User Guide - Windows 7

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 .......................................................................... 39
Conserving battery power ................................................................................. 39
Storing a user-replaceable battery .................................................................... 39
Disposing of a user-replaceable battery ............................................................ 40
Replacing a user-replaceable battery ............................................................... 40
Using external AC power ................................................................................................... 40
Testing an AC adapter ...................................................................................... 41
7 External cards and devices ............................................................................................................................. 42
Using memory card readers ............................................................................................................... 42
Inserting a memory card .................................................................................................... 42
Removing a memory card .................................................................................................. 43
Using smart cards .............................................................................................................................. 43
Inserting a smart card ........................................................................................................ 44
Removing a smart card ...................................................................................................... 44
Using a USB device ........................................................................................................................... 44
Connecting a USB device .................................................................................................. 45
Removing a USB device .................................................................................................... 45
Using optional external devices .......................................................................................................... 46
Using optional external drives ............................................................................................ 46
8 Drives .............................................................................................................................................................. 47
Handling drives ................................................................................................................................... 47
Using hard drives ............................................................................................................................... 47
Removing or replacing the service door ............................................................................ 48
Removing the service door ............................................................................... 48
Replacing the service door ................................................................................ 49
Replacing or upgrading the hard drive ............................................................................... 49
Removing the hard drive ................................................................................... 50
Installing a hard drive ........................................................................................ 50
Improving hard drive performance ..................................................................................... 51
Using Disk Defragmenter .................................................................................. 51
Using Disk Cleanup ........................................................................................... 52
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