HP Pavilion dv7-6c73ca Entertainment Notebook PC - Manual (Page 8)

Using a USB device ........................................................................................................................... 52
Connecting a USB device .................................................................................................. 52
Removing a USB device .................................................................................................... 53
Using optional external devices .......................................................................................................... 54
Using optional external drives ............................................................................................ 54
9 Drives ............................................................................................................................................................. 55
Handling drives ................................................................................................................................... 55
Using hard drives ............................................................................................................................... 56
Improving hard drive performance ..................................................................................... 56
Using Disk Defragmenter .................................................................................. 56
Using Disk Cleanup ........................................................................................... 56
Using HP 3D DriveGuard (select models only) .................................................................. 56
Identifying HP 3D DriveGuard status ................................................................ 57
Managing power with a parked hard drive ........................................................ 57
Using HP 3D DriveGuard software ................................................................... 58
Adding or replacing a hard drive ........................................................................................................ 58
Removing or replacing the primary hard drive ................................................................... 58
Removing the hard drive ................................................................................... 58
Replacing the hard drive ................................................................................... 60
Removing or replacing the secondary hard drive (select models only) ............................. 62
Removing the hard drive ................................................................................... 62
Replacing the hard drive ................................................................................... 63
Using optical drives (select models only) ........................................................................................... 65
Identifying the installed optical drive .................................................................................. 65
Inserting an optical disc ..................................................................................................... 65
Removing an optical disc ................................................................................................... 66
When the disc tray opens normally ................................................................... 66
When the disc tray fails to open normally ......................................................... 67
Sharing optical drives ........................................................................................................ 68
10 Memory modules ........................................................................................................................................ 69
Adding or replacing memory modules ................................................................................................ 69
11 Security ........................................................................................................................................................ 72
Protecting the computer ..................................................................................................................... 72
Using passwords ................................................................................................................................ 72
Setting passwords in Windows .......................................................................................... 73
Setting passwords in Setup Utility (BIOS) ......................................................................... 73
Managing an administrator password ............................................................... 74
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