Lenovo ThinkStation D20 - Introduction

Introduction
ThisThinkStationUserGuidecontainsthefollowinginformation:
•Chapter1“Importantsafetyinformation”onpage1
providesinformationaboutwheretondsafety
informationforthisproduct.
•Chapter2“Arrangingyourworkspace”onpage3providesinformationaboutsettingupyourcomputerfor
comfortandtheimpactoflightsources,aircirculation,andelectricaloutlets.
•Chapter3“Settingupyourcomputer”onpage5providesinformationaboutsettingupyourcomputer,
andalsoinstallingtheoperatingsystemandothersoftware.
•Chapter4“Softwareoverview”onpage15providesinformationontheoperatingsystemandsoftware
applicationsthatmightbepreloadedonyourcomputer.
•Chapter5“UsingtheSetupUtility”onpage17providesinstructionsonhowtoviewandchangethe
congurationsettingsofyourcomputer.
•Chapter7“Updatingsystemprograms”onpage25providesinformationaboutupdatingPOST/BIOSand
howtorecoverfromaPOST/BIOSupdatefailure.
•Chapter8“Troubleshootinganddiagnostics”onpage29
providesinformationaboutbasictroubleshooting
anddiagnostictoolsforyourcomputer.
•Chapter9“Recoveryinformation”onpage35providesinstructionsonhowtousetheThinkVantage®
RescueandRecovery®programtocreateproductrecoverydiscs,backupdata,recoversoftware,and
restoretheentirecontentsofyourharddiskdrivetoapreviouslysavedstate.
•Chapter10“Gettinginformation,help,andservice”onpage41providesinformationonthewidevariety
ofhelpfulresourcesavailablefromLenovo®.
•AppendixA“Manualmodemcommands”onpage45providescommandsformanuallyprogramming
yourmodem.
•AppendixB“Systemmemoryspeed”onpage51providesinformationonthesupportedsystemmemory
speedforyourcomputermodel.
•AppendixC“Notices”onpage55providesnoticesandtrademarkinformation.
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