Lenovo 6306 manual Introduction

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Introduction

This ThinkCentre User Guide contains the following information:

vChapter 1, “Important safety information,” on page 1 provides information about where to find safety information for this product.

vChapter 2, “Arranging your workspace,” on page 3 provides information about setting up your computer for comfort and the impact of light sources, air circulation, and electrical outlets.

vChapter 3, “Setting up your computer,” on page 5 provides information about setting up your computer, and also installing the operating system and other software.

vChapter 4, “Software overview,” on page 17 provides information on the operating system and software applications that may be preloaded on your system.

vChapter 5, “Using the Setup Utility,” on page 19 provides instructions on how to view and change the configuration settings of your computer.

vChapter 6, “Updating system programs,” on page 23 provides information about updating POST/BIOS and how to recover from a POST/BIOS update failure.

vChapter 7, “Troubleshooting and diagnostics,” on page 25 provides information about basic troubleshooting and diagnostic tools for your computer.

vChapter 8, “Recovering software,” on page 31 provides instructions on how to use the Lenovo CareSM Rescue and Recovery® program to create product recovery disks, back up data, recover software, and restore the entire contents of your hard disk drive to a previously saved state.

vChapter 9, “Getting information, help, and service,” on page 39 provides information about the wide variety of helpful resources available from Lenovo®.

vAppendix A, “Manual modem commands,” on page 43 provides commands for manually programming your modem.

vAppendix B, “Notices,” on page 51 provides notices and trademark information.

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Contents Machine Type Page ThinkCentre User Guide Page Contents Iv User Guide Introduction Vi User Guide Important safety information User Guide Comfort Arranging your workspaceGlare and lighting Electrical outlets and cable lengths Air circulationConnecting your computer Setting up your computerUser Guide Setting up your computer User Guide 1 Finishing the software installation Turning on computer powerUpdating your antivirus software Installing other operating systemsCompleting important tasks Updating your operating systemInstalling external options System information FeaturesExpansion For machine type SpecificationsUser Guide Software provided with your Windows operating system Software overviewSoftware provided by Lenovo User Guide Using passwords Using the Setup UtilityStarting the Setup Utility program Viewing and changing settingsEnabling or disabling a device User PasswordAdministrator Password Setting, changing, and deleting a passwordSelecting a temporary startup device Selecting a startup deviceSelecting or changing the startup device sequence Exiting from the Setup Utility program Advanced settingsUpdating flashing Bios from a diskette or a CD/DVD-ROM Using system programsUpdating system programs Recovering from a POST/BIOS update failure Updating flashing Bios from your operating systemBasic troubleshooting Troubleshooting and diagnosticsDiagnostic programs PC-Doctor for DOS PC-Doctor for WindowsPC-Doctor for Windows PE Running diagnostics from the Rescue and Recovery workspaceOptical mouse Cleaning the mouseNon-optical mouse 4 Ball cage Creating and using the Product Recovery disc Recovering softwarePerforming backup and recovery operations Using the Rescue and Recovery workspace To create rescue media, do the following Creating and using rescue mediaTo use rescue media, do one of the following Creating and using a Recovery Repair disketteSetting a rescue device in the startup sequence Recovering or installing device driversSolving recovery problems User Guide Lenovo Care Getting information, help, and serviceInformation resources Online Books folderSafety and Warranty Access HelpUsing the documentation and diagnostic programs Help and serviceCalling for service Purchasing additional services Using other servicesBasic AT commands Appendix A. Manual modem commandsLow speaker volume Enable RTS/CTS hardware flow control Extended AT commands+MS=? MNP/V.42/V.42bis/V.44 commandsFax Class 2 commands Fax Class 1 commandsVoice commands Appendix A. Manual modem commands User Guide Appendix B. Notices Trademarks Television output noticeIndex Installing operating system 11 software Page User Guide Page Part Number 53Y7512