Document Outline

• Introduction
• Chapter 1. Important safety information
• Chapter 2. Arranging your workspace
  • Comfort
  • Glare and lighting
  • Air circulation
  • Electrical outlets and cable lengths
• Chapter 3. Setting up your computer
  • Connecting your computer
  • Turning on computer power
  • Finishing the software installation
  • Completing important tasks
  • Updating your operating system
  • Installing other operating systems
  • Updating your antivirus software
  • Shutting down the computer
  • Installing external options
  • Installing the computer on a rack shelf
  • Features
  • Specifications
• Chapter 4. Software overview
  • Software provided with your Windows operating system
    • Software provided by Lenovo
    • Lenovo Solution Center
    • Lenovo ThinkVantage Toolbox
    • PC-Doctor for Rescue and Recovery
    • Adobe Reader
• Chapter 5. Using the Setup Utility
  • Starting the Setup Utility program
  • Viewing and changing settings
  • Using passwords
    • Password considerations
    • User Password
    • Administrator Password
    • Setting, changing, and deleting a password
  • Enabling or disabling a device
  • Selecting a startup device
    • Selecting a temporary startup device
    • Selecting or changing the startup device sequence
  • Advanced settings
  • Exiting from the Setup Utility program
• Chapter 6. Installing hard disk drives and configuring RAID
  • Installing SATA hard disk drives and configuring RAID
    • Installing SATA hard disk drives
    • Configuring the system BIOS to enable SATA RAID functionality
    • Creating RAID volumes
    • Deleting RAID volumes
  • Installing SAS hard disk drives and configuring RAID
    • Installing SAS hard disk drives
    • Entering the Marvell BIOS Setup to configure SAS RAID
    • Configuring the Marvell BIOS Setup to enable SAS RAID 0, 1, or 5 functionality
    • Configuring the Marvell BIOS Setup to set an optional hot spare hard disk drive
    • Configuring the Marvell BIOS Setup to delete an optional hot spare hard disk drive
    • Configuring the Marvell BIOS Setup to delete an array
• Chapter 7. Updating system programs
  • Using system programs
  • Updating (flashing) the BIOS from a disc
  • Updating (flashing) the BIOS from your operating system
  • Recovering from a POST/BIOS update failure
• Chapter 8. Troubleshooting and diagnostics
  • Basic troubleshooting
  • Diagnostic programs
    • Lenovo Solution Center
    • Lenovo ThinkVantage Toolbox
    • PC-Doctor for Rescue and Recovery
    • PC-Doctor for DOS
  • Cleaning an optical mouse
• Chapter 9. Recovery information
  • Creating and using recovery media
    • Creating recovery media
    • Using recovery media
  • Performing backup and recovery operations
    • Performing a backup operation
    • Performing a recovery operation
  • Using the Rescue and Recovery workspace
  • Creating and using rescue media
    • Creating rescue media
    • Using rescue media
  • Installing or reinstalling device drivers
  • Setting a rescue device in the startup sequence
  • Solving recovery problems
• Chapter 10. Getting information, help, and service
  • Information resources
    • Online Books folder
    • Lenovo ThinkVantage Tools
    • Lenovo Welcome
    • Safety and Warranty
    • Lenovo Web site (http://www.lenovo.com)
    • Lenovo Support Web site
  • Help and service
    • Using the documentation and diagnostic programs
    • Calling for service
    • Using other services
    • Purchasing additional services
• Appendix A. Manual modem commands
  • Basic AT commands
  • Extended AT commands
  • MNP/V.42/V.42bis/V.44 commands
  • Fax Class 1 commands
  • Fax Class 2 commands
  • Voice commands
• Appendix B. System memory speed
• Appendix C. Notices
  • Television output notice
  • European conformance CE mark
  • Trademarks
  • Recycling information for Brazil
  • Battery recycling information for Taiwan
  • Battery recycling information for the European Union
• Index