HP Compaq Presario CQ35-337TX Notebook PC - Manual (Page 8)

Step 1: Fully charge the battery ........................................................................ 63
Step 2: Disable Hibernation and Sleep ............................................................. 64
Step 3: Discharge the battery ............................................................................ 64
Step 4: Fully recharge the battery ..................................................................... 65
Step 5: Reenable Hibernation and Sleep .......................................................... 65
Conserving battery power .................................................................................................. 65
Storing a battery ................................................................................................................ 66
Disposing of a used battery ............................................................................................... 66
Replacing the battery ......................................................................................................... 66
Shutting down the computer ............................................................................................................... 66
6 Drives
Identifying installed drives .................................................................................................................. 68
Handling drives ................................................................................................................................... 68
Using an optical drive ......................................................................................................................... 69
Identifying the installed optical drive .................................................................................. 69
Using optical discs ............................................................................................................. 70
Selecting the right disc (CDs, DVDs, and BDs) ................................................................. 70
CD-R discs ........................................................................................................ 71
CD-RW discs ..................................................................................................... 71
DVD±R discs ..................................................................................................... 71
DVD±RW discs ................................................................................................. 71
LightScribe DVD+R discs .................................................................................. 71
Blu-ray Disc ....................................................................................................... 71
Playing a CD, DVD, or BD ................................................................................................. 72
Configuring AutoPlay ......................................................................................................... 72
Changing DVD region settings .......................................................................................... 73
Observing the copyright warning ....................................................................................... 73
Copying a CD or DVD ........................................................................................................ 74
Creating (burning) a CD or DVD ........................................................................................ 74
Removing an optical disc (CD, DVD, or BD) ..................................................................... 75
Improving hard drive performance ..................................................................................................... 75
Using Disk Defragmenter ................................................................................................... 75
Using Disk Cleanup ........................................................................................................... 76
Using HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection ................................................................................... 76
Identifying HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection status ................................................ 76
Using HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection software .................................................... 77
Replacing the hard drive .................................................................................................................... 77
7 External devices
Using a USB device ........................................................................................................................... 81
Connecting a USB device .................................................................................................. 81
Removing a USB device .................................................................................................... 81
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