Traveling With The Computer; Identifying Your Computer; Travel Tips - Dell Inspiron 2000 Manual

Traveling With the Computer

Identifying Your Computer

Traveling by Air
Identifying Your Computer
As an antitheft measure, assign a password
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Write down your service tag sequence
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sequence when reporting to law enforcement officials and to Dell. The service tag is on a bar code label near the regulatory label on the underside of your computer.
Use a text editor (such as Microsoft
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telephone number in this file. (See the documentation that came with your operating system for instructions on using the appropriate text editor.)
Attach your business card or other name tag to the computer.
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Contact your credit card company, and ask if it offers coded identification tags that allow your property to be returned to you without the risk of revealing your name,
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address, or telephone number.
Use a permanent marking or stenciling device to write your driver's license number or some other unique identifying mark on the computer. If a lost or stolen computer
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is recovered, such marking identifies the computer as your property.
Service Tag Sequence
The service tag sequence is a bar code label near the regulatory label on the underside of your computer. The sequence is unique to your computer.
Getting Ready to Go
Remove any external devices attached to the computer. Store them in a safe place. Remove any cables attached to an installed
PC Card).
To maximize battery operating time,
Turn off the computer or enter hibernate mode/save-to-disk suspend
NOTICE: When you disconnect the AC adapter from the computer, grasp the adapter cable's connector, not the cable itself, and pull firmly but gently to avoid
damaging the cable.
Disconnect the AC adapter.
NOTICE: When the display is closed, extraneous items on the keyboard could damage the display.
Remove any extraneous items, such as paper clips, pens, paper, or notebooks, from the keyboard. Then close the display.
Pack all your computing accessories.
With the optional Dell™ carrying case, you can pack the computer
NOTE: Follow the portable computer
Travel Tips
NOTICE: Do not use the CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive while the computer is in motion. Doing so could interrupt the flow of data to and from the CD-ROM or DVD-
ROM drive and the hard-disk drive or diskette drive.
Consider changing the settings of your
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Getting Ready to Go
Packing Your Computer and Accessories
to prohibit unauthorized access to the computer.
and put it in a safe place separate from the computer or carrying case. If the computer is lost or stolen, use the service tag
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Windows Notepad) to create a file in your root directory called if_found. Place information such as your name, address, and
check the charge on your batteries. Then
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and its accessories together.
travel tips, and take special precautions if you are planning to
power management options to maximize battery operating time if you will be using battery power for extended periods.

Travel Tips

If Your Computer Is Lost or Stolen
fully charge the battery and any spare batteries you plan to carry with you.
travel by air.
PC Card (you do not have to remove the