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Creatingandusingrecoverymedia......59
Creatingrecoverymedia.........59
Usingrecoverymedia..........60
Performingbackupandrecoveryoperations...60
Performingabackupoperation......60
Performingarecoveryoperation......61
UsingtheRescueandRecoveryworkspace...61
Creatingandusingarescuemedium......62
Creatingarescuemedium........62
Usingarescuemedium.........62
Reinstallingpreinstalledapplicationsanddevice
drivers..................63
Reinstallingsoftwareprograms........64
Reinstallingdevicedrivers..........64
Solvingrecoveryproblems..........64
Chapter7.UsingtheSetupUtility
program................67
StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram.......67
Viewingandchangingsettings........67
Usingpasswords..............67
Passwordconsiderations.........68
Power-OnPassword..........68
AdministratorPassword.........68
HardDiskPassword...........68
Setting,changing,anddeletingapassword.68
Erasinglostorforgottenpasswords(clearing
CMOS)................69
Enablingordisablingadevice........69
Selectingastartupdevice..........69
Selectingatemporarystartupdevice....70
Selectingorchangingthestartupdevice
sequence...............70
EnablingErPcompliancemodeandDeepSx..70
ExitingtheSetupUtilityprogram.......71
Chapter8.ConguringRAID.....73
ConguringRAIDwithIntelRSTe.......73
InstallingSATAorSASharddiskdrives...73
ConguringSATAorSASRAIDfunctionality
withtheIntelRSTecongurationutility...74
QuickRAIDsetupusingtheLSIMegaRAIDBIOS
congurationutility.............75
InstallingSATAorSASharddiskdrives...76
EnteringtheLSIMegaRAIDBIOSconguration
utility.................77
CreatingRAIDvolumesusingtheLSI
MegaRAIDBIOScongurationutility....77
DeletingRAIDvolumesusingtheLSI
MegaRAIDBIOScongurationutility....78
Settingthehotspareharddiskdrive....78
Chapter9.Updatingsystem
programs...............79
Usingsystemprograms...........79
Updating(ashing)theBIOSfromadisc....79
Updating(ashing)theBIOSfromyouroperating
system..................80
RecoveringfromaPOST/BIOSupdatefailure..80
Chapter10.Preventingproblems..81
Keepingyourcomputercurrent........81
Gettingthelatestdevicedriversforyour
computer...............81
Updatingyouroperatingsystem......81
UsingSystemUpdate..........81
Cleaningandmaintenance..........82
Basics................82
Cleaningyourcomputer.........83
Goodmaintenancepractices.......84
Movingyourcomputer...........84
Chapter11.Troubleshootingand
diagnostics..............85
Basictroubleshooting............85
Troubleshootingprocedure..........86
Troubleshooting..............86
Audioproblems............87
CDproblems.............88
DVDproblems.............89
Harddiskdriveproblems.........91
Intermittentproblems..........92
Keyboard,mouse,orpointingdevice
problems...............92
Monitorproblems............93
Networkingproblems..........95
Optionproblems............96
Performanceandlockupproblems.....97
Printerproblems............99
Serialportproblems...........99
Softwareproblems...........100
USBproblems.............101
LenovoSolutionCenter...........101
Chapter12.Gettinginformation,help,
andservice.............103
Informationresources............103
LenovoThinkVantageTools........103
LenovoWelcome............103
HelpandSupport............103
SafetyandWarranty...........103
LenovoWebsite
(http://www.lenovo.com/support).....103
LenovoSupportWebsite.........104
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