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HP ProBook 6450b Notebook-PC User Manual

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Step 3: Discharge the battery ............................................................................ 74
Step 4: Fully recharge the battery ..................................................................... 76
Step 5: Reenable Hibernation and Sleep .......................................................... 76

Conserving battery power .................................................................................................. 76
Storing a battery ................................................................................................................ 77
Disposing of a used battery ............................................................................................... 77
Replacing the battery ........................................................................................................ 77

Testing an AC adapter ....................................................................................................................... 78
Shutting down the computer ............................................................................................................... 78

6 Drives

Identifying installed drives .................................................................................................................. 80
Handling drives ................................................................................................................................... 80
Improving hard drive performance ..................................................................................................... 82

Using Disk Defragmenter ................................................................................................... 82
Using Disk Cleanup ........................................................................................................... 82

Using HP 3D DriveGuard .................................................................................................................. 83

Identifying HP 3D DriveGuard status ................................................................................. 83
Using HP 3D DriveGuard software .................................................................................... 84

Replacing a hard drive in the hard drive bay ...................................................................................... 85
Replacing a drive in the upgrade bay ................................................................................................. 88

Removing the protective insert .......................................................................................... 88
Replacing a hard drive ....................................................................................................... 88
Replacing an optical drive .................................................................................................. 92

7 External devices

Using a USB device ........................................................................................................................... 95

Connecting a USB device .................................................................................................. 95
Removing a USB device .................................................................................................... 96
Using USB legacy support ................................................................................................. 96

Using a 1394 device ........................................................................................................................... 97

Connecting a 1394 device ................................................................................................. 97
Removing a 1394 device ................................................................................................... 97

Using a serial device (select models only) ......................................................................................... 99
Using external drives ........................................................................................................................ 100

Using optional external devices ....................................................................................... 100

Using a docking device .................................................................................................................... 101

8 External media cards

Using Media Card Reader cards ...................................................................................................... 102

Inserting a digital card ...................................................................................................... 102
Removing a digital card ................................................................................................... 103

Using ExpressCards (select models only) ........................................................................................ 104

Configuring an ExpressCard ............................................................................................ 104
Inserting an ExpressCard ................................................................................................ 104
Removing an ExpressCard .............................................................................................. 105

Using smart cards (select models only) ........................................................................................... 106

Inserting a smart card ...................................................................................................... 106
Removing a smart card .................................................................................................... 106

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