5 Keyboard and pointing devices ...................................................................................................................

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Using the keyboard ............................................................................................................................

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Using the action keys .........................................................................................................

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Using keypads ...................................................................................................................

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Using an optional external numeric keypad ......................................................

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Using pointing devices .......................................................................................................................

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Setting pointing device preferences ...................................................................................

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Using the TouchPad ..........................................................................................................

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Turning the TouchPad on and off ......................................................................

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Navigating .........................................................................................................

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Selecting ...........................................................................................................

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Using TouchPad gestures .................................................................................

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Scrolling ............................................................................................

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Pinching/Zooming .............................................................................

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Rotating ............................................................................................

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6 Maintenance ..................................................................................................................................................

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Inserting or removing the battery ........................................................................................................

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Replacing or upgrading the hard drive ...............................................................................................

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Removing the hard drive ....................................................................................................

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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 .......................................................................................................................................

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Cleaning the display ..........................................................................................................

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Cleaning the TouchPad and keyboard ..............................................................................

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7 Backup and recovery ....................................................................................................................................

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Recovery discs ...................................................................................................................................

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Performing a system recovery ............................................................................................................

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Recovering using the dedicated recovery partition (select models only) ...........................

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Recovering using the recovery discs .................................................................................

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Backing up your information ...............................................................................................................

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Using Windows Backup and Restore ................................................................................

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Using system restore points ..............................................................................................

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When to create restore points ...........................................................................

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Create a system restore point ...........................................................................

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Restore to a previous date and time .................................................................

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8 Customer support .........................................................................................................................................

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Contacting customer support .............................................................................................................

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Labels .................................................................................................................................................

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