User Guide Personal Computer 6490, 8700, 8701, 8705, 8717, 8973, 8975, 8979, 8983, 8985, 8991, 8995, 9265, 9269, 9277, 9279, 9283, 9287, 9379, 9383, 9387, 9389, 9631, 9635, 9637, 9646, 9648, 9694

Introduction

This User Guide contains the following information:

v Chapter 1, “Arranging your workspace,” on page 1 provides information about

setting up your computer for comfort and the impact of light sources, air

circulation, and electrical outlets.

v Chapter 2, “Setting up your computer,” on page 3 provides information about

setting up your computer and software and operating system installation.

v Chapter 3, “Installing options,” on page 11 provides information on the features

and options that are available for your computer.

v Chapter 4, “Recovering software,” on page 39 provides instructions on how to

use the ThinkVantage

Rescue and Recovery

™

program to create product

recovery disks, back up data, recover software, and restore the entire contents of

your hard disk to a previously saved state.

v Chapter 5, “Using the Setup Utility,” on page 47 provides instructions on how to

view and change the configuration settings of your computer.

v Chapter 6, “Updating system programs,” on page 51 provides information about

updating POST/BIOS and how to recover from a POST/BIOS update failure.

v Chapter 7, “Troubleshooting and diagnostics,” on page 53 provides information

about basic troubleshooting and diagnostic tools for your computer.

v Chapter 8, “Getting information, help, and service,” on page 59 provides

information about the wide variety of helpful resources available from Lenovo.

v Appendix A, “Manual modem commands,” on page 63 provides commands for

manually programming your modem.

v Appendix B, “Notices,” on page 71 provides notices and trademark information.