Drives ................................................................................................................................................. 54
Identifying installed drives .................................................................................................. 54
Handling drives .................................................................................................................. 54
Improving hard drive performance ..................................................................................... 54
Using Disk Defragmenter .................................................................................. 54
Using Disk Cleanup ........................................................................................... 55
Using HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection (select models only) ................................. 55
Identifying HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection status ................................ 55
Managing power with a parked hard drive ........................................................ 56
Using HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection software ................................... 56
Using external drives ......................................................................................................... 57
Connecting optional external drives .................................................................. 57
Using the external optical drive (select models only) ......................................................... 57
Removing an optical disc when the disc tray will not open ............................... 58
Sharing optical drives ........................................................................................................ 58
External devices ................................................................................................................................. 59
Using a USB device ........................................................................................................... 59
Connecting a USB device ................................................................................. 59
Removing a USB device ................................................................................... 60
Using Digital Media Slot cards ........................................................................................... 60
Inserting a digital card ....................................................................................... 61
Removing a digital card ..................................................................................... 61
8 Security
Protecting the computer ..................................................................................................................... 63
Using passwords ................................................................................................................................ 63
Setting passwords in Windows .......................................................................................... 64
Setting passwords in Setup Utility ..................................................................................... 64
Administrator password ..................................................................................... 65
Managing an administrator password ............................................... 65
Entering an administrator password ................................................. 66
Power-on password .......................................................................................... 66
Managing a power-on password ...................................................... 66
Entering a power-on password ......................................................... 66
Using antivirus software ..................................................................................................................... 66
Using firewall software ....................................................................................................................... 67
Installing critical security updates ....................................................................................................... 67
Installing an optional security cable .................................................................................................... 67
Appendix A Setup Utility (BIOS)
Starting Setup Utility ........................................................................................................................... 69
Using Setup Utility .............................................................................................................................. 69
Changing the language of Setup Utility ............................................................................. 69
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