User's Manual

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Toconservepower,ortosuspendoperationwithoutexitingprogramsorsavingles,see“Power-saving
modes”onpage32.
Toachievethebestbalancebetweenperformanceandpowersaving,createandapplypowerplans.
See“Managingthebatterypoweronpage32
Ifyourcomputerwillbeturnedoffforanextendedperiodoftime,youcanpreventbatterypower
fromdrainingbyremovingthebattery.Lookformoreinformationaboutusingthebatteryin“Power
management”onpage30.
Concernedaboutsecurityorneedtosecurelydisposeofdatastoredonyourharddiskdrive?
StudyChapter4“Security”onpage49sectiontondouthowyoucanprotectyourcomputerfrom
theftandunauthorizeduse.
UsethePasswordManagerprogramtoprotectthedatastoredonyourcomputer.Fordetails,seethe
helpinformationsystemoftheprogram.
Beforeyoudisposeofthedataontheharddiskdrive,besuretoread“Noticeondeletingdatafromyour
harddiskdrive”onpage54.
Isgettingconnectedindifferentlocationsachallenge?
Totroubleshootawirelessnetworkingissue,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/support/faq
TakeadvantageofthenetworkingfeaturesprovidedbytheAccessConnectionsprogram(onthe
Windows7operatingsystem)orLocationAwarenessprograminLenovoSettings(ontheWindows8
operatingsystem).
Tolearnmoreaboutusingthewirelessfeaturesofyourcomputer,referto“Wirelessconnections”on
page35.
Totravelmorecondently,besuretocheckthetipsin“Travelingwithyourcomputer”onpage47.
PressF9toenableordisablethewirelessfeatures.
Needtogivepresentationsorattachanexternalmonitoroften?
Makesurethatyoufollowtheprocedurefor“Usinganexternalmonitor”onpage39.
WiththeExtenddesktopfunction,youcandisplayoutputonboththecomputerdisplayandanexternal
monitor.
Needtoattachorreplaceadevice?
SeeChapter6“Replacingdevices”onpage65formoreinformationaboutreplacingthedevicesof
yourcomputer.
Youhavebeenusingyourcomputerforsometimealready,anditisgettingslower?
Followthe“Generaltipsforpreventingproblems”onpage107.
Youcandiagnoseproblemsyourselfbyusingthepreinstalleddiagnosticsoftware.
CheckforrecoverysolutionsinChapter5“Recoveryoverview”onpage57.
Printthefollowingsectionsandkeepthemwithyourcomputerincaseyouareunabletoaccessthisonline
userguidewhennecessary.
“Installinganewoperatingsystem”onpage91
“Computerstopsresponding”onpage113
“Powerproblems”onpage126
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