•Toconservepower,ort osuspendoperationwithoutexitingprogramsorsavingles,see“Power-saving
modes”onpage32.
•Toachievethebestbalancebetweenperformanceandpowersaving,createandapplypowerplans.See
“Managingthepowerplans”onpage32
•Ifyourcomputerwillbeturnedoffforanext endedperiodoftime,youcanpreventbatterypower
fromdrainingbyremovingthebattery.Lookformoreinformationaboutusingthebatteryin“P ower
management”onpage30.
Concernedaboutsecurityorneedtosecurelydisposeofdatastoredonyourharddiskdriveor
solid-statedrive?
•StudyChapter4“Security”onpage49sectiontondouthowyoucanprotectyourcomputerfrom
theftandunauthorizeduse.
•UsethePasswordManagerprogramtoprotectthedatastoredonyourcomputer.F ordetails,seethe
helpinformationsystemoftheprogram.
•Beforeyoudisposeofthedataontheharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive,besuretoread“Noticeon
deletingdatafromyourharddiskdriveorsolid-stat edrive”onpage56.
Isgettingconnectedindifferentlocationsachallenge?
•Totroubleshootawirelessnetworkingissue,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/support/faq
•TakeadvantageofthenetworkingfeaturesprovidedbytheAccessConnectionsprogram(onthe
Windows7operatingsystem)orLocationAwarenessprograminLenovoSettings(ontheWindows8
operatingsystem).
•Tolearnmoreaboutusingthewirelessfeaturesofyourcomputer,referto“Wirelessconnections”on
page36.
•Totravelmorecondently,besuretocheckthetipsin“Travelingwithyourcomputer”onpage47.
•PressF8toenableordisablethewirelessfeatures.
HowdoIgivepresentationsorattachanexternalmonitoroften?
•Makesurethatyoufollowtheprocedurefor“Usinganexternalmonitor”onpage39.
•WiththeExtenddesktopfunction,youcandisplayoutputonboththecomputerdisplayandanexternal
monitor.
HowdoIattachorreplaceadevice?
•SeeChapter6“Replacingdevices”onpage67formoreinformationaboutreplacingthedevicesof
yourcomputer.
Youhavebeenusingyourcomputerforsometimealready,anditisgettingslower?
•Followthe“Gener altipsforpreventingproblems”onpage119.
•Youcandiagnoseproblemsyourselfbyusingthepreinstalleddiagnosticsoftware.
•CheckforrecoverysolutionsinChapt er5“Recoveryoverview”onpage59.
Printthefollowingsectionsandkeepthemwithyourcomputerincaseyouareunabletoaccessthisonline
userguidewhennecessary.
•“Installinganewoperatingsystem”onpage101
•“Computerstopsresponding”onpage125
•“Powerproblems”onpage139
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