Quick Reference Guide
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- About This Reference
- Checking Out Your Computer
- Setting Up and Getting Started
- Working safely and comfortably
- Preparing power connections
- Connecting to a broadband modem or network
- Connecting a dial-up modem
- Starting your computer
- Turning off your computer
- Restarting (rebooting) your computer
- Using the keyboard
- Using the mouse
- Using optical drives
- Using the memory card reader
- Using the diskette drive
- Adjusting the volume
- Installing a printer, scanner, or other device
- Upgrading Your Computer
- Preventing static electricity discharge
- Opening and closing the case
- Replacing the optical disc drive
- Replacing the diskette drive
- Replacing the memory card reader
- Replacing the hard drive
- Installing memory
- Adding or replacing an expansion card
- Replacing the heat sink and processor
- Replacing the system battery
- Replacing the power supply
- Replacing the system board
- Maintaining Your Computer
- Troubleshooting
- Safety guidelines
- First steps
- Troubleshooting
- Add-in cards
- Audio
- CD or DVD drives
- Diskette drive
- The diskette drive is not recognized
- You cannot save a file to diskette or you see the message “disk is full or write-protected”
- You see an “Access Denied” or “Write protect” error message
- You see a “Disk is full” error message
- You see a “Non-system disk” or “Disk error” error message
- The diskette drive LED is lit continuously
- Display
- DVD drives
- Ethernet
- Expansion cards
- File management
- Floppy drive
- Hard drive
- Internet
- Keyboard
- Media Center
- Memory
- Memory card reader
- Modem (cable or DSL)
- Modem (dial-up)
- Your modem does not dial or does not connect
- You cannot connect to the Internet
- Your 56K modem does not connect at 56K
- Your fax communications program only sends and receives faxes at 14,400 bps when you have a 56K modem
- The modem is not recognized by your computer
- The modem is noisy when it dials and connects
- Monitor
- Mouse
- Networks
- Passwords
- Power
- Printer
- Sound
- Recovering your Windows Vista system
- Recovering pre-installed software and drivers
- Using Microsoft System Restore
- Recovering your system to its factory condition
- Recovering your system using the Windows DVD
- Recovering your Windows XP system
- Telephone support
- Legal Notices
- Index
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directional keys
22, 23, 24
Disk Cleanup 79
Disk Defragmenter 81
diskette
troubleshooting
93
diskette drive 7
identifying 33
replacing 41
troubleshooting 93
using 33
display
cleaning
75
troubleshooting 94
documentation
User Guide 2
double-clicking 26
dragging 26
drivers
recovery discs
111, 114
re-installing 109, 110
drives
backing up files
82
CD 28
checking for errors 80
checking for free space 78
defragmenting 81
diskette 33
DVD 28
optical 27
recordable CD 28
recordable DVD 28
troubleshooting 91, 93, 94,
97
DSL modem 17
connecting 9
troubleshooting 101
DVD
cleaning
76
copying 31
drive 28
inserting 27
playing 30
recording 31
troubleshooting 91, 94
DVD drive
adding 40
identifying 28
replacing 40
troubleshooting 91, 94
See also optical drive
E
editing buttons 21, 23
electrostatic discharge (ESD) 38
ergonomics 12
Error-checking 80
Ethernet jack 9
Ethernet network
connecting
17
jack 17
expansion card
adding
55
replacing 55
external audio jack 9
F
fan
variable-speed
18
faxes
troubleshooting
104
files
backing up
82
deleting 79
finding 88
opening 26
transferring 87
troubleshooting 96
types 87
finding
files
88
files and folders 87
Firewire port 7, 36
folders
opening
26
fragmentation 81
function keys 21, 23, 24
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