Displaying Media Contents - HP Notebook Series Hardware Manual

Displaying Media Contents

AutoPlay, sometimes called Autorun, is a feature of the operating
system. AutoPlay displays the contents of your media on the
screen when you insert a CD or DVD into an optical drive and
close the tray.
AutoPlay is enabled by default, but can be disabled.
Setting AutoPlay Preferences
AutoPlay is enabled or disabled through the operating system:
1. Select Start > My Computer.
2. Right-click the optical drive.
3. Select Properties > AutoPlay, and follow the instructions on
the screen.
Canceling AutoPlay on an Audio CD
To prevent an audio CD from opening when AutoPlay is enabled,
press the
Displaying the Contents of a CD or DVD
If AutoPlay is disabled and the contents of a CD or DVD are not
displayed when you insert it, you can display the contents
manually:
1. Select Start > Run, and then type:
X:
(where X = the drive containing the CD or DVD)
2. Press
✎
A drive designation is a letter of the alphabet that the notebook
uses to identify a drive. To display the drive designation of every
drive in the system, select Start > My Computer.
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key as you insert the CD.
shift
enter.
Drives
4–5