User guide
CanIgetmyuserguideinanotherlanguage?
•Todownloadtheuserguideinanotherlanguage,gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/support.Thenfollow
theinstructionsonthescreen.
HowdoIusebatterypowermoreeffectivelywhenIamonthego?
•Toconservepower,ortosuspendoperationwithoutexitingprogramsorsavingles,see“Power-saving
modes”onpage26
.
•Toachievethebestbalancebetweenperformanceandpowersaving,createandapplypowerplans.See
“Managingthepowerplans”onpage26
•Ifyourcomputerwillbeturnedoffforanextendedperiodoftime,youcanpreventbatterypowerfrom
drainingbyremovingthebattery.
HowdoIsecurelydisposeofdatastoredontheharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive?
•StudyChapter4“Security”onpage45sectiontondouthowyoucanprotectyourcomputerfrom
theftandunauthorizeduse.
•UsethePasswordManagerprogramtoprotectthedatastoredonyourcomputer.Fordetails,seethe
helpinformationsystemoftheprogram.
•Beforeyoudisposeofthedataontheharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive,besuretoreadthetopic“Notice
ondeletingdatafromyourharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive”onpage54
.
HowdoIgetconnectedindifferentlocations?
•Totroubleshootawirelessnetworkingissue,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/support/faq
•TakeadvantageofthenetworkingfeaturesprovidedbytheAccessConnectionsprogram(onthe
Windows7operatingsystem)orLocationAwarenessprograminLenovoSettings(ontheWindows8
operatingsystem).
•Tolearnmoreaboutusingthewirelessfeaturesofyourcomputer,referto“Wirelessconnections”on
page29.
•Totravelmorecondently,besuretocheckthetipsin“Travelingwithyourcomputer”onpage43.
•PressF8toenableordisablethewirelessfeatures.
HowdoIgivepresentationsorattachanexternalmonitor?
•Ensurethatyoufollowtheprocedureinthetopic“Usinganexternalmonitor”onpage33
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•WiththeExtenddesktopfunction,youcandisplayoutputonboththecomputerdisplayandanexternal
monitor.See“Usingdualdisplays”onpage36.
HowdoIattachorreplaceadevice?
•SeeChapter6“Replacingdevices”onpage65
formoreinformationaboutreplacingthedevicesof
yourcomputer.
Ihavebeenusingthecomputerforsometimealready,anditisgettingslower.WhatshouldIdo?
•Followthe“Generaltipsforpreventingproblems”onpage121
.
•Diagnoseproblemsyourselfbyusingthepreinstalleddiagnosticsoftware.See“Diagnosingproblems”on
page127.
•CheckforrecoverysolutionsinChapter5“Recoveryoverview”onpage57.
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