HP Media Center 2005, Software Manual

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Using an HP Personal Media Drive
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Assigning a Drive Letter to the HP Personal Media Drive
You can permanently assign a drive letter to avoid
the letter changing when you connect and
disconnect this drive and other devices. Also, it is
easier for a software program to locate files on the
HP Personal Media Drive if a drive letter is
assigned. Some programs may not be able to find
files if the drive changes letters every time you
connect it.
To assign a drive letter:
1
Click Start .
2
Right-click My Computer .
3
Select Manage , and then click Disk
Management .
4
Right-click HP Personal Media Drive .
5
Select Change Drive Letter and Paths .
HP recommends that you pick the drive
letter
Z .
6
Click Change and select a letter, and then
apply the changes by clicking OK .
Viewing and Storing Files
The best way to transfer files to the HP Personal
Media Drive is to drag them from your local hard
disk drive to your HP Personal Media Drive.
If you want the files that are stored on your HP
Personal Media Drive to appear in Media Center,
you must drag them to the correct media folders,
such as My Personal Videos and My Personal
Pictures on your HP Personal Media Drive. These
media folders appear after you complete the
installation setup wizard that came on the HP
Personal Media Drive Installation CD. See “Setting
Up the HP Personal Media Drive to Work with
Media Center” on page 92.
Playing Media Files
You can play all kinds of media from an HP Personal
Media Drive:
1
Click Start on the taskbar.
2
Click My Computer .
3
Double-click the HP Personal Media Drive
icon to locate your media file.
4
Double-click the file. Most media files open in
Windows Media Player.
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The installation CD
that came with your
HP Personal Media
Drive allows you to
assign a drive letter
to the HP Personal
Media Drive.
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To avoid multiple
hard disk drives
using the same
drive letter when
connecting and
removing the drives,
assign the letter Z.