HP Pavilion Media Center m7300 - Desktop PC, Software Manual

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Software Guide — HP Media Center PC
Locating the Drive After Installation
After you install the HP Personal Media Drive into
the HP Media Center PC, you can find the drive in
My Computer. The HP Media Center PC
automatically assigns a drive letter which may
change unless you assign a drive letter. See
“Assigning a Drive Letter to the HP Personal Media
Drive” on page 106.
1
Click Start on the taskbar.
2
Click My Computer .
3
Select your drive under Hard Disk Drives . The
default name is HP Personal Media Drive.
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 recommended 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
procedure, “Setting Up the HP Personal Media Drive
to Work with Media Center” on page 105.
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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.