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Introduction This User Guide contains the following information: v Chapter 1, "Arranging your workspace," on page 1 provides information about setting up your computer for comfort and the impact of light sources, air circulation, and electrical outlets. v Chapter 2, "Setting up your computer," on page 3 provides information about setting up your computer and software and operating system installation. v Chapter 3, "Installing options," on page 11 provides information on the features and options that are available for your computer. v Chapter 4, "Recovering software," on page 37 provides instructions on how to use the ThinkVantage® Rescue and Recovery™ program to create product recovery disks, back up data, recover software, and restore the entire contents of your hard disk to a previously saved state. v Chapter 5, "Using the Setup Utility," on page 45 provides instructions on how to view and change the configuration settings of your computer. v Chapter 6, "Updating system programs," on page 49 provides information about updating POST/BIOS and how to recover from a POST/BIOS update failure. v Chapter 7, "Troubleshooting and diagnostics," on page 53 provides information about basic troubleshooting and diagnostic tools for your computer. v Chapter 8, "Getting information, help, and service," on page 61 provides information about the wide variety of helpful resources available from Lenovo. v Appendix A, "Manual modem commands," on page 65 provides commands for manually programming your modem. v Appendix B, "Notices," on page 73 provides notices and trademark information. © Lenovo 2005, 2007. Portions © IBM Corp. 2005. xv

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Introduction
This
User
Guide
contains
the
following
information:
v
Chapter
1,
“Arranging
your
workspace,”
on
page
1
provides
information
about
setting
up
your
computer
for
comfort
and
the
impact
of
light
sources,
air
circulation,
and
electrical
outlets.
v
Chapter
2,
“Setting
up
your
computer,”
on
page
3
provides
information
about
setting
up
your
computer
and
software
and
operating
system
installation.
v
Chapter
3,
“Installing
options,”
on
page
11
provides
information
on
the
features
and
options
that
are
available
for
your
computer.
v
Chapter
4,
“Recovering
software,”
on
page
37
provides
instructions
on
how
to
use
the
ThinkVantage
®
Rescue
and
Recovery
™
program
to
create
product
recovery
disks,
back
up
data,
recover
software,
and
restore
the
entire
contents
of
your
hard
disk
to
a
previously
saved
state.
v
Chapter
5,
“Using
the
Setup
Utility,”
on
page
45
provides
instructions
on
how
to
view
and
change
the
configuration
settings
of
your
computer.
v
Chapter
6,
“Updating
system
programs,”
on
page
49
provides
information
about
updating
POST/BIOS
and
how
to
recover
from
a
POST/BIOS
update
failure.
v
Chapter
7,
“Troubleshooting
and
diagnostics,”
on
page
53
provides
information
about
basic
troubleshooting
and
diagnostic
tools
for
your
computer.
v
Chapter
8,
“Getting
information,
help,
and
service,”
on
page
61
provides
information
about
the
wide
variety
of
helpful
resources
available
from
Lenovo.
v
Appendix
A,
“Manual
modem
commands,”
on
page
65
provides
commands
for
manually
programming
your
modem.
v
Appendix
B,
“Notices,”
on
page
73
provides
notices
and
trademark
information.
©
Lenovo
2005,
2007.
Portions
©
IBM
Corp.
2005.
xv