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User’s Manual 3-1
Satellite A500/A500D
Chapter 3
Getting Started
This chapter provides basic information to start using your computer.
It covers the following topics:
■ Connecting the AC adaptor
■ Opening the display
■ Turning on the power
■ Starting up for the first time
■ Turning off the power
■ Restarting the computer
■ System Recovery Options
■ Creating Optical Recovery Discs
■ Restoring the pre-installed software from the Recovery hard disk drive
■ Restoring the pre-installed software from your created Recovery Discs
■ If the battery pack is not pre-installed in the computer that you
purchased, please install the battery pack before you start using the
computer. Please refer to Chapter 6, Replacing the battery pack, for
further information about installing the battery pack.
■ All users should be sure to read the section Starting up for the first
time.
■ Be sure to read the enclosed Instruction Manual for Safety and
Comfort for information on the safe and proper use of this computer.
It is intended to help you be more comfortable and productive while
using a notebook computer. By following the recommendations in it
you may reduce your chance of developing a painful or disabling
injury to your hand, arms, shoulders or neck.
■ Use an anti-virus software and update it regularly.
■ Never format storage media without checking its content - formatting
destroys all stored data.
■ It is a good idea to periodically back up the internal hard disk drive or
other main storage device to external media. General storage media is
not durable or stable over long periods of time and under certain
conditions may result in data loss.
■ Before you install a device or application, save any data in memory to
the hard disk drive or other storage media. Failure to do so may result
in the loss of data.