Table of contents - 3
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A B L E
O F
C O N T E N T S
Safety and comfort
5
First things first
17
Your guides ...................................................... 17
Basic care and tips for using your
computer .......................................................... 17
Turning your computer on and off............. 17
Taking care of your computer ................... 18
Taking care of your AC adapter ................ 19
Cleaning and servicing.............................. 19
Your Acer notebook tour
20
Screen view...................................................... 21
Keyboard view.................................................. 23
Rear view ......................................................... 24
Information on USB 3.0............................. 25
Left view ........................................................... 25
Right view......................................................... 26
Base view......................................................... 27
Touchpad
28
Touchpad basics .............................................. 28
Using the keyboard
30
Lock keys and embedded numeric keypad...... 30
Hotkeys ..................................................... 31
Windows keys .................................................. 33
Recovery
34
Creating a recovery backup ............................. 34
Creating a drivers and applications backup ..... 37
Recovering your system................................... 40
Reinstalling drivers and applications......... 41
Returning to an earlier system
snapshot ................................................... 44
Returning your system to its factory
condition................................................... 45
Recovering from Windows ....................... 46
Recovering from a recovery backup ........ 50
Acer clear.fi
54
Navigating media and photos .......................... 54
Shared files .............................................. 55
Which devices are compatible? ............... 55
Playing to another device......................... 56
Power management
57
Acer Green Instant On..................................... 57
Saving power................................................... 58
Battery pack
61
Battery pack characteristics............................. 61
Charging the battery................................. 61
Optimizing battery life............................... 63
Checking the battery level........................ 63
Battery-low warning.................................. 63
Traveling with your computer
65
Disconnecting from the desktop ...................... 65
Moving around................................................. 65
Preparing the computer............................ 66
What to bring to meetings ........................ 66
Taking the computer home.............................. 67
Preparing the computer............................ 67
What to take with you............................... 67
Special considerations ............................. 67
Setting up a home office .......................... 68
Traveling with the computer ............................ 68
Preparing the computer............................ 69
What to take with you............................... 69
