•Alsorecoverytoolisprovidedonyourcomputerharddiskorsolidstatedrive.F ormoreinformation,
seeChapter5“Recoveryoverview”onpage103.
Printthefollowingsectionsandkeepthemwithyourcomputerincaseyouareunabletoaccessthis
onlinehelpwhennecessary.
•“Installinganewoperatingsystem”onpage169
•“Computerstopsresponding”onpage202
•“Powerproblems”onpage226
Specialkeysandbuttons
Yourcomputerhasseveralspecialkeysandbuttons.
ThinkVantagebutton
TheblueThinkVantagebuttoncanhelpyouinmanysituationswhenyourcomputerisworkingnormally,
andevenwhenitisnot.
Whenyourcomputerisworkingnormally,presstheblueThinkVantagebuttontolaunchtheSimpleTap
program(forWindows7)ortheThinkVantageProductivityCenterprogr am(forWindowsXPandWindows
Vista).
Note:Dependingonthedatewhenyourcomputerwasmanufactured,yourcomputermighthavethe
LenovoThinkVantageToolboxprogrampreinstalledinsteadoftheSimpleTapprogramortheThinkVantage
ProductivityCenterprogram.
YoualsocanusetheThinkVantagebuttontointerruptthestartupsequenceofyourcomputerandstartthe
RescueandRecoveryworkspace,whichrunsindependentlyoftheWindowsoperatingsystemandishidden
fromit.IftheWindowsoperatingsystemisnotrunningproperly,theRescueandRecoveryworkspace
canhelpyoudothefollowing:
•Getthecurrentsysteminformation.
•RescuealefromyourWindowsenvironmentorrestoreback-uples,providedyouhavemadebackups
byuseoftheRescueandRecoveryprogram.
•CongureyourcomputerorstarttheThinkPadSetup.
ToaccesstheRescueandRecoveryworkspace,turnonthecomputer;then,whilethe“Tointerruptnormal
startup,presstheblueThinkV antagebutton”messageisdisplayedatthelower-leftofthescreen,pressthe
ThinkVantagebutton.TheRescueandRecoveryscreenopens.F oradditionalinformation,see“Usingthe
RescueandRecoveryworkspace”onpage106.
Numerickeypad
Thekeyboardhaskeysthat,whenenabled,workasa10-keynumerickeypad.
Toenableordisablethenumerickeypad,pressandholdShiftorFnandthenpressNmLk(ScrLk).
Note:Thenextdrawingshowsthelocationsofthekeysthatserveasthe10-keynumerickeypad.The
locationsofthesekeysarethesameoneverykeyboard,thoughforcomputersusingdifferentlanguages,
differentcharactersareprintedonthekeytops.
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