
available ........................................................................................... 61
Resolving a low battery level when the computer cannot exit
Hibernation ....................................................................................... 61
Calibrating a battery ........................................................................................................... 61
Step 1: Fully charge the battery ........................................................................ 61
Step 2: Disable Hibernation and Sleep ............................................................. 62
Step 3: Discharge the battery ............................................................................ 62
Step 4: Fully recharge the battery ..................................................................... 64
Step 5: Reenable Hibernation and Sleep .......................................................... 64
Conserving battery power .................................................................................................. 64
Storing a battery ................................................................................................................ 65
Disposing of a used battery ............................................................................................... 65
Replacing the battery ......................................................................................................... 65
Testing an AC adapter ....................................................................................................................... 66
Shutting down the computer ............................................................................................................... 66
6 Drives
Identifying installed drives .................................................................................................................. 68
Handling drives ................................................................................................................................... 68
Improving hard drive performance ..................................................................................................... 70
Using Disk Defragmenter ................................................................................................... 70
Using Disk Cleanup ........................................................................................................... 70
Using HP 3D DriveGuard ................................................................................................................... 71
Identifying HP 3D DriveGuard status ................................................................................. 71
Using HP 3D DriveGuard software .................................................................................... 72
Using RAID (select models only) ........................................................................................................ 73
Replacing a hard drive ....................................................................................................................... 74
Replacing a 1.8-inch hard drive ......................................................................................... 74
Replacing a 2.5-inch hard drive ......................................................................................... 79
7 External devices
Using a USB device ........................................................................................................................... 86
Connecting a USB device .................................................................................................. 86
Removing a USB device .................................................................................................... 87
Using USB legacy support ................................................................................................. 87
Using a 1394 device ........................................................................................................................... 88
Connecting a 1394 device ................................................................................................. 88
Removing a 1394 device ................................................................................................... 88
Using the docking connector .............................................................................................................. 89
Using external drives .......................................................................................................................... 90
Using optional external devices ......................................................................................... 90
Using an optional external optical drive .............................................................................................. 91
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