User guide
•Todownloadtheuserguideinanotherlanguage,gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/support.Thenfollow
theinstructionsonthescreen.
HowdoIusebatterypowermoreeffectivelywhenIamonthego?
•Toconservepower,ortosuspendoperationwithoutexitingprogramsorsavingles,see“Power-saving
modes”onpage29.
•Toachievethebestbalancebetweenperformanceandpowersaving,changepowerplansettings.
See“Managingthebatterypower”onpage29
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•Ifyourcomputerwillbeturnedoffforanextendedperiodoftime,removetheexternalbatterypack,
andfollowtheinstructionsin“Disablingthebuilt-inbattery”onpage67todisabletheinternalbuilt-in
batterysoastopreventbatterypowerfromdraining.
HowdoIsecurelydisposeofdatastoredontheharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive?
•StudyChapter4“Security”onpage47tondouthowyoucanprotectyourcomputerfromtheftand
unauthorizeduse.
•UsethePasswordManagerprogramtoprotectthedatastoredonyourcomputer.Formoreinformation,
seethehelpinformationsystemoftheprogram.
•Beforeyoudisposeofthedataontheharddiskdriveorthesolid-statedrive,besuretoreadthetopic
“Noticeondeletingdatafromyourharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive”onpage56
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HowdoIgetconnectedindifferentlocations?
•Totroubleshootawirelessnetworkingissue,gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/support/faq.
•TakeadvantageofthenetworkingfeaturesprovidedbytheAccessConnectionsprogram(onthe
Windows7operatingsystem)orLocationAwarenessintheLenovoSettingsprogram(ontheWindows8
operatingsystem).
•Tolearnmoreaboutusingthewirelessfeaturesofyourcomputer,referto“Wirelessconnections”on
page32.
•Totravelmorecondently,besuretocheckthetipsin“Travelingwithyourcomputer”onpage45.
•PressF8toenableordisablethewirelessfeatures.
HowdoIgivepresentationsorattachanexternalmonitor?
•Ensurethatyoufollowtheprocedureinthetopic“Usinganexternalmonitor”onpage36.
•WiththeExtenddesktopfunction,youcandisplayoutputonboththecomputerdisplayandtheexternal
monitor.See“Usingdualdisplays”onpage38.
Ihavebeenusingthecomputerforsometimealready,anditisgettingslower.WhatshouldIdo?
•Followthe“Generaltipsforpreventingproblems”onpage117.
•Diagnoseproblemsyourselfbyusingthepreinstalleddiagnosticsoftware.See“Diagnosingproblems”on
page123.
•Arecoverytoolisprovidedonyourcomputerharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive.Formoreinformation,
seeChapter5“Recoveryoverview”onpage59
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Printthefollowingsectionsandkeepthemwithyourcomputerincaseyouareunabletoaccessthis
onlinehelpwhennecessary.
•“Installinganewoperatingsystem”onpage99
•“Computerstopsresponding”onpage123
•“Powerproblems”onpage134
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