Creatingandusingarescuemedium....62
Reinstallingpreinstalledprogramsanddevice
drivers................63
Solvingrecoveryproblems........64
RecoveryoverviewforWindows8models....64
RecoverysolutionsforWindows8models..64
Chapter6.Replacingdevices.....67
Staticelectricityprevention..........67
Replacingthebattery............67
Replacingamemorymodule.........69
Replacingtheharddiskdriveorsolidstatedrive.72
Replacingthekeyboard...........74
ReplacingaPCIExpressMiniCardforwireless
LAN/WiMAXconnection...........78
ReplacingaPCIExpressMiniCardforwireless
WANconnection..............85
ReplacingtheSerialUltrabaySlimdevice....92
ReplacingtheSIMcard...........92
Replacingthebackupbattery.........94
Chapter7.Enhancingyourcomputer...............97
FindingThinkPadoptions..........97
UsingtheSerialUltrabaySlimbay.......97
Performingahotswapoperation......97
Performingawarm-swapoperation.....97
Installingasecondaryharddiskdriveintothe
SerialUltrabaySlimbay.........98
ThinkPaddockingstationsandportreplicat ors..100
Frontview...............101
Rearview...............103
AttachingaThinkPadportreplicatoror
dockingstation.............105
DetachingaThinkPadportreplicatoror
dockingstation.............108
Securityfeature............108
Usingthesystemlockkey........109
Chapter8.Advancedconguration............111
Installinganewoperatingsystem.......111
Beforeyoubegin............111
InstallingtheWindows7operatingsystem..112
InstallingtheWindows8operatingsystem..113
Installingdevicedrivers...........113
ThinkPadSetup..............115
Mainmenu..............115
Congmenu..............116
Date/Timemenu............122
Securitymenu.............122
Startupmenu.............126
Restartmenu.............128
UpdatingyoursystemUEFIBIOS.....128
Usingsystemmanagement..........129
Systemmanagement..........129
Settingmanagementfeatures.......129
Chapter9.Preventingproblems..131
Generaltipsforpreventingproblems......131
Makingsuredevicedriversarecurrent.....132
Takingcareofyourcomputer.........133
Cleaningthecoverofyourcomputer....134
Chapter10.Troubleshootingcomputerproblems.........137
Diagnosingproblems............137
Troubleshooting..............137
Computerstopsresponding.......137
Spillsonthekeyboard..........138
Errormessages............138
Errorswithoutmessages.........141
Beeperrors..............142
Memoryproblems...........142
Networking..............143
Keyboardandotherpointingdevices....144
Displayandmultimediadevices......145
Fingerprintreaderproblems........149
Batteryandpower...........149
Drivesandotherstoragedevices.....152
Asoftwareproblems..........154
Portsandconnectors..........154
Chapter11.Gettingsupport....155
BeforeyoucontactLenovo..........155
Gettinghelpandservice...........155
Usingdiagnosticprograms........156
LenovoSupportWebsite.........156
CallingLenovo.............156
Purchasingadditionalservices........157
AppendixA.Regulatoryinformation.............159
Wirelessrelatedinformation.........159
LocationoftheUltraConnectwireless
antennas...............160
Locatingwirelessregulatorynotices....161
Exportclassicationnotice..........162
Electronicemissionsnotices.........162
FederalCommunicationsCommission
DeclarationofConformity........162
IndustryCanadaClassBemissioncompliance
statement...............162
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