HP EliteBook User Guide - Windows 7

6 Drives
Identifying installed drives .................................................................................................................. 75
Handling drives ................................................................................................................................... 75
Improving hard drive performance ..................................................................................................... 77
Using Disk Defragmenter ................................................................................................... 77
Using Disk Cleanup ........................................................................................................... 77
Using HP 3D DriveGuard ................................................................................................................... 78
Identifying HP 3D DriveGuard status ................................................................................. 78
Using HP 3D DriveGuard software .................................................................................... 79
Replacing a hard drive in the hard drive bay ...................................................................................... 80
Replacing a drive in the upgrade bay ................................................................................................. 83
Removing the protective insert .......................................................................................... 83
Replacing a hard drive ....................................................................................................... 83
Replacing an optical drive .................................................................................................. 86
7 External devices
Using a USB device ........................................................................................................................... 89
Connecting a USB device .................................................................................................. 89
Removing a USB device .................................................................................................... 90
Using USB legacy support ................................................................................................. 90
Using a 1394 device ........................................................................................................................... 91
Connecting a 1394 device ................................................................................................. 91
Removing a 1394 device ................................................................................................... 91
Using external drives .......................................................................................................................... 93
Using optional external devices ......................................................................................... 93
Using a docking device ...................................................................................................................... 94
8 External media cards
Using SD Card Reader cards ............................................................................................................. 95
Inserting a digital card ........................................................................................................ 95
Removing a digital card ..................................................................................................... 96
Using ExpressCards (select models only) .......................................................................................... 96
Configuring an ExpressCard .............................................................................................. 96
Inserting an ExpressCard .................................................................................................. 96
Removing an ExpressCard ................................................................................................ 97
Using smart cards (select models only) ............................................................................................. 98
Inserting a smart card ........................................................................................................ 99
Removing a smart card ...................................................................................................... 99
9 Memory modules
Adding or replacing a memory module in the expansion memory module slot ................................ 101
Upgrading a memory module in the primary memory module slot ................................................... 104
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