User's Manual

Resolving a low battery level when the computer cannot exit
Hibernation ....................................................................................... 51
Calibrating a battery ........................................................................................................... 51
Step 1: Fully charge the battery ........................................................................ 51
Step 2: Disable Hibernation and Sleep ............................................................. 52
Step 3: Discharge the battery ............................................................................ 52
Step 4: Fully recharge the battery ..................................................................... 53
Step 5: Reenable Hibernation and Sleep .......................................................... 53
Conserving battery power .................................................................................................. 53
Storing a battery ................................................................................................................ 53
Disposing of a used battery ............................................................................................... 54
Shutting down the device ................................................................................................................... 54
10 Security
Protecting the device .......................................................................................................................... 55
Using passwords ................................................................................................................................ 55
Setting passwords in Windows .......................................................................................... 56
Setting passwords in Setup Utility ..................................................................................... 56
Administrator password ..................................................................................... 57
Managing an administrator password ............................................... 57
Entering an administrator password ................................................. 57
Power-on password .......................................................................................... 57
Managing a power-on password ...................................................... 58
Entering a power-on password ......................................................... 58
Using antivirus software ..................................................................................................................... 58
Using firewall software ....................................................................................................................... 58
Installing critical updates .................................................................................................................... 59
11 Backup and recovery
Creating recovery discs ...................................................................................................................... 60
Backing up your information ............................................................................................................... 61
When to back up ................................................................................................................ 61
Backup suggestions ........................................................................................................... 61
Using system restore points .............................................................................................. 62
When to create restore points ........................................................................... 62
Create a system restore point ........................................................................... 62
Restore to a previous date and time ................................................................. 62
Performing a recovery ........................................................................................................................ 63
Recovering from the recovery discs .................................................................................. 63
Recovering from the dedicated recovery partition (select models only) ............................ 63
12 Software updates
Updating the BIOS ............................................................................................................................. 64
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