Laptop User Manual
•Beforeyoudisposeofthedataontheharddiskdriveorthesolidstatedrive,besuretoread“Noticeon
deletingdatafromyourharddiskorsolidstatedrive”onpage61.
Gettingconnectedindifferentlocationsisachallenge?
•Totroubleshootawirelessnetworkingissue,gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/support/faq.
•TakeadvantageofthenetworkingfeaturesprovidedbytheAccessConnectionsprogram(onthe
Windows7operatingsystem)orLocationAwarenessintheLenovoSettingsprogram(ontheWindows8
operatingsystem).
•Tolearnmoreaboutusingthewirelessfeaturesofyourcomputer,referto“Wirelessconnections”on
page34
.
•Totravelmorecondently,besuretocheckthetipsin“Travelingwithyourcomputer”onpage49.
•PressFn+F5,orusethewirelessradioswitchtoenableordisablethewirelessfeatures.
Needtogivepresentationsorattachanexternalmonitoroften?
•UsethePresentationDirectorprogramtosetupapresentation.
•Makesurethatyoufollowtheprocedureinthetopic“Attachinganexternalmonitor”onpage39
.
•UsetheExtenddesktopfunction,youcandisplayoutputonboththecomputerdisplayandtheexternal
monitor.
Needtoattachorreplaceadevice?
•SeeChapter6“Replacingdevices”onpage71formoreinformationaboutreplacingthedevicesof
yourcomputer.
•SeeChapter7“Enhancingyourcomputer”onpage99formoreinformationaboutenhancingthefeatures
ofyourcomputer.
Youhavebeenusingyourcomputerforsometimealready,anditisgettingslower?
•Readthetopic“Generaltipsforpreventingproblems”onpage131
.
•Diagnoseproblemsyourselfbyusingthepreinstalleddiagnosticsoftware.
•Alsorecoverytoolisprovidedonyourcomputerharddiskorsolidstatedrive.Formoreinformation,
see“Recoveryoverview”onpage63
.
Printthefollowingsectionsandkeepthemwithyourcomputerincaseyouareunabletoaccessthis
onlinehelpwhennecessary.
•“Installinganewoperatingsystem”onpage111
•“Computerstopsresponding”onpage137
•“Powerproblems”onpage151
Specialkeysandbuttons
Yourcomputerhasseveralspecialkeysandbuttonstohelpyouworkmoreeasilyandeffectively.
Functionkeycombinations
Tousethefunctionkeycombinations,pressandholdtheFnkey1,thenpressoneofthefunctionkeys2.
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