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•Toachievethebestbalancebetweenperformanceandpowersaving,changepowerplansettings.
See“Managingyourbatterypower”onpage31.
•Ifyourcomputerwillbeturnedoffforanextendedperiodoftime,youcanpreventbatterypowerfrom
drainingbyremovingthebattery.Formoreinformation,see“Powermanagement”onpage29.
Concernedaboutsecurityorneedtosecurelydisposeofdatastoredonyourharddiskorsolid-state
drive?
•StudyChapter4“Security”onpage49tondouthowyoucanprotectyourcomputerfromtheftand
unauthorizeduse.
•UsethePasswordManagerprogramtoprotectthedatastoredonyourcomputer.Fordetails,seethe
helpinformationsystemoftheprogram.
•Beforeyoudisposeofthedataontheharddiskdriveorthesolid-statedrive,besuretoreadthetopic
“Noticeondeletingdatafromyourharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive”onpage59.
Gettingconnectedindifferentlocationsisachallenge?
•Totroubleshootawirelessnetworkingissue,gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/support/faq.
•TakeadvantageofthenetworkingfeaturesprovidedbytheAccessConnectionsprogram(onthe
Windows7operatingsystem)orLocationAwarenessintheLenovoSettingsprogram(ontheWindows8
operatingsystem).
•Tolearnmoreaboutusingthewirelessfeaturesofyourcomputer,referto“Wirelessconnections”on
page34
.
•Totravelmorecondently,besuretocheckthetipsin“Travelingwithyourcomputer”onpage47.
•PressFn+F5,orusethewirelessradioswitchtoenableordisablethewirelessfeatures.
Needtogivepresentationsorattachanexternalmonitoroften?
•Makesurethatyoufollowtheprocedureinthetopic“Attachinganexternalmonitor”onpage38
.
•WiththeExtenddesktopfunction,youcandisplayoutputonboththecomputerdisplayandtheexternal
monitor.See“UsingtheExtenddesktopfunction”onpage40
.
Needtoattachorreplaceadevice?
•SeeChapter6“Replacingdevices”onpage69formoreinformationaboutreplacingthedevicesof
yourcomputer.
•SeeChapter7“Enhancingyourcomputer”onpage89formoreinformationaboutenhancingthefeatures
ofyourcomputer.
Youhavebeenusingyourcomputerforsometimealready,anditisgettingslower?
•Followthe“Generaltipsforpreventingproblems”onpage127.
•Diagnoseproblemsyourselfbyusingthepreinstalleddiagnosticsoftware.See“Diagnosingproblems”on
page133.
•Alsorecoverytoolisprovidedonyourcomputerharddiskorsolid-statedrive.Formoreinformation,
seeChapter5“Recoveryoverview”onpage61
.
Printthefollowingsectionsandkeepthemwithyourcomputerincaseyouareunabletoaccessthis
onlinehelpwhennecessary.
•“Installinganewoperatingsystem”onpage107
•“Computerstopsresponding”onpage133
•“Powerproblems”onpage145
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