User Guide - Windows 8.1

6 Power management ..................................................................................................................................... 35
Shutting down (turning o) the computer .......................................................................................................... 35
Setting power options ......................................................................................................................................... 36
Using power-saving states ................................................................................................................ 36
Initiating and exiting Sleep ............................................................................................. 36
Enabling and exiting user-initiated Hibernation ............................................................ 36
Using the power meter and power settings ................................................................... 36
Setting password protection on wakeup ........................................................................ 37
Using battery power .......................................................................................................................... 37
Factory-sealed battery (select models only) ................................................................. 37
Finding additional battery information .......................................................................... 38
Using Battery Check ........................................................................................................ 38
Displaying the remaining battery charge ....................................................................... 38
Maximizing battery discharge time ................................................................................ 38
Managing low battery levels ........................................................................................... 38
Identifying low battery levels ...................................................................... 39
Resolving a low battery level ....................................................................... 39
Conserving battery power .............................................................................................. 39
Using external AC power ................................................................................................................... 39
Testing an AC adapter ..................................................................................................... 40
7 External cards and devices ........................................................................................................................... 41
Using memory card readers (select models only) ............................................................................................... 41
Inserting a memory card ................................................................................................................... 41
Removing a memory card ................................................................................................................. 41
Using smart cards (select models only) .............................................................................................................. 42
Inserting a smart card ....................................................................................................................... 42
Removing a smart card ..................................................................................................................... 42
Using a USB device ............................................................................................................................................... 43
Connecting a USB device ................................................................................................................... 43
Removing a USB device ..................................................................................................................... 43
Using optional external devices .......................................................................................................................... 44
Using optional external drives .......................................................................................................... 44
8 Drives ......................................................................................................................................................... 45
Handling drives .................................................................................................................................................... 45
Using hard drives ................................................................................................................................................. 45
Intel Smart Response Technology (select models only) .................................................................. 45
Improving hard drive performance ................................................................................................... 46
Using Disk Defragmenter ................................................................................................ 46
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