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Hardware Guide
Drives
Setting Autorun Preferences
Autorun is enabled or disabled through the operating system. To
enable or disable autorun:
1. Double-click the My Computer icon on the Desktop.
2. Right-click a drive.
3. Select Properties > AutoPlay tab, then follow the instructions
on the screen.
Canceling Autorun on a CD
To prevent a CD from opening when autorun is enabled, press the
shift
key as you insert the CD.
Displaying the Contents of a Medium
If autorun is disabled and the contents of a medium are not
displayed when you insert it, you can display the contents
manually:
1. Select Start > Run, then type:
explorer x:
(where
X
= the drive designation of the drive containing
the medium).
2. Press
enter.
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A drive designation is a letter of the alphabet that the notebook
uses to identify the drive. To display the drive designation of
every drive in the system, double-click the My Computer icon on
the desktop.
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