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Notice on deleting data from your hard disk drive
or solid state drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Using and understanding rewalls . . . . . . . 62
Protecting data against viruses . . . . . . . . 63
Chapter 5. Recovery overview . . . . 65
Creating and using recovery media . . . . . . 65
Creating recovery media . . . . . . . . . 66
Using recovery media . . . . . . . . . . 66
Performing backup and recovery operations . . . 66
Performing a backup operation . . . . . . 66
Performing a recovery operation . . . . . . 67
Using the Rescue and Recovery workspace . . . 67
Creating and using a rescue medium . . . . . . 68
Creating a rescue medium . . . . . . . . 68
Using a rescue medium . . . . . . . . . 68
Reinstalling preinstalled applications and device
drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Solving recovery problems . . . . . . . . . . 70
Chapter 6. Replacing devices . . . . 71
Static electricity prevention. . . . . . . . . . 71
Before replacing CRU . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Replacing the hard disk drive or solid state drive . 72
Replacing the keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Replacing memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Replacing the PCI Express Mini Card for wireless
LAN/WiMAX connection . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Installing and replacing the PCI Express Mini Card
for wireless WAN connection . . . . . . . . . 81
Installing and replacing the mSATA solid state
drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Replacing the backup battery . . . . . . . . . 85
Replacing the SIM card . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Chapter 7. Enhancing your
computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Finding ThinkPad options . . . . . . . . . . 91
ThinkPad Battery 39+ (6-cell slice battery) . . . . 91
ThinkPad Battery 39+ top view . . . . . . 91
ThinkPad Battery 39+ bottom view . . . . . 92
Attaching a ThinkPad Battery 39+ . . . . . 92
Detaching a ThinkPad Battery 39+ . . . . . 94
Charging a ThinkPad Battery 39+ . . . . . 95
Chapter 8. Advanced conguration . 97
Installing a new operating system . . . . . . . 97
Before you begin . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Installing Windows 7 . . . . . . . . . . 98
Installing device drivers . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Installing driver for the 4-in-1 Media Card
Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Installing driver for USB 3.0 . . . . . . . . 99
Installing ThinkPad Monitor File for Windows
2000/XP/Vista/7 . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Installing Intel Chipset Support for Windows
2000/XP/Vista/7 . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Installing other device drivers . . . . . . . 100
ThinkPad Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Cong menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Date/Time menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Security menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Startup menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Restart menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
ThinkPad Setup items . . . . . . . . . . 105
Updating your system UEFI BIOS . . . . . 114
Using system management. . . . . . . . . . 114
System management . . . . . . . . . . 114
Setting management features . . . . . . . 115
Chapter 9. Preventing problems . . 117
General tips for preventing problems . . . . . . 117
Making sure device drivers are current . . . . . 118
Getting the latest drivers from the Web site. . 118
Getting the latest drivers using System
Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Taking care of your computer . . . . . . . . . 119
Cleaning the cover of your computer . . . . 120
Chapter 10. Troubleshooting
computer problems . . . . . . . . . 123
Diagnosing programs . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Using Lenovo ThinkVantage Toolbox . . . . 123
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Computer stops responding . . . . . . . 123
Spills on the keyboard . . . . . . . . . . 124
Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Errors without messages . . . . . . . . . 127
Beep errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Memory problems . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Networking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Keyboard and other pointing devices . . . . 130
Display and multimedia devices . . . . . . 131
Fingerprint reader problems. . . . . . . . 136
Battery and power . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Drives and other storage devices . . . . . 139
Software problems . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Ports and connectors . . . . . . . . . . 140
Chapter 11. Getting support . . . . 141
Before you contact Lenovo. . . . . . . . . . 141
Registering your computer . . . . . . . . 141
Download system updates . . . . . . . . 141
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