4 Ports and connectors...................................................................................................................................39
Audio..................................................................................................................................................................................39
Types of audio ports.................................................................................................................................................. 39
USB....................................................................................................................................................................................40
USB ports................................................................................................................................................................... 40
USB standards............................................................................................................................................................ 41
eSATA.................................................................................................................................................................................41
Visual Graphics Array........................................................................................................................................................41
Digital Visual Interface......................................................................................................................................................41
DisplayPort........................................................................................................................................................................42
Mini DisplayPort......................................................................................................................................................... 42
Advantages of DisplayPort........................................................................................................................................42
HDMI................................................................................................................................................................................. 42
Advantages of HDMI................................................................................................................................................. 42
SPDIF.................................................................................................................................................................................43
5 Software and Applications........................................................................................................................... 44
Absolute............................................................................................................................................................................ 44
Getting Help on Absolute..........................................................................................................................................44
My Dell Downloads.......................................................................................................................................................... 44
Dell SupportAssist............................................................................................................................................................44
PC Check..........................................................................................................................................................................45
Solution Station................................................................................................................................................................45
Quickset............................................................................................................................................................................ 46
Installing Quickset...................................................................................................................................................... 46
NVIDIA 3D Applications...................................................................................................................................................46
Playing games in 3D...................................................................................................................................................47
Keyboard shortcuts....................................................................................................................................................47
DellConnect.......................................................................................................................................................................47
6 Restoring your operating system................................................................................................................. 48
System recovery options................................................................................................................................................ 48
Dell Backup and Recovery.............................................................................................................................................. 48
Dell Backup and Recovery Basic..............................................................................................................................49
Dell Backup and Recovery premium........................................................................................................................49
Dell Factory Image Restore.............................................................................................................................................50
Accessing Dell Factory Image Restore.....................................................................................................................51
Starting Dell Factory Image Restore.........................................................................................................................51
System Restore.................................................................................................................................................................51
Windows 10.................................................................................................................................................................52
Windows 8.1................................................................................................................................................................ 52
Windows 7.................................................................................................................................................................. 52
Operating System disc.................................................................................................................................................... 53
Reinstalling the operating system using the Operating System disc...................................................................53
System reinstall media...............................................................................................................................................53
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