•Toachievethebestbalancebetweenperformanceandpowersaving,createandapplypowerplansby
useofthePowerManagerprogram.
•Ifyourcomputerwillbeturnedoffforanextendedperiodoftime,youcanpreventbatterypower
fromdrainingbyremovingthebatt ery.Lookformoreinformationaboutusingthebatteryin“Power
management”onpage28.
Concernedaboutsecurityorneedtosecurelydisposeofdatastoredonyourharddiskdriveor
solidstatedrive?
•StudytheChapter4“Security”onpage47tondouthowyoucanprot ectyourcomputerfromtheft
andunauthorizeduse.
•UsetheClientSecuritySolutionpr ogramorPasswordManagerprogramtoprotectthedatastoredon
yourcomputer.
•Beforeyoudisposeofthedataontheharddiskdriveorsolidstatedrive,besuretoread“Noticeon
deletingdatafromyourharddiskdriveorsolidstatedrive”onpage54.
Isgettingconnectedindifferentlocationsachallenge?
•Totroubleshootawirelessnetworkingissue,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/support/faq
•TakeadvantageofthenetworkingfeaturesbyuseoftheAccessConnectionsprogram.
•Tolearnmor eaboutusingthewirelessfeatur esofyourcomputer,referto“Wirelessconnections”on
page33.
•Totravelmorecondently,besuretocheckthetipsin“T ravelingwithyourcomputer”onpage45.
•PressF9toenableordisablethewirelessfeatures.
Needtogivepresentationsorattachanexternalmonitoroften?
•Makesurethatyoufollowtheprocedur efor“Attachinganexternalmonitor”onpage37.
•WiththeExtenddesktopfunction,youcandisplayoutputonboththecomputerdisplayandanexternal
monitor.
Needtoattachorreplaceadevice?
•SeeChapter6“Replacingdevices”onpage63formoreinformationaboutreplacingthedevicesof
yourcomputer.
Youhavebeenusingyourcomputerforsometimealready,anditisgettingslower?
•Followthe“Generaltipsforpreventingproblems”onpage107.
•Youcandiagnoseproblemsyourselfbyusingthepreinstalledsoftware.
•CheckforrecoverysolutionsinChapter5“Recoveryoverview”onpage57.
Printthefollowingsectionsandkeepthemwithyourcomputerincaseyouareunabletoaccessthisonline
userguidewhennecessary.
•“Installinganewoperatingsystem”onpage91
•“Computerstopsresponding”onpage113
•“Powerproblems”onpage128
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