•Toconservepower,ortosuspendoperationwithoutexitingprogramsorsavingles,see“Power-saving
modes”onpage26.
•Toachievethebestbalancebetweenperformanceandpowersaving,createandapplypowerplans.
See“Managingthebatterypower”onpage26
•Ifyourcomputerwillbeturnedoffforanextendedperiodoftime,youcanpreventbatterypower
fromdrainingbyremovingthebattery.Lookformoreinformationaboutusingthebatteryin“Power
management”onpage24
.
Concernedaboutsecurityorneedtosecurelydisposeofdatastoredonyourharddiskdriveor
solid-statedrive?
•StudytheChapter4“Security”onpage43
tondouthowyoucanprotectyourcomputerfromtheft
andunauthorizeduse.
•UsethePasswordManagerprogramtoprotectthedatastoredonyourcomputer.Fordetails,seethe
helpinformationsystemoftheprogram.
•Beforeyoudisposeofthedataontheharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive,besuretoread“Noticeon
deletingdatafromyourharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive”onpage48
.
Isgettingconnectedindifferentlocationsachallenge?
•Totroubleshootawirelessnetworkingissue,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/support/faq
•TakeadvantageofthenetworkingfeaturesprovidedbytheAccessConnectionsprogram(onthe
Windows7operatingsystem)orLocationAwarenessprograminLenovoSettings(ontheWindows8
operatingsystem).
•Tolearnmoreaboutusingthewirelessfeaturesofyourcomputer,referto“Wirelessconnections”on
page29.
•Totravelmorecondently,besuretocheckthetipsin“Travelingwithyourcomputer”onpage41
.
•PressF9toenableordisablethewirelessfeatures.
Needtogivepresentationsorattachanexternalmonitoroften?
•Makesurethatyoufollowtheprocedurefor“Attachinganexternalmonitor”onpage34
.
•WiththeExtenddesktopfunction,youcandisplayoutputonboththecomputerdisplayandanexternal
monitor.
Needtoattachorreplaceadevice?
•SeeChapter6“Replacingdevices”onpage59formoreinformationaboutreplacingthedevicesof
yourcomputer.
Youhavebeenusingyourcomputerforsometimealready,anditisgettingslower?
•Followthe“Generaltipsforpreventingproblems”onpage103.
•Youcandiagnoseproblemsyourselfbyusingthepreinstalleddiagnosticsoftware.
•CheckforrecoverysolutionsinChapter5“Recoveryoverview”onpage51.
Printthefollowingsectionsandkeepthemwithyourcomputerincaseyouareunabletoaccessthisonline
userguidewhennecessary.
•“Installinganewoperatingsystem”onpage83
•“Computerstopsresponding”onpage109
•“Powerproblems”onpage122
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