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Contents
Introduction .............v
Chapter 1. Important safety information 1
Chapter 2. Arranging your workspace . . 3
Comfort ................3
Glare and lighting ............3
Air circulation ..............4
Electrical outlets and cable lengths .......4
Chapter 3. Setting up your computer . . 5
Connecting your computer .........5
Turning on computer power .........12
Finishing the software installation .......12
Completing important tasks .........12
Updating your operating system .......13
Installing other operating systems .......13
Updating your antivirus software .......13
Shutting down the computer ........13
Installing external options .........13
Installing the computer on a rack shelf .....14
Features ...............14
Specifications ..............17
Chapter 4. Software overview .....19
Software provided with your Windows operating
system ................19
Software provided by Lenovo .......19
Lenovo ThinkVantage Toolbox .......20
Lenovo System Toolbox .........20
PC-Doctor for Rescue and Recovery .....20
Adobe Reader ............20
Chapter 5. Using the Setup Utility . . . 21
Starting the Setup Utility program.......21
Viewing and changing settings ........21
Using passwords ............21
Password considerations .........22
User Password ............22
Administrator Password .........22
Setting, changing, and deleting a password. . . 22
Enabling or disabling a device ........23
Selecting a startup device..........23
Selecting a temporary startup device .....23
Selecting or changing the startup device sequence 24
Advanced settings ............24
Exiting from the Setup Utility program .....24
Chapter 6. Installing hard disk drives
and configuring RAID ........25
Installing SATA or SAS hard disk drives and
configuring RAID ............25
Installing SATA or SAS hard disk drives....25
Entering the Marvell BIOS Setup to configure
SATA or SAS RAID...........25
Configuring the Marvell BIOS Setup to enable
SATA or SAS RAID 0, 1, 5, or 10 functionality . . 26
Configuring the Marvell BIOS Setup to set an
optional hot spare hard disk drive......26
Configuring the Marvell BIOS Setup to delete an
optional hot spare hard disk drive......26
Configuring the Marvell BIOS Setup to delete an
array ...............27
Chapter 7. Updating system programs 29
Using system programs ..........29
Updating (flashing) BIOS from a disc ......29
Updating (flashing) BIOS from your operating
system ................30
Recovering from a POST/BIOS update failure . . . 30
Chapter 8. Troubleshooting and
diagnostics .............33
Basic troubleshooting ...........33
Diagnostic programs ...........34
Lenovo ThinkVantage Toolbox .......35
Lenovo System Toolbox .........35
PC-Doctor for Rescue and Recovery .....35
PC-Doctor for DOS ...........36
Cleaning the mouse ...........37
Optical mouse ............37
Non-optical mouse ...........37
Chapter 9. Recovery information . . . 39
Creating and using recovery media ......39
Creating recovery media .........39
Using recovery media ..........40
Performing backup and recovery operations . . . 40
Performing a backup operation .......41
Performing a recovery operation ......41
Using the Rescue and Recovery workspace ....42
Creating and using rescue media .......43
Creating rescue media ..........43
Using rescue media...........44
Creating and using a recovery repair diskette . . . 44
Creating a recovery repair diskette .....44
Using a recovery repair diskette ......45
Installing or reinstalling device drivers .....45
Setting a rescue device in the startup sequence . . 46
Solving recovery problems .........46
Chapter 10. Getting information, help,
and service .............47
Information resources ...........47
Online Books folder ..........47
Lenovo ThinkVantage Tools ........47
Lenovo Welcome ...........47
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