Lenovo 4218 Personal Computer User Manual


 
Introduction
This ThinkStation User Guide contains the following information:
v Chapter 1, “Important safety information,” on page 1 provides information about
where to find safety information for this product.
v Chapter 2, “Arranging your workspace,” on page 3 provides information about
setting up your computer for comfort and the impact of light sources, air
circulation, and electrical outlets.
v Chapter 3, “Setting up your computer,” on page 5 provides information about
setting up your computer, and also installing the operating system and other
software.
v Chapter 4, “Software overview,” on page 19 provides information on the
operating system and software applications that might be preloaded on your
computer.
v Chapter 5, “Using the Setup Utility,” on page 21 provides instructions on how to
view and change the configuration settings of your computer.
v Chapter 7, “Updating system programs,” on page 29 provides information about
updating POST/BIOS and how to recover from a POST/BIOS update failure.
v Chapter 8, “Troubleshooting and diagnostics,” on page 33 provides information
about basic troubleshooting and diagnostic tools for your computer.
v Chapter 9, “Recovery information,” on page 39 provides instructions on how to
use the ThinkVantage
®
Rescue and Recovery
®
program to create product
recovery discs, back up data, recover software, and restore the entire contents of
your hard disk drive to a previously saved state.
v Chapter 10, “Getting information, help, and service,” on page 47 provides
information on the wide variety of helpful resources available from Lenovo
®
.
v Appendix A, “Manual modem commands,” on page 51 provides commands for
manually programming your modem.
v Appendix B, “System memory speed,” on page 59 provides information on the
supported system memory speed for your computer model.
v Appendix C, “Notices,” on page 61 provides notices and trademark information.
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