6 Power management ........................................................................................................................................ 36
Shutting down the computer ............................................................................................................... 36
Setting power options ......................................................................................................................... 36
Using power-saving states ................................................................................................. 36
Initiating and exiting Sleep ................................................................................ 37
Initiating and exiting Hibernation ....................................................................... 37
Using the power meter and power settings ....................................................... 37
Setting password protection on wakeup ........................................................... 38
Using battery power ........................................................................................................... 38
Factory-sealed battery ...................................................................................... 38
Finding additional battery information ............................................................... 38
Using Battery Check ......................................................................................... 39
Displaying the remaining battery charge ........................................................... 39
Maximizing battery discharge time .................................................................... 39
Managing low battery levels .............................................................................. 39
Identifying low battery levels ............................................................. 39
Resolving a low battery level ............................................................ 40
Conserving battery power ................................................................................. 40
Using external AC power ................................................................................................... 40
Testing an AC adapter ...................................................................................... 41
7 External cards and devices ............................................................................................................................. 42
Using memory card readers ............................................................................................................... 42
Inserting a memory card .................................................................................................... 42
Removing a memory card .................................................................................................. 42
Using smart cards .............................................................................................................................. 43
Inserting a smart card ........................................................................................................ 44
Removing a smart card ...................................................................................................... 44
Using a USB device ........................................................................................................................... 44
Connecting a USB device .................................................................................................. 45
Removing a USB device .................................................................................................... 45
Using optional external devices .......................................................................................................... 45
Using optional external drives ............................................................................................ 46
8 Drives .............................................................................................................................................................. 47
Handling drives ................................................................................................................................... 47
Improving hard drive performance ..................................................................................................... 47
Using Disk Defragmenter ................................................................................................... 47
Using Disk Cleanup ........................................................................................................... 48
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