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7 Drives and external devices

Drives ................................................................................................................................................. 65

Identifying installed drives .................................................................................................. 65

Handling drives .................................................................................................................. 65

Improving hard drive performance ..................................................................................... 65

Using Disk Defragmenter .................................................................................. 65

Using Disk Cleanup ........................................................................................... 66

Using HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection (select models only) ................................. 66

Identifying HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection status ................................ 66

Managing power with a parked hard drive ........................................................ 67

Using HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection software ................................... 67

Using external drives ......................................................................................................... 68

Connecting optional external drives .................................................................. 68

Using the external optical drive (select models only) ......................................................... 68

Removing an optical disc when the disc tray will not open ............................... 69

Sharing optical drives ........................................................................................................ 69

External devices ................................................................................................................................. 71

Using a USB device ........................................................................................................... 71

Connecting a USB device ................................................................................. 71

Removing a USB device ................................................................................... 71

Using an eSATA device ..................................................................................................... 72

Connecting an eSATA device ........................................................................... 72

Removing an eSATA device ............................................................................. 72

Using Digital Media Slot cards ........................................................................................... 73

Inserting a digital card ....................................................................................... 73

Removing a digital card ..................................................................................... 74

8 Memory modules

Adding or replacing a memory module in single-slot models ............................................................. 76

Adding or replacing a memory module in double-slot models ............................................................ 79

9 Security

Protecting the computer ..................................................................................................................... 84

Using passwords ................................................................................................................................ 85

Setting passwords in Windows .......................................................................................... 85

Setting passwords in Setup Utility ..................................................................................... 86

Administrator password ..................................................................................... 86

Managing an administrator password ............................................... 87

Entering an administrator password ................................................. 87

Power-on password .......................................................................................... 87

Managing a power-on password ...................................................... 88

Entering a power-on password ......................................................... 88

Using antivirus software ..................................................................................................................... 89

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