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Onthegoandneedtousebatterypowermoreeffectively?
•Toconservepower,ortosuspendoperationwithoutexitingapplicationsorsavingles,see
“Understandingthepower-savingmodes”onpage29.
•Toachievethebestbalancebetweenperformanceandpowersaving,createandapplypowerplansby
useofthePowerManagerprogram.
•Ifyourcomputerwillbeturnedoffforanextendedperiodoftime,youcanpreventbatterypowerfrom
drainingbyremovingthebattery.See“Powermanagement”onpage27.
Concernedaboutsecurityorneedtosecurelydisposeofdatastoredonyourharddiskorsolid
statedrive?
•StudytheChapter4“Security”onpage47tondouthowyoucanprotectyourcomputerfromtheft
andunauthorizeduse.
•Beforeyoudisposeofthedataontheharddiskorthesolidstatedrive,besuretoread“Noticeon
deletingdatafromyourharddiskdriveorsolidstatedrive”onpage56.
Gettingconnectedindifferentlocationsisachallenge?
•Totroubleshootawirelessnetworkingissue,gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/support/faq.
•TakeadvantageofthenetworkingfeaturesbyuseoftheAccessConnectionprogram.
•Tolearnmoreaboutusingthewirelessfeaturesofyourcomputer,see“Wirelessconnections”onpage32.
•Totravelmorecondently,besuretocheckthetipsin“Travelingwithyourcomputer”onpage45.
•PressFn+F5orusethewirelessradioswitchtoenableordisablethewirelessfeatures.
Needtogivepresentationsorattachanexternalmonitoroften?
•Ensurethatyoufollowtheprocedurein“Attachinganexternalmonitor”onpage36.
•WiththeExtenddesktopfunction,youcandisplayoutputonboththecomputerdisplayandanexternal
monitor.
Needtoattachorreplaceadevice?
•SeeChapter6“Replacingdevices”onpage65formoreinformationaboutreplacingthedevicesof
yourcomputer.
•SeeChapter7“Enhancingyourcomputer”onpage91formoreinformationaboutenhancingthefeatures
ofyourcomputer.
Youhavebeenusingyourcomputerforsometimealready,anditisgettingslower?
•Readthetopic“Generaltipsforpreventingproblems”onpage121.
•Diagnoseproblemsyourselfbyusingthepreinstalledsoftware.See“Diagnosingproblems”onpage127.
•Also“Performingbackupandrecoveryoperations”onpage60isprovidedonyourcomputerharddiskor
solidstatedrive.Formoreinformation,seeChapter5“Recoveryoverview”onpage59.
Printthefollowingsectionsandkeepthemwithyourcomputerincaseyouareunabletoaccessthis
onlinehelpwhennecessary.
•“Installinganewoperatingsystem”onpage103
•“Computerstopsresponding”onpage127
•“Powerproblems”onpage140
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