Creatingandusingarescuemedium....64
Reinstallingpreinstalledprogramsanddevice
drivers................65
Solvingrecoveryproblems........66
RecoveryoverviewfortheWindows8operating
system..................66
Chapter6.Replacingdevices.....69
Staticelectricityprevention..........69
Replacingthebattery............69
ReplacingtheSIMcard...........71
Replacingtheharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive.72
Replacingthekeyboard...........74
Replacingandinstallingamemorymodule...78
Replacingtheopticaldrive..........81
ReplacingthePCIExpressMiniCardforwireless
LAN/WiMAXconnection...........86
ReplacingorinstallingthePCIExpressMiniCard
forwirelessWANconnection.........88
Replacingthebackupbattery.........92
Chapter7.Enhancingyourcomputer...............95
FindingThinkPadoptions..........95
ThinkPadportreplicatoranddockingstation...95
Frontview...............96
Rearview...............98
Attachingaportreplicatorordocking
station................101
Detachingaportreplicatorordocking
station................103
Securityfeature............104
Usingthesystemlockkey........105
Chapter8.Advancedconguration............107
Installinganewoperatingsystem.......107
Beforeyoubegin............107
InstallingtheWindows7operatingsystem..108
InstallingtheWindows8operatingsystem..109
Installingdevicedrivers...........109
Installingdriverforthe4-in-1Mediacard
reader................109
InstallingthedriverforUSB3.0onthe
Windows7operatingsystem.......109
InstallingtheThinkPadmonitorlefor
Windows2000/XP/Vista/7/8ontheWindows
7operatingsystem...........110
Installingotherdevicedriversandsoftwareon
theWindows7operatingsystem......110
ThinkPadSetup..............111
Mainmenu..............111
Congmenu..............112
Date/Timemenu............115
Securitymenu.............116
Startupmenu.............119
Restartmenu.............121
UpdatingyoursystemUEFIBIOS.....121
Usingsystemmanagement..........122
Systemmanagement..........122
Settingmanagementfeatures.......122
Chapter9.Preventingproblems..125
Generaltipsforpreventingproblems......125
Makingsuredevicedriversarecurrent.....126
GettingthelatestdriversfromtheWebsite..126
GettingthelatestdriversusingThinkVantage
SystemUpdate............126
Takingcareofyourcomputer.........127
Cleaningthecoverofyourcomputer....128
Chapter10.Troubleshootingcomputerproblems.........131
Diagnosingproblems............131
Troubleshooting..............131
Computerstopsresponding.......131
Spillsonthekeyboard..........132
Errormessages............132
Errorswithoutmessages.........134
Beeperrors..............135
Memorymoduleproblems........135
Networkingproblems..........135
Problemswithkeyboardandotherpointing
devices................137
Problemswithdisplayandmultimedia
devices................138
Fingerprintreaderproblems........143
Batteryandpowerproblems.......143
Problemswithdrivesandotherstorage
devices................146
Asoftwareproblem...........147
Problemswithportsandconnectors....148
Chapter11.Gettingsupport....149
BeforeyoucontactLenovo..........149
Registeringyourcomputer........149
Downloadsystemupdates........149
Recordinformation...........149
Gettinghelpandservice...........149
Usingdiagnosticprograms........150
LenovoSupportWebsite.........150
CallingLenovo.............150
Purchasingadditionalservices........151
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