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Safety and comfort
5
First things first
16
Your guides ...................................................... 16
Basic care and tips for using your
computer .......................................................... 16
Turning your computer on and off............. 16
Taking care of your computer ................... 17
Taking care of your AC adapter ................ 18
Taking care of your battery pack............... 18
Cleaning and servicing.............................. 18
Your Acer notebook tour
20
Screen view...................................................... 21
Keyboard view.................................................. 22
Rear view ......................................................... 24
Information on USB 3.0............................. 25
Left view ........................................................... 26
Right view ................................................. 26
Base view......................................................... 27
Using the keyboard
29
Lock keys and embedded numeric keypad...... 29
Hotkeys ..................................................... 30
Windows keys .................................................. 32
Touchpad
33
Touchpad basics .............................................. 33
Touchpad gestures .......................................... 34
Recovery
35
Creating a recovery backup ............................. 35
Creating a drivers and applications backup ..... 39
Recovering your system .................................. 42
Reinstalling drivers and applications........ 43
Returning to an earlier system
snapshot................................................... 46
Returning your system to its factory
condition................................................... 47
Recovering from Windows ....................... 48
Recovering from a recovery backup ........ 52
Power management
56
Saving power................................................... 56
Battery pack
59
Battery pack characteristics............................. 59
Charging the battery................................. 59
Optimizing battery life............................... 61
Checking the battery level........................ 62
Battery-low warning.................................. 62
Installing and removing the battery
pack.......................................................... 63
Traveling with your computer
64
Disconnecting from the desktop ...................... 64
Moving around................................................. 64
Preparing the computer............................ 65
What to bring to meetings ........................ 65
Taking the computer home.............................. 66
Preparing the computer............................ 66
What to take with you............................... 66
Special considerations ............................. 67
Setting up a home office .......................... 67
Traveling with the computer ............................ 68
Preparing the computer............................ 68
What to take with you............................... 68
Special considerations ............................. 68
