User Guide - Windows 8.1

Finding additional battery information ............................................................... 36
Using Battery Check ......................................................................................... 37
Displaying the remaining battery charge ........................................................... 37
Maximizing battery discharge time .................................................................... 37
Managing low battery levels .............................................................................. 37
Identifying low battery levels ............................................................. 37
Resolving a low battery level ............................................................ 38
Inserting or removing the battery ...................................................................... 38
Inserting a battery ............................................................................. 38
Removing a battery .......................................................................... 38
Conserving battery power ................................................................................. 39
Storing a user-replaceable battery .................................................................... 39
Disposing of a user-replaceable battery ............................................................ 39
Replacing a user-replaceable battery ............................................................... 40
Using external AC power ................................................................................................... 40
Testing an AC adapter ...................................................................................... 40
7 External cards and devices ............................................................................................................................. 42
Using memory card readers ............................................................................................................... 42
Inserting a memory card .................................................................................................... 42
Removing a memory card .................................................................................................. 42
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
Intel Smart Response Technology (select models only) .................................................... 47
Removing or replacing the service door ............................................................................ 47
Removing the service door ............................................................................... 47
Replacing the service door ................................................................................ 48
Replacing or upgrading the hard drive ............................................................................... 49
Removing the hard drive ................................................................................... 49
Installing a hard drive ........................................................................................ 51
Replacing a drive in the upgrade bay ................................................................................ 51
Replacing an optical drive ................................................................................. 51
Improving hard drive performance ..................................................................................... 53
Using Disk Defragmenter .................................................................................. 53
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