User Guide - Windows 7

Finding additional battery information ............................................................... 35
Using Battery Check ......................................................................................... 35
Displaying the remaining battery charge ........................................................... 36
Maximizing battery discharge time .................................................................... 36
Managing low battery levels .............................................................................. 36
Identifying low battery levels ............................................................. 36
Resolving a low battery level ............................................................ 36
Inserting or removing the battery ...................................................................... 37
Inserting a battery ............................................................................. 37
Removing a battery .......................................................................... 37
Conserving battery power ................................................................................. 38
Storing a user-replaceable battery (select models only) ................................... 38
Disposing of a user-replaceable battery ............................................................ 39
Replacing a user-replaceable battery ............................................................... 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 .............................................................................................................................. 42
Inserting a smart card ........................................................................................................ 43
Removing a smart card ...................................................................................................... 43
Using a USB device ........................................................................................................................... 43
Connecting a USB device .................................................................................................. 44
Removing a USB device .................................................................................................... 44
Using optional external devices .......................................................................................................... 44
Using optional external drives ............................................................................................ 45
8 Drives .............................................................................................................................................................. 46
Handling drives ................................................................................................................................... 46
Using hard drives ............................................................................................................................... 46
Removing or replacing the service door ............................................................................ 46
Removing the service door ............................................................................... 46
Replacing the service door ................................................................................ 47
Replacing or upgrading the hard drive ............................................................................... 48
Removing the hard drive ................................................................................... 48
Installing a hard drive ........................................................................................ 49
Improving hard drive performance ..................................................................................... 50
Using Disk Defragmenter .................................................................................. 50
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