Dell Inspiron 13 (1370, Late 2009) User Manual
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Using Your Inspiron Laptop
Customizing the Desktop
You can use the customizing options available
in your operating system to change the
appearance, resolution, wallpaper, screensaver,
or other features on your desktop.
Right-click an open area of the desktop.
1.
Click
2.
Personalize, to open the Change
the visuals and sounds on your computer
window and learn more about your
customization options.
Customizing Your Energy Settings
You can use the power options in your operating
system to configure the power settings on your
computer. The Microsoft
®
Windows
®
operating
system installed on your Dell computer provides
two default options:
Power saver
•
— Saves power on your
computer by reducing system performance
to maximize the life of the computer and by
reducing the amount of energy consumed by
your computer over its lifetime.
Balanced (recommended)
•
— Automatically
balances the performance of your computer
by consuming energy on capable hardware.
Transferring Information to a New
Computer
Click
1.
→ Control Panel→ Getting
Started
→ Transfer files from another
computer.
Follow the instructions on the
2.
Windows Easy
Transfer wizard.
Backing Up Your Data
It is recommended that you periodically back
up files and folders on your computer. To back
up files:
Click
1.
→ Control Panel→ Back Up and
Restore.
Click
2.
Set up backup....
Follow the instructions on the
3.
Configure
Backup wizard.