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HP Personal Media Drive User’s Guide
To format your HP Personal Media Drive disk:
1 Double-click the My Computer icon.
2 Click the Removable Disk icon. A message
appears asking you if you want to format the disk.
3 Click Yes .
4 In the Format window, in the Format type area,
click
Full . You can also type a label for the drive at
this time if you choose.
5 Click Start .
6 Click OK . Formatting can take longer than
60 minutes. Do not disconnect the drive during the
procedure.
7 When formatting is complete, click Close and then
click OK .
Using Your HP Personal
Media Drive Software
Once installed, you can use the HP Personal Media
Drive the same way you use the other drives on your
PC. You can move or copy files or folders from one
drive to another. Because of the capacity of this drive,
you can save large media files such as video clips,
digital images, and hard disk drive backup files.
NOTE
: Sonic Backup MyPC SE for HP software is
included with select models only.
Using Back Up MyPC SE for
HP Software
NOTE:
You must be logged on as an administrator to
run a backup with Sonic Backup MyPC software.
With Sonic Backup MyPC SE for HP software,
you can:
•
Store a large capacity of digital media files onto
your HP Personal Media Drive.
•
Easily schedule compressed backups of your most
important files with incremental saves.
•
Back up all or selected files and folders from a local
drive.
•
Back up all selected files or back up new and
changed files.
•
Enable back up of multiple PCs from different
locations.
NOTE:
To start scheduled backups, you must close the
Backup MyPC program.
Backing Up a Drive or Specified Files
To back up a drive on your PC:
1 Make sure the Sonic Backup MyPC SE for HP
software that came on the included CD is installed.
See “Installing Drivers and Software from the
Installation CD” on page 4.
2 Click Start on the taskbar.
3 Choose All Programs , choose Sonic , Backup
MyPC , and then click Backup MyPC .
4 Select the Backup Wizard , and then click OK .
5 Follow onscreen instructions to complete backing
up your files.
6 After the backup is finished, click OK and then
click OK again to close the backup process
window.
To back up specified files:
1 Click Start on the taskbar.
2 Choose All Programs , choose Sonic , Backup
MyPC , and then click Backup MyPC .
3 Select a blank backup job , and then click OK .
4 Select the drive or drives you want to back up
by placing a check in the check box next to the
drive letter.
5 Under Where to back up , click the browse button
(folder icon at the bottom of the window) to send
your backup file to your drive. Select the drive letter
associated with your HP Personal Media Drive, and
then click
Open .