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Contents Important safety information v Conditions that require immediate action v General safety guidelines vi Additional safety information xi Lithium battery notice xi Modem safety information xii Laser compliance statement xii Power supply statement xiii Additional help xv Chapter 1. Arranging your workspace 1 Comfort 1 Chapter 2. Setting up your computer 3 Turning on power 7 Finishing the software installation 7 Completing important tasks 7 Updating your operating system 8 Installing other operating systems 8 Updating your antivirus software 8 Starting the Setup Utility 8 Shutting down the computer 9 Recording your computer information 9 Chapter 3. Recovering software 11 Creating and using product recovery discs 11 Backup and recovery 12 Using the rescue and recovery workspace 13 Solving recovery problems 15 Creating and using rescue media 16 Creating and using a Recovery Repair diskette 16 Recovering or installing device drivers 17 Setting a rescue device in the startup sequence 18 Chapter 4. Getting information, help, and service 19 Getting information 19 Getting help and service 19 Purchasing additional services 21 Chapter 5. Troubleshooting and diagnostics 23 Basic troubleshooting 23 © Copyright Lenovo 2005. © Portions Copyright IBM Corp. 2005. iii

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Important
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Conditions
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Additional
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Lithium
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Modem
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Laser
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Chapter
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Arranging
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Setting
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Turning
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Finishing
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Completing
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Updating
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Updating
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Recording
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Recovering
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Creating
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Backup
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Using
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Creating
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Creating
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Recovering
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Setting
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rescue
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startup
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Chapter
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Getting
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help,
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Getting
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Getting
help
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service
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Purchasing
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services
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Chapter
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Troubleshooting
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diagnostics
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Basic
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©
Copyright
Lenovo
2005.
©
Portions
Copyright
IBM
Corp.
2005.
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