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Appendix A: Replacing
the Hard Disk Drive
Appendix A: Replacing the Hard Disk Drive 175
Appendix A:
Replacing the Hard Disk Drive
Important Information About
Recorded TV Programs
When you replace the hard disk drive, you lose any files
or software that you created, saved, or installed on the
HP Digital Entertainment Center. Because of this, you also
lose a special code that Microsoft includes in the files of
recorded TV programs. Without the code, Media Center
cannot play TV programs previously recorded to disk or
copied to DVD or to other media.
For more information about safeguarding your recorded
TV programs, refer to the Media Center Edition 2005
Software Guide.
Procedure
Before you begin
Replace the internal hard disk drive only if it has failed.
Do not replace the internal hard disk drive until HP
support has diagnosed it as the point of failure. HP
recommends to upgrade hard disk drive capacity using
the HP Personal Media Drive.
Before you begin to replace the internal hard disk drive:
1 Make sure you have the recovery discs (DVDs)
included with the HP Digital Entertainment Center
system.
2 Back up your data to the Personal Media Drive or
burn it to DVD.
3 Close Media Center and all other programs that may
be accessing the hard disk drive.
4 Turn off the HP Digital Entertainment Center.
5 Disconnect the power cable from the HP Digital
Entertainment Center.
6 Disconnect all other cables from the HP Digital
Entertainment Center.
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Only advanced users should attempt to
perform this procedure.