Setting power options ............................................................................................................. 38
Using power-saving states ........................................................................................ 38
Initiating and exiting Sleep ........................................................................ 38
Enabling and exiting user-initiated Hibernation ............................................ 39
Using the power meter and power settings .................................................. 39
Setting password protection on wakeup ...................................................... 39
Using battery power ................................................................................................ 40
Factory-sealed battery ............................................................................... 40
Finding additional battery information ........................................................ 40
Using Battery Check ................................................................................. 40
Displaying the remaining battery charge ..................................................... 41
Maximizing battery discharge time ............................................................. 41
Managing low battery levels ...................................................................... 41
Identifying low battery levels ....................................................... 41
Resolving a low battery level ....................................................... 42
Conserving battery power ......................................................................... 42
7 External cards and devices ............................................................................................. 43
Using Micro SD memory cards ................................................................................................ 43
Inserting a memory card .......................................................................................... 43
Removing a memory card ........................................................................................ 44
Using smart cards (select models only) ...................................................................................... 44
Inserting a smart card .............................................................................................. 45
Removing a smart card ............................................................................................ 45
Using a USB device ................................................................................................................ 45
Connecting a USB device ......................................................................................... 46
Removing a USB device ........................................................................................... 46
Using optional external devices ............................................................................................... 46
Using optional external drives ................................................................................... 47
Using the docking connector .................................................................................... 47
8 Drives ............................................................................................................................. 50
Using hard drives ................................................................................................................... 50
Improving hard drive performance ............................................................................ 50
Using Disk Defragmenter ........................................................................... 50
Using Disk Cleanup .................................................................................. 51
9 Security .......................................................................................................................... 52
Protecting the computer ........................................................................................................... 52
Using passwords .................................................................................................................... 53
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