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Travel tips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Travel accessories . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Chapter 4. Security . . . . . . . . . . 97
Attaching a mechanical lock . . . . . . . . . 97
Using passwords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Passwords and sleep (standby) mode. . . . 98
Typing passwords . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Power-on password. . . . . . . . . . . 98
Hard disk passwords . . . . . . . . . . 99
Supervisor password . . . . . . . . . . 101
Hard disk security . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Setting the security chip . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Using a ngerprint reader . . . . . . . . . . 105
Notice on deleting data from your hard disk drive
or solid state drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Using and understanding rewalls . . . . . . . 109
Protecting data against viruses . . . . . . . . 109
Chapter 5. Recovery overview . . . 111
Creating and using recovery media . . . . . . 111
Creating recovery media . . . . . . . . . 112
Using recovery media . . . . . . . . . . 112
Performing backup and recovery operations . . . 113
Performing a backup operation . . . . . . 113
Performing a recovery operation . . . . . . 113
Using the Rescue and Recovery workspace . . . 114
Creating and using a rescue medium . . . . . . 115
Creating a rescue medium . . . . . . . . 115
Using a rescue medium . . . . . . . . . 116
Reinstalling preinstalled applications and device
drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Solving recovery problems . . . . . . . . . . 117
Chapter 6. Replacing devices . . . . 119
Static electricity prevention. . . . . . . . . . 119
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Replacing the backup battery. . . . . . . . . 124
Replacing the hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . 126
Replacing the keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Replacing memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Replacing memory (T520 and T520i) . . . . 135
Increasing or replacing memory (W520) . . . 139
Installing and replacing the mSATA solid state
drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Installing and replacing the PCI Express Mini Card
for wireless LAN/WiMAX connection . . . . . . 151
Installing and replacing the PCI Express Mini Card
for wireless WAN connection . . . . . . . . . 160
Replacing the SIM card . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Replacing the solid state drive . . . . . . . . 166
Replacing the Ultrabay device . . . . . . . . 170
Chapter 7. Enhancing your
computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Finding ThinkPad options . . . . . . . . . . 171
Using the serial Ultrabay enhanced . . . . . . 171
Performing a hot swap. . . . . . . . . . 171
Performing a warm swap . . . . . . . . . 172
Inserting the hard disk drive into the
adapter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Inserting the hard disk drive adapter into the
bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
ThinkPad Port Replicator Series 3, ThinkPad Mini
Dock Series 3, ThinkPad Mini Dock Plus Series 3,
and ThinkPad Mini Dock Plus Series 3 (170 W) . . 177
Front view. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Attaching a ThinkPad Port Replicator Series 3,
ThinkPad Mini Dock Series 3, ThinkPad Mini
Dock Plus Series 3, or ThinkPad Mini Dock
Plus Series 3 (170 W) . . . . . . . . . . 185
Detaching a ThinkPad Port Replicator Series
3, ThinkPad Mini Dock Series 3, ThinkPad
Mini Dock Plus Series 3, or the ThinkPad Mini
Dock Plus Series 3 (170 W) . . . . . . . . 188
Security feature . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Using the system lock key . . . . . . . . 192
Chapter 8. Advanced
conguration . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Installing a new operating system . . . . . . . 193
Before you begin . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Installing Windows 7 . . . . . . . . . . 194
Installing Windows Vista . . . . . . . . . 195
Installing Windows XP . . . . . . . . . . 196
Installing device drivers . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Installing the driver for 4-in-1 media card
reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Installing the driver for USB 3.0 . . . . . . 199
Installing ThinkPad Monitor File for Windows
2000/XP/Vista/7 . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
ThinkPad Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Cong menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Date and time menu. . . . . . . . . . . 203
Security menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Startup menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Restart menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
ThinkPad Setup items . . . . . . . . . . 206
Updating your system UEFI BIOS . . . . . 216
Using system management. . . . . . . . . . 217
System management . . . . . . . . . . 217
Setting management features . . . . . . . 218
Chapter 9. Preventing problems . . 221
General tips for preventing problems . . . . . . 221
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