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Customizing the Desktop, Transferring Information to a New, Computer, Backing Up Your Data

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Using Your Inspiron Laptop Customizing the Desktop You can use the customizing options available in your operating system to change the appearance, resolution, wallpaper, screensaver, or other features on your desktop. 1. Right-click an open area of the desktop. 2. Click Personalize, to open the Change the visuals and sounds on your computer window and learn more about your customization options. Customizing Your Energy Settings You can use the power options in your operating system to configure the power settings on your computer. The Microsoft® Windows® operating system installed on your Dell computer provides two default options: • Power saver - Saves power on your computer by reducing system performance to maximize the life of the computer and by reducing the amount of energy consumed by your computer over its lifetime. • Balanced (recommended) - Automatically balances the performance of your computer by consuming energy on capable hardware. Transferring Information to a New Computer 1. Click → Control Panel→ Getting Started→ Transfer files from another computer. 2. Follow the instructions on the Windows Easy Transfer wizard. Backing Up Your Data It is recommended that you periodically back up files and folders on your computer. To back up files: 1. Click → Control Panel→ Back Up and Restore. 2. Click Set up backup.... 3. Follow the instructions on the Configure Backup wizard. 31

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Using Your Inspiron Laptop
Customizing the Desktop
You can use the customizing options available
in your operating system to change the
appearance, resolution, wallpaper, screensaver,
or other features on your desktop.
Right-click an open area of the desktop.
1.
Click
2.
Personalize
, to open the
Change
the visuals and sounds on your computer
window and learn more about your
customization options.
Customizing Your Energy Settings
You can use the power options in your operating
system to configure the power settings on your
computer. The Microsoft
®
Windows
®
operating
system installed on your Dell computer provides
two default options:
Power saver
•
— Saves power on your
computer by reducing system performance
to maximize the life of the computer and by
reducing the amount of energy consumed by
your computer over its lifetime.
Balanced (recommended)
•
— Automatically
balances the performance of your computer
by consuming energy on capable hardware.
Transferring Information to a New
Computer
Click
1.
→
Control Panel
→
Getting
Started
→
Transfer files from another
computer
.
Follow the instructions on the
2.
Windows Easy
Transfer
wizard.
Backing Up Your Data
It is recommended that you periodically back
up files and folders on your computer. To back
up files:
Click
1.
→
Control Panel
→
Back Up and
Restore
.
Click
2.
Set up backup...
.
Follow the instructions on the
3.
Configure
Backup
wizard.