User Guide

Chapter 4. Troubleshooting
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HowcanIdeterminewhethertheWindowsrunningonmycomputerisCompactenabled?
Compactte
chnologyisnormallyenabledoncopiesofWindows10UpdaterunningonSSD(or
eMMC)‐onlycomputermodels.Tocheckyourcomputer,
1 Right‐clicktheStartbuttoninthelower‐leftcornerandselectDiskManagement.
2 TheDiskManagementprogramstarts.
IfComp
actislabeledontheWindowspartition,CompactisenabledonyourcopyofWindows.
WherecanIfinddrive
rsforthevarioushardwaredevicesofmycomputer?
Ifyo
urcomputerispreinstalledwithaWindowsoperatingsystem,firstchecktheinstallation
programontheCpartitionofyourharddisk(forselectmodels,ontheDpartition).Ifyou
cannotfindthedriversforallthehardwaredevicesthatyouneedthere,downloadthedrivers
fromtheLeno voconsumersupp
ortwebsite.
Note: TheLenovosupportWebsitecontainsthelatestdrivers.
 BIOS setup utility
WhatistheBIOSsetuputility?
TheBIO
SsetuputilityisROM‐basedsoftware.Itcommunicatesbasiccomputerinformationand
providesoptionsforsettingbootdevices,security,hardwaremode,andotherpreferences.
HowcanIstartth
eBIOSsetuputility?
Tost
arttheBIOSsetuputility:
1 Shutdownthecomputer.
2 PresstheNovobuttonandthenselectBIOSSetup.
HowcanIchangeth
ebootmode?(onselectmodels)
Therear
etwobootmodes:UEFIandLegacySupport.Tochangethebootmode,starttheBIOS
setuputilityandsetbootmodetoUEFIorLegacySupportonthebootmenu.
WhendoIne
edtochangethebootmode?(onselectmodels)
Thedefa
ultbootmodeforyourcomputerisUEFImode.IfyouneedtoinstallalegacyWindows
operatingsystemonyourcomputer,youmustchangethebootmodetoLegacySupport.The
legacyWindowsoperatingsystemcannotbeinstalledifyoudonʹtchangethebootmode.
 Getting help
HowcanIcontactthecustomersupportcenter?
See“C
hapter3.Gettinghelpandservice”ofLenovoSafetyandGeneralInformationGuide.