Toconservepower,ortosuspendoperationwithoutexitingprogramsorsavingles,see“Power-saving
modes”onpage32.
Toachievethebestbalancebetweenperformanceandpowersaving,createandapplypowerplans.
See“Managingthebatterypower”onpage32
Ifyourcomputerwillbeturnedoffforanextendedperiodoftime,youcanpreventbatterypower
fromdrainingbyremovingthebattery .Lookformoreinformationaboutusingthebatteryin“P ower
management”onpage30.
Concernedaboutsecurityorneedtosecurelydisposeofdatastoredonyourharddiskdriveor
solid-statedrive?
StudyChapter4“Security”onpage49sectiontondouthowyoucanprotectyourcomputerfrom
theftandunauthorizeduse.
UsethePasswordManagerprogramtoprotectthedatastoredonyourcomputer.Fordetails,seethe
helpinformationsystemoftheprogram.
Beforeyoudisposeofthedataontheharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive,besuretoread“Noticeon
deletingdatafromyourharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive”onpage56.
Isgettingconnectedindifferentlocationsachallenge?
Totroubleshootawirelessnetworkingissue,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/support/faq
TakeadvantageofthenetworkingfeaturesprovidedbytheAccessConnectionsprogram(onthe
Windows7operatingsystem)orL ocationAwarenessprograminLenovoSettings(ontheWindows8
operatingsystem).
Tolearnmor eaboutusingthewirelessfeaturesofyourcomputer,referto“Wirelessconnections”on
page35.
Totravelmorecondently,besuretocheckthetipsin“T ravelingwithyourcomputer”onpage47.
PressF9toenableordisablethewirelessfeatures.
Needtogivepresentationsorattachanexternalmonitoroften?
Makesurethatyoufollowtheprocedur efor“Attachinganexternalmonitor”onpage40.
WiththeExtenddesktopfunction,youcandisplayoutputonboththecomputerdisplayandanexternal
monitor.
Needtoattachorreplaceadevice?
SeeChapter6“Replacingdevices”onpage67formoreinformationaboutreplacingthedevicesof
yourcomputer.
Youhavebeenusingyourcomputerforsometimealready,anditisgettingslower?
Followthe“Generaltipsforpreventingproblems”onpage115.
Youcandiagnoseproblemsyourselfbyusingthepreinstalleddiagnosticsoftware.
CheckforrecoverysolutionsinChapter5“Recoveryoverview”onpage59.
Printthefollowingsectionsandkeepthemwithyourcomputerincaseyouar eunabletoaccessthisonline
userguidewhennecessary.
“Installinganewoperatingsystem”onpage99
“Computerstopsresponding”onpage121
“Powerproblems”onpage137
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