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•Todownloadtheuserguideinanotherlanguage,goto:http://www.lenovo.com/support.Thenfollow
theinstructionsonthescreen.
Howtousethebatterypowermoreeffectively?
•Toconservepower,ortosuspendoperationwithoutexitingapplicationsorsavingfiles,see“Power-saving
modes”onpage29
.
•Toachievethebestbalancebetweenperformanceandpowersaving,createandapplypowerplans.
See“Managingthebatterypower”onpage29.
Concernedaboutsecurityorneedtosecurelydisposeofdatastoredonyourharddiskdrive,
solid-statedrive,orhybriddrive?
•StudyChapter4“Security”onpage45
tofindouthowyoucanprotectyourcomputerfromtheftand
unauthorizeduse.
•UsethePasswordManagerprogramtoprotectthedatastoredonyourcomputer.Fordetails,seethe
helpinformationsystemoftheprogram.
•Beforeyoudisposeofthedataontheharddiskdrive,solid-statedrive,orhybriddrive,besuretoread
“Noticeondeletingdatafromyourharddiskdrive,solid-statedrive,orhybriddrive”onpage54.
Isgettingconnectedindifferentlocationsachallenge?
•Totroubleshootawirelessnetworkingissue,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/support/faq
•TakeadvantageofthenetworkingfeaturesbyuseoftheAccessConnectionsprogram(ontheWindows7
operatingsystem)orLocationAwarenessprogram(ontheWindows8orWindows8.1operatingsystem).
•Tolearnmoreaboutusingthewirelessfeaturesofyourcomputer,referto“Wirelessconnections”on
page31
.
•Totravelmoreconfidently,besuretocheckthetipsin“Travelingwithyourcomputer”onpage43.
•PressF8toenableordisablethewirelessfeatures.
Needtogivepresentationsorattachanexternalmonitoroften?
•Ensurethatyoufollowtheprocedurefor“Usinganexternalmonitor”onpage35
.
•WiththeExtenddesktopfunction,youcandisplayoutputonboththecomputerdisplayandanexternal
monitor.
Needtoattachorreplaceadevice?
•SeeChapter6“Replacingdevices”onpage67
formoreinformationaboutreplacingthedevicesof
yourcomputer.
Youhavebeenusingyourcomputerforsometimealready,anditisgettingslower?
•Followthe“Generaltipsforpreventingproblems”onpage99
.
•Youcandiagnoseproblemsyourselfbyusingthepreinstalleddiagnosticsoftware.
•CheckforrecoverysolutionsinChapter5“Recoveryoverview”onpage57.
Printthefollowingsectionsandkeepthemwithyourcomputerincaseyouareunabletoaccessthisonline
userguidewhennecessary.
•“Installinganewoperatingsystem”onpage83
•“Computerstopsresponding”onpage105
•“Powerproblems”onpage118
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