Using An Hp Personal Media Drive; Setting Up The Hp Personal Media Drive To Work With Media Center - HP s7600n - Pavilion Media Center Software Manual

Using an HP Personal Media Drive

The HP Personal Media Drive is sold separately. It
can be used as an internal or external USB hard
disk drive designed to quickly and easily increase
your storage capacity and to transfer media files
such as digital photos, music, videos, and other
important files from one PC to another. You can also
use the HP Personal Media Drive to back up other
drives on your HP Media Center PC.
The HP Personal Media drive is designed to:
Work with the HP Media Center PC and other
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PCs that have a USB port.
Store large media files and personal files.
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Transfer files between PCs.
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Play media files.
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Back up your files.
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For more information about using your HP Personal
Media Drive with Media Center, refer to the
documentation on the HP Support Web site at:
http://www.hp.com/support
Setting Up the HP Personal Media Drive to Work with
Media Center
When you complete this setup procedure, you are
able to easily access content — such as music,
photos, videos, and recorded TV programs from
customized folders — on your HP Personal
Media Drive.
Once you complete the setup wizard, you can drag
and drop your music, video, pictures, and recorded
TV files from your primary hard disk drive to
personalized folders in the HP Personal Media Drive
for backup or storage. You can also use your remote
control to access these files from within Media
Center.
1
Insert your HP Personal Media Drive into the
drive bay or connect it to a USB port, and
then click Continue.
2
Click Start, My Computer, and then
double-click the HP Personal Media
Drive icon.
3
Open the PMD folder.
4
Double-click HPDI.exe.
5
When the menu of installation options
appears, select the items you want to install by
placing a check in the check box next to the
choices. Make sure you place a check next to
HP Media Center Setup Utility, and then click
Install.
6
Follow the onscreen instructions to complete
the setup wizard, and then restart the PC.
The HP Personal
Media Drive is sold
separately.
The HP Personal
Media Drive bay is
included with select
models only.
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