•Toachievethebestbalancebetweenperformanceandpowersaving,see“Managingthepowerplans”
onpage26.
Concernedaboutsecurityorneedtosecurelydisposeofdatastoredonyourharddiskdriveor
solid-statedrive?
•StudyChapter4“Security”onpage37tondouthowyoucanprotectyourcomputerfromtheftand
unauthorizeduse.
•UsethePasswor dManagerprogramtoprotectthedatastor edonyourcomputer.
•Beforeyoudisposeofthedataontheharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive,besuretoread“Noticeon
deletingdatafromyourharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive”onpage44.
Isgettingconnectedindifferentlocationsachallenge?
•Totroubleshootawirelessnetworkingissue,gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/support/faq.
•Tolearnmoreaboutusingthewirelessfeatur esofyourcomputer,referto“Wir elessconnections”on
page27.
•Totravelmorecondently,besur et ocheckthetipsin“Travelingwithyourcomputer”onpage35.
•PressF8toenableordisablethewirelessfeatures.
Needtogivepresentationsorattachanexternalmonitoroften?
•Ensurethatyoufollowtheprocedurefor“Usinganexternaldisplay”onpage29.
•WiththeExtenddesktopfunction,youcandisplayoutputonboththecomput erdisplayandanexternal
monitor.
Needtoattachorreplaceadevice?
•SeeChapt er6“Replacingdevices”onpage49formoreinformationaboutr eplacingthedevicesof
yourcomputer .
Youhavebeenusingyourcomputerforsometimealready,anditisgettingslower?
•Follow“Generaltipsforpreventingproblems”onpage81.
•Youcandiagnoseproblemsyourselfbyusingthepreinstalleddiagnosticsoftware.
•CheckforrecoverysolutionsinChapter5“Recoveryoverview”onpage47.
Printthefollowingsectionsandkeepthemwithyourcomputerincaseyouareunabletoaccessthisonline
userguidewhennecessary.
•“Installinganewoperatingsystem”onpage65
•“Computerstopsresponding”onpage87
•“Powerpr oblems”onpage100
Tabletmode
Yourcomputercanbeusedintabletmode.Thissectionintroduceshowt ouseyournotebookcomputerin
tabletmode.
Usingtabletmode
Intabletmode,youcanuseyourcomputerinacreativeandintuitivewaybyfoldingdownthecomputer
displaytoturnyourcomputerintoatablet.
14UserGuide