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8 Drives and external devices ......................................................................................................................... 54

Drives ................................................................................................................................................. 54

Identifying installed drives .................................................................................................. 54

Handling drives .................................................................................................................. 54

Improving hard drive performance ..................................................................................... 55

Using Disk Defragmenter .................................................................................. 55

Using Disk Cleanup ........................................................................................... 56

Replacing the hard drive in the hard drive bay .................................................................. 56

Using HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection (select models only) ................................. 58

Identifying HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection status ................................ 58

Managing power with a parked hard drive ........................................................ 59

Using HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection software ................................... 59

Using external drives ......................................................................................................... 59

Connecting optional external drives .................................................................. 60

Sharing optical drives ........................................................................................................ 60

External devices ................................................................................................................................. 61

Using a USB device ........................................................................................................... 61

Connecting a USB device ................................................................................. 61

Removing a USB device ................................................................................... 61

Using Digital Media Slot cards ........................................................................................... 62

Inserting a digital card ....................................................................................... 62

Removing a digital card ..................................................................................... 63

9 Security .......................................................................................................................................................... 64

Protecting the computer ..................................................................................................................... 64

Using passwords ................................................................................................................................ 64

Setting passwords in Windows .......................................................................................... 65

Setting passwords in Setup Utility ..................................................................................... 65

Administrator password ..................................................................................... 66

Managing an administrator password ............................................... 66

Entering an administrator password ................................................. 66

Power-on password .......................................................................................... 67

Managing a power-on password ...................................................... 67

Entering a power-on password ......................................................... 67

Using antivirus software ..................................................................................................................... 67

Using firewall software ....................................................................................................................... 68

Installing critical security updates ....................................................................................................... 68

Installing an optional security cable .................................................................................................... 68

10 Changing QuickWeb settings .................................................................................................................... 70

Turning HP QuickWeb on and off ....................................................................................................... 70

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