5 Keyboard and pointing devices ...................................................................................................................
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Using the keyboard ............................................................................................................................
Using the action keys .........................................................................................................
Using keypads ...................................................................................................................
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Using an optional external numeric keypad ......................................................
Using pointing devices .......................................................................................................................
Setting pointing device preferences ...................................................................................
Using the TouchPad ..........................................................................................................
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Turning the TouchPad on and off ......................................................................
Navigating .........................................................................................................
Selecting ...........................................................................................................
Using TouchPad gestures .................................................................................
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Scrolling ............................................................................................
Pinching/Zooming .............................................................................
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Rotating ............................................................................................
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6 Maintenance ..................................................................................................................................................
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Inserting or removing the battery ........................................................................................................
Replacing or upgrading the hard drive ...............................................................................................
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Removing the hard drive ....................................................................................................
Installing a hard drive .........................................................................................................
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Adding or replacing memory modules ................................................................................................
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Updating programs and drivers ..........................................................................................................
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Routine care .......................................................................................................................................
Cleaning the display ..........................................................................................................
Cleaning the TouchPad and keyboard ..............................................................................
7 Backup and recovery ....................................................................................................................................
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Recovery discs ...................................................................................................................................
Performing a system recovery ............................................................................................................
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Recovering using the dedicated recovery partition (select models only) ...........................
Recovering using the recovery discs .................................................................................
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Backing up your information ...............................................................................................................
Using Windows Backup and Restore ................................................................................
Using system restore points ..............................................................................................
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When to create restore points ...........................................................................
Create a system restore point ...........................................................................
Restore to a previous date and time .................................................................
8 Customer support .........................................................................................................................................
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Contacting customer support .............................................................................................................
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