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•Ifyourcomputerwillbeturnedoffforanextendedperiodoftime,youcanpreventbatterypowerfrom

drainingbyremovingthebattery.

HowdoIsecurelydisposeofdatastoredontheinternalstoragedrive?

•StudyChapter5“Security”onpage59toﬁndouthowyoucanprotectyourcomputerfromtheftand

unauthorizeduse.

•Beforeyoudisposeofthedataontheinternalstoragedrive,ensurethatyouread“Deletingdatafrom

yourstoragedrive”onpage64.

HowdoIattachanexternaldisplay?

•Referto“Usinganexternaldisplay”onpage36.

•WiththeExtenddesktopfunction,youcandisplayoutputonboththecomputerdisplayandanexternal

display.

HowdoIattachorreplaceadevice?

RefertotheappropriatetopicinChapter9“Replacingdevices”onpage107.

Ihavebeenusingthecomputerforsometimealready,andisgettingslower.WhatshouldIdo?

•Followthe“Generaltipsforpreventingproblems”onpage85.

•Diagnoseproblemsyourselfbyusingthepreinstalleddiagnosticsoftware.See“Diagnosingproblems”

onpage85

•CheckforrecoverysolutionsinChapter8“Recoveryinformation”onpage103.

Printthefollowingtopicsandkeepthemwithyourcomputerincaseyouareunabletoaccessthis

electronicuserguidewhennecessary.

•“Installinganewoperatingsystem”onpage67

•“Computerstopsresponding”onpage86

•“Powerproblems”onpage99

GettinghelpabouttheWindowsoperatingsystem

TheWindowshelpinformationsystemprovidesyouwithdetailedinformationaboutusingtheWindows

operatingsystemsothatyoucangetthemostofyourcomputer.ToaccesstheWindowshelpinformation

system,dothefollowing:

•ForWindows7:OpentheStartmenuandclickHelpandSupport.

•ForWindows10:OpentheStartmenuandclickGetstarted.Additionally,youcanusetheCortana

personalassistanttosearchforhelp,apps,ﬁles,settings,andsoon.

Usingthemulti-touchscreen

Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtousethemulti-touchscreenthatisavailableonsomemodels.

Notes:

•Yourcomputerscreenmightlookdifferentfromthefollowingillustrations.

•Dependingontheprogramyouuse,somegesturesmightnotbeavailable.

Thefollowingtableintroducessomefrequentlyusedgestures.

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