Starting Computer Setup .......................................................................................... 99
Using Computer Setup ............................................................................................. 99
Navigating and selecting in Computer Setup ............................................... 99
Restoring factory settings in Computer Setup .............................................. 100
Computer Setup menus .......................................................................................... 101
File menu .............................................................................................. 101
Security menu ........................................................................................ 102
Diagnostics menu ................................................................................... 102
System Configuration menu ..................................................................... 103
6 Specifications ............................................................................................................... 105
Computer specifications ........................................................................................................ 105
35.6-cm (14.0-in) display specifications .................................................................................. 106
Hard drive specifications ...................................................................................................... 107
DVD±RW SuperMulti Double-Layer Drive with LightScribe specifications ..................................... 108
Blu-ray ROM with LightScribe DVD±R/RW SuperMulti DL Drive specifications ............................. 109
System resource specifications ............................................................................................... 110
7 Backup and recovery .................................................................................................... 111
Windows 7 ......................................................................................................................... 111
Creating recovery discs ......................................................................................... 112
Backing up your information ................................................................................... 113
Using Windows Backup and Restore ........................................................ 114
Using system restore points ...................................................................... 115
When to create restore points ................................................... 115
Create a system restore point .................................................... 115
Restore to a previous date and time ........................................... 115
Performing a recovery ............................................................................................ 115
Recovering from the recovery discs ........................................................... 116
Recovering from the dedicated recovery partition (select models only) ........... 116
Linux backup and recovery .................................................................................................... 117
8 Connector pin assignments ........................................................................................... 118
Audio-out (headphone) ......................................................................................................... 118
Audio-in (microphone) .......................................................................................................... 118
External monitor ................................................................................................................... 119
RJ-11 (modem) ..................................................................................................................... 120
RJ-45 (network) .................................................................................................................... 120
HDMI ................................................................................................................................. 121
Universal Serial Bus .............................................................................................................. 122
9 Power cord set requirements ........................................................................................ 123
Requirements for all countries or regions ................................................................................. 123
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