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•Toachievethebestbalancebetweenperformanceandpowersaving,createandapplypowerplansby
useofPowerManager.
•Ifyourcomputerwillbeturnedoffforanextendedperiodoftime,youcanpreventbatterypowerfrom
drainingbyremovingthebattery.See“Powermanagement”onpage27formoreinformation.
Concernedaboutsecurityorneedtosecurelydisposeofdatastoredonyourharddiskorsolid
statedrive?
•SeeChapter4“Security”onpage49tondouthowyoucanprotectyourcomputerfromtheftand
unauthorizeduse.
•UsetheClientSecuritySolutionprogramorPasswordManagerprogramtoprotectthedatastoredon
yourcomputer.
•Beforeyoudisposeofthedataontheharddiskdriveorthesolidstatedrive,besuretoread“Noticeon
deletingdatafromyourharddiskdriveorsolidstatedrive”onpage59.
Isgettingconnectedindifferentlocationsachallenge?
•Totroubleshootawirelessnetworkingissue,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/support/faq.
•TakeadvantageofthenetworkingfeaturesbyuseoftheAccessConnectionsprogram.
•Tolearnmoreaboutusingthewirelessfeaturesofyourcomputer,referto“Wirelessconnections”on
page32
.
•Totravelmorecondently,besuretocheckthetipsin“Travelingwithyourcomputer”onpage47
.
•PressFn+F5,orusethewirelessradioswitchtoenableordisablethewirelessfeatures.
Needtogivepresentationsorattachanexternalmonitoroften?
•Makesurethatyoufollowtheprocedureinthetopic“Attachinganexternalmonitor”onpage36.
•WiththeExtenddesktopfunction,youcandisplayoutputonboththecomputerdisplayandanexternal
monitor.See“UsingtheExtenddesktopfunction”onpage39.
Needtoattachorreplaceadevice?
•SeeChapter6“Replacingdevices”onpage67formoreinformationaboutreplacingthedevicesof
yourcomputer.
•SeeChapter7“Enhancingyourcomputer”onpage97
formoreinformationaboutenhancingthefeatures
ofyourcomputer.
Youhavebeenusingyourcomputerforsometimealready,anditisgettingslower?
•Readthetopic“Generaltipsforpreventingproblems”onpage131.
•Diagnoseproblemsyourselfbyusingthepreinstalleddiagnosticsoftware.See“Diagnosingproblems”on
page137.
•Alsorecoverytoolisprovidedonyourcomputerharddiskorsolidstatedrive.Formoreinformation,
seeChapter5“Recoveryoverview”onpage61
.
Printthefollowingsectionsandkeepthemwithyourcomputerincaseyouareunabletoaccessthis
onlinehelpwhennecessary.
•“Installinganewoperatingsystem”onpage111
.
•“Computerstopsresponding”onpage137
.
•“Powerproblems”onpage150.
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