User Guide - Windows 7

Setting power options ......................................................................................................................................... 38
Using power-saving states ................................................................................................................ 38
Initiating and exiting Sleep ............................................................................................. 39
Initiating and exiting Hibernation ................................................................................... 39
Using the power meter and power settings ................................................................... 39
Setting password protection on wakeup ........................................................................ 40
Using battery power .......................................................................................................................... 40
Using HP Battery Check .................................................................................................. 40
Displaying the remaining battery charge ....................................................................... 41
Maximizing battery discharge time ................................................................................ 41
Managing low battery levels ........................................................................................... 41
Identifying low battery levels ...................................................................... 41
Resolving a low battery level ....................................................................... 41
Removing the battery ..................................................................................................... 42
Conserving battery power .............................................................................................. 43
Disposing of a user-replaceable battery ........................................................................ 43
Replacing a battery ......................................................................................................... 43
Using external AC power ................................................................................................................... 43
Testing an AC adapter ..................................................................................................... 44
7 External cards and devices ........................................................................................................................... 45
Using memory card readers (select products only) ............................................................................................ 45
Inserting a memory card ................................................................................................................... 45
Removing a memory card ................................................................................................................. 45
Using smart cards (select products only) ............................................................................................................ 46
Inserting a smart card ....................................................................................................................... 47
Removing a smart card ..................................................................................................................... 48
Using a USB device ............................................................................................................................................... 48
Removing a USB device ..................................................................................................................... 49
Using a serial device (select products only) ........................................................................................................ 50
Using optional external devices .......................................................................................................................... 50
Using optional external drives .......................................................................................................... 50
8 Drives ......................................................................................................................................................... 52
Using hard drives ................................................................................................................................................. 52
Improving hard drive performance ................................................................................................... 52
Using Disk Defragmenter ................................................................................................ 52
Using Disk Cleanup .......................................................................................................... 52
Using HP 3D DriveGuard (select products only) ................................................................................ 53
Identifying HP 3D DriveGuard status .............................................................................. 53
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