HP Pavilion dm3-1108ax Entertainment Notebook PC - Manual (Page 8)

8 Drives and external devices
Drives ................................................................................................................................................. 54
Identifying installed drives .................................................................................................. 54
Handling drives .................................................................................................................. 54
Improving hard drive performance ..................................................................................... 55
Using Disk Defragmenter .................................................................................. 55
Using Disk Cleanup ........................................................................................... 55
Replacing the hard drive in the hard drive bay .................................................................. 56
Using HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection (select models only) ................................. 58
Identifying HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection status ................................ 58
Managing power with a parked hard drive ........................................................ 59
Using HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection software ................................... 59
Using external drives ......................................................................................................... 59
Connecting optional external drives .................................................................. 60
Sharing optical drives ........................................................................................................ 60
External devices ................................................................................................................................. 61
Using a USB device ........................................................................................................... 61
Connecting a USB device ................................................................................. 61
Removing a USB device ................................................................................... 61
Using Digital Media Slot cards ........................................................................................... 62
Inserting a digital card ....................................................................................... 62
Removing a digital card ..................................................................................... 63
9 Security
Protecting the computer ..................................................................................................................... 64
Using passwords ................................................................................................................................ 64
Setting passwords in Windows .......................................................................................... 65
Setting passwords in Setup Utility ..................................................................................... 65
Administrator password ..................................................................................... 66
Managing an administrator password ............................................... 66
Entering an administrator password ................................................. 66
Power-on password .......................................................................................... 66
Managing a power-on password ...................................................... 67
Entering a power-on password ......................................................... 67
Using antivirus software ..................................................................................................................... 67
Using firewall software ....................................................................................................................... 67
Installing critical security updates ....................................................................................................... 68
Installing an optional security cable .................................................................................................... 68
10 Changing QuickWeb settings
Disabling and enabling QuickWeb ..................................................................................................... 69
Appendix A Setup Utility (BIOS)
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