Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E130 - A Software Problem; Problems with Ports and Connectors

Solution:OntheBootmenuofThinkPadSetup,makesurethattheharddiskdriveisontheBootpriority
orderlist.IfitisontheExcludedfrombootorderlist,itisdisabled.Selecttheentryforitonthelistand
presstheShift+1key.ThismovestheentrytotheBootpriorityorderlist.
•Problem:Aftersettingaharddiskpasswordontheharddiskdriveofthecomputer,youmovedthedrive
toanothercomputer.Nowyoucannotunlocktheharddiskpassword.
Solution:Yourcomputersupportsanenhancedpasswordalgorithm.Computersolderthanyoursmight
notsupportsuchasecurityfunction.
Asolid-statedriveproblem
Problem:WhenyoucompresslesorfoldersbyuseofthedatacompressionfunctioninWindows,andthen
decompressthem,theprocessofwritingtoorreadingfromthelesorfoldersisslow.
Solution:ApplythediskdefragmentationtoolinWindowsforfasteraccesstothedata.
Asoftwareproblem
Problem:Aprogramdoesnotruncorrectly.
Solution:Makesurethattheproblemisnotbeingcausedbytheprogram.
Checkthatyourcomputerhastheminimumrequiredmemorytoruntheprogram.Refertothemanuals
suppliedwiththeprogram.
Checkthefollowing:
•Theprogramisdesignedtooperatewithyouroperatingsystem.
•Otherprogramsruncorrectlyonyourcomputer.
•Thenecessarydevicedriversareinstalled.
•Theprogramworkswhenitisrunonsomeothercomputer.
Ifanerrormessageisdisplayedwhileyouareusingtheprogram,refertothemanualssuppliedwiththe
program.
Iftheprogramstilldoesnotruncorrectly,contactyourplaceofpurchaseoraservicerepresentativeforhelp.
Problemswithportsandconnectors
Thefollowingarethemostcommonproblemswithportsandconnectors.
AUSBproblem
Problem:AdeviceconnectedtotheUSBconnectordoesnotwork.
Solution:OpentheDeviceManagerwindow.MakesurethattheUSBdevicesetupiscorrect,andthatthe
assignmentofcomputerresourceandtheinstallationofthedevicedriverarecorrect.GotoControlPanel
andclickHardwareandSound➙DeviceManager.Ifyouarepromptedforanadministratorpasswordor
conrmation,typethepasswordorprovideconrmation.
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