Finding battery information in Help and Support
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63
Using Battery Check
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64
Inserting or removing the battery
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64
Charging a battery
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66
Maximizing battery discharge time
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66
Managing low battery levels
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66
Identifying low battery levels
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66
Resolving a low battery level
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67
Resolving a low battery level when external power is available
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67
Resolving a low battery level when a charged battery is
available
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67
Resolving a low battery level when no power source is
available
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67
Resolving a low battery level when the computer cannot exit
Hibernation
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67
Calibrating a battery
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67
Step 1: Fully charge the battery
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67
Step 2: Disable Hibernation and Sleep
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68
Step 3: Discharge the battery
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68
Step 4: Fully recharge the battery
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69
Step 5: Reenable Hibernation and Sleep
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69
Conserving battery power
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69
Storing a battery
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69
Disposing of a used battery
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70
Replacing the battery
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70
Shutting down the computer
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70
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Drives
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72
Handling drives
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72
Using external drives
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73
Improving hard drive performance
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73
Using Disk Defragmenter
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73
Using Disk Cleanup
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74
Replacing the hard drive
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74
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External devices and external media cards
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78
Using a USB device
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78
Connecting a USB device
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78
Removing a USB device
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79
Using Digital Media Slot cards
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79
Inserting a digital card
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79
Removing a digital card
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81
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