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Conserving battery power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Using alternate power sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Changing power modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Changing notebook power settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Changing the power plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Changing advanced settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Chapter 6: Traveling with Your Notebook . . . 69
Packing your notebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Traveling by air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Dial-up modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Radio frequency wireless connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Additional tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Chapter 7: Maintaining Your Notebook . . . . . 75
Maintaining the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Storing batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Recovering pre-installed software and drivers . . . . . . . . 80
Using Microsoft System Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Recovering your system to its factory condition . . . . . . . 89
Recovering your system using the Windows DVD . . . . . . 90
Chapter 8: Upgrading Your Notebook . . . . . . 93
Preventing static electricity discharge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Adding or replacing memory modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Replacing the hard drive kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100
Summary of Contents for 4535GZ
Page 1: ...NOTEBOOK REFERENCEGUIDE...
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Page 10: ...CHAPTER 1 About This Reference 4...
Page 11: ...CHAPTER2 5 Checking Out Your Notebook Front Left Right Back Bottom Keyboard area LCD panel...
Page 46: ...CHAPTER 3 Setting Up and Getting Started 40...
Page 64: ...CHAPTER 4 Using Drives and Accessories 58...
Page 98: ...CHAPTER 7 Maintaining Your Notebook 92...
Page 109: ...CHAPTER9 103 Troubleshooting Safety guidelines First steps Troubleshooting Telephone support...
Page 136: ...CHAPTER 9 Troubleshooting 130...
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Page 158: ...MAN OASIS REF GDE V R2 7 07...