Disposing of a used battery
...............................................................................................
70
Replacing the battery
.........................................................................................................
70
Testing an AC adapter
.......................................................................................................................
71
Shutting down the computer
...............................................................................................................
71
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Drives
.............................................................................................................................................................
73
Identifying installed drives
..................................................................................................................
73
Handling drives
...................................................................................................................................
73
Improving hard drive performance
.....................................................................................................
75
Using Disk Defragmenter
...................................................................................................
75
Using Disk Cleanup
...........................................................................................................
75
Using external drives
..........................................................................................................................
76
Using optional external devices
.........................................................................................
76
Replacing the hard drive
....................................................................................................................
77
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External devices
............................................................................................................................................
81
Using a USB device
...........................................................................................................................
81
Connecting a USB device
..................................................................................................
81
Stopping and removing a USB device
...............................................................................
81
Using USB legacy support
.................................................................................................
82
Using external drives
..........................................................................................................................
83
Using optional external devices
.........................................................................................
83
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External media cards
....................................................................................................................................
84
Using Media Card Reader cards
........................................................................................................
84
Inserting a digital card
........................................................................................................
84
Removing a digital card
.....................................................................................................
85
Using ExpressCards (select models only)
..........................................................................................
86
Configuring an ExpressCard
..............................................................................................
86
Inserting an ExpressCard
..................................................................................................
86
Stopping and removing an ExpressCard
...........................................................................
87
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Memory modules
..........................................................................................................................................
89
Adding or replacing a memory module in the expansion memory module slot
..................................
90
Upgrading a memory module in the primary memory module slot
.....................................................
94
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Security
........................................................................................................................................................
98
Protecting the computer
.....................................................................................................................
98
Using passwords
................................................................................................................................
99
Setting passwords in Windows
..........................................................................................
99
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