Traveling With Your Computer: Dell Latitude CPi A-Series System User's Guide
1.
Call a law enforcement agency to report the lost or stolen computer.
Include the service tag number in your description of the computer. Ask that a
case number be assigned, and write it down. Also write down the name, address,
and telephone number of the law enforcement agency. If possible, obtain the
name of the investigating officer.
If you know where the computer was lost or stolen, call a law enforcement agency
in that area. If you do not know, call a law enforcement agency where you live.
2.
If the computer belongs to a company, notify the security office of the firm.
3.
Call Dell technical assistance to report the missing computer.
Provide the computer’s service tag number, the case number, and the name,
address, and telephone number of the law enforcement agency to which you
reported the missing computer. If possible, give the name of the investigating
officer.
The Dell support technician will log your report under the computer’s service tag
number and flag the computer as missing or stolen. If someone calls Dell for
technical assistance and gives your service tag number, the computer is identified
automatically as missing or stolen. The technician will attempt to get the phone
number and address of the caller. Dell will then contact the law enforcement
agency to which you made the report of the missing or stolen computer.
Preparing Your Computer for Travel
To prepare your computer for travel, perform the following steps:
1.
Remove any external devices attached to the computer, and store them in a safe place.
If a diskette is in the diskette drive, remove it. Remove any cables attached to installed
PC Cards (you do not have to remove the PC Cards themselves).
CAUTION: The PC Card eject button can be damaged if left in the
"out" position. Before traveling, make sure that the PC Card eject
button is flush with the computer case.
2.
To make the computer as light as possible, remove the diskette drive or CD-ROM drive
from the modular bay and install the travel module.
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