User Guide - Windows 7

Inserting or removing the battery ...................................................................... 35
Inserting a battery ............................................................................. 35
Removing a battery .......................................................................... 35
Conserving battery power ................................................................................. 36
Storing a user-replaceable battery .................................................................... 36
Disposing of a user-replaceable battery ............................................................ 36
Replacing a user-replaceable battery ............................................................... 37
Using external AC power ................................................................................................... 37
Testing an AC adapter ...................................................................................... 37
Refreshing your software content with Intel Smart Connect Technology (select
models only) ...................................................................................................................... 38
7 External cards and devices ............................................................................................................................. 39
Using memory card readers ............................................................................................................... 39
Inserting a memory card .................................................................................................... 39
Removing a memory card .................................................................................................. 40
Using a USB device ........................................................................................................................... 40
Connecting a USB device .................................................................................................. 41
Removing a USB device .................................................................................................... 41
Using optional external devices .......................................................................................................... 41
Using optional external drives ............................................................................................ 42
8 Drives .............................................................................................................................................................. 43
Handling drives ................................................................................................................................... 43
Using hard drives ............................................................................................................................... 43
Intel Smart Response Technology (select models only) .................................................... 43
Removing or replacing the service door ............................................................................ 44
Removing the service door ............................................................................... 44
Replacing the service door ................................................................................ 44
Replacing or upgrading the hard drive ............................................................................... 45
Removing the hard drive ................................................................................... 45
Installing a hard drive ........................................................................................ 47
Replacing a drive in the upgrade bay ................................................................................ 47
Replacing an optical drive ................................................................................. 47
Improving hard drive performance ..................................................................................... 49
Using Disk Defragmenter .................................................................................. 49
Using Disk Cleanup ........................................................................................... 50
Using HP 3D DriveGuard (select models only) .................................................................. 50
Identifying HP 3D DriveGuard status ................................................................ 50
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