User's Guide

Contents
About this documentation . . . . . . . . iii
Chapter 1. Meet your computer. . . . . 1
Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Base . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Left . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Chapter 2. Get started with your
computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Get started with Windows 10 . . . . . . . . . . 7
Windows account . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Windows user interface . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Windows label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Connect to networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Connect to the wired Ethernet . . . . . . . . 9
Connect to the wired Ethernet . . . . . . . . 9
Connect to Wi-Fi . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Connect to a cellular network. . . . . . . . 10
Use Lenovo Vantage . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Interact with your computer . . . . . . . . . . 11
Use the keyboard shortcuts . . . . . . . . 12
Use the multi-touch screen . . . . . . . . 13
Use multimedia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Use audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Use the camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Connect to an external display . . . . . . . 15
Get to know YOGA modes . . . . . . . . . . 17
Use Lenovo Pen (for selected models) . . . . . . 17
Chapter 3. Explore your computer . . 19
Manage power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Check the battery status . . . . . . . . . 19
Charge the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Check the battery temperature . . . . . . . 19
Maximize the battery life . . . . . . . . . 19
Set power button behaviors . . . . . . . . 19
Set the power plan . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Transfer data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Set up a Bluetooth connection . . . . . . . 20
Set up a NFC connection . . . . . . . . . 20
Use a media card or smart card . . . . . . . 21
Airplane mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Color sensor (for selected models) . . . . . . . 22
Chapter 4. Secure your computer
and information . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Lock the computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Use passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Password types . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Set, change, and remove a password . . . . 26
Use fingerprint authentication (for selected
models) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Use face authentication (for selected models) . . . 27
Use firewalls and antivirus programs. . . . . . . 27
Chapter 5. Configure advanced
settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
UEFI BIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
What is UEFI BIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Enter the BIOS menu . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Navigate in the BIOS interface . . . . . . . 29
Change the startup sequence . . . . . . . 29
Set the system date and time. . . . . . . . 30
Update UEFI BIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
RAID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
What is RAID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Storage drive requirements for RAID levels . . 30
Enter the Intel RST configuration utility . . . . 31
Create RAID volumes . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Delete RAID volumes . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Reset storage drives to non-RAID . . . . . . 32
Rebuild RAID 1 volumes. . . . . . . . . . 32
Recovery information . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Restore system files and settings to an earlier
point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Restore your files from a backup . . . . . . 33
Reset your computer . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Use advanced options . . . . . . . . . . 33
Windows automatic recovery. . . . . . . . 33
Create and use a recovery USB device . . . . 34
Install Windows 10 and drivers . . . . . . . . . 34
Chapter 6. Help and support . . . . . 37
FAQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Beep errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Self-help resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Call Lenovo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Before you contact Lenovo . . . . . . . . 41
Lenovo Customer Support Center . . . . . . 41
Purchase additional services. . . . . . . . . . 42
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