Playing A Disc; Displaying Media Contents - HP Compaq Notebook Series Startup Manual

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Drives and Drive Media

Playing a Disc

You can play a CD in a CD drive or a DVD drive. You can play a
DVD only in a DVD drive.
The information in this section applies to most optical drives and
most disc software. For information about specific disc software,
including Windows Media Player, WinDVD, and Easy CD
Creator, see the "Using Multimedia Software" section in
Chapter 6.

Displaying Media Contents

When you insert a CD or DVD into the system, the notebook can
play the medium, display its contents, take no action, or display a
response prompt on the screen. You can choose how the notebook
responds to the insertion of a medium by using the operating
system AutoPlay feature.
The notebook responds to the following procedures at most
AutoPlay settings:
To prevent an audio CD from opening when AutoPlay is
enabled on the drive containing it, press the
insert the CD.
To display the contents of a drive medium when the contents
are not displayed by AutoPlay:
1.Insert the medium into the drive.
2. Select Start > Run, then type:
explorer x:
(where
the medium).
3. Select the OK button.
5–8
= the drive designation of the drive containing
x
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