T able of Contents
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PREFACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
SECTION ONE
SETTING UP YOUR LIFEBOOK
C SERIES FROM FUJITSU
Unpacking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Overview of LifeBook C Series Features. . . . 3
Component Identification . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Top and Front Components . . . . . . . . . . 6
Left-side Panel Components . . . . . . . . . . 7
Right-side Panel Components . . . . . . . . . 8
Rear Panel Components . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Bottom Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
SECTION TWO
STARTING YOUR LIFEBOOK C SERIES
FROM FUJITSU
Power Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Display Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Starting your LifeBook for the First Time . . 13
Registering your LifeBook . . . . . . . . . . 16
Learning About Your Operating System
and Application Software . . . . . . . . . . 17
Power Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Restarting the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
SECTION THREE
USING YOUR LIFEBOOK C SERIES
FROM FUJITSU
Status Indicator Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Integrated ErgoTrac Pointing Device. . . . . 26
Using the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Volume Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Floppy Disk Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
DVD or CD-ROM Drive . . . . . . . . . . . 32
LifeBook Application Panel . . . . . . . . . . 33
Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Internal Modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Data Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Pre-installed Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Boot Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Identifying the Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
BIOS Setup Utility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Your Save-To-Disk File Allocation . . . . . . 44
SECTION FOUR
USER INSTALLABLE FEATURES
Lithium ion Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
PC Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Parallel Port Devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Serial Port Devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
USB Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Microphone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Stereo Line In Devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Headphones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Telephone Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Mouse, Keyboard, or Keypad . . . . . . . . . 53
External Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Theft Prevention Lock. . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Memory Upgrade Module . . . . . . . . . . 54