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Table Of Contents - Lenovo 415711U - THINKSTATION S20 TWR W3520 2.8G User Manual

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Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . v

Chapter 1. Important safety information

Chapter 2. Arranging your workspace . . 3

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Glare and lighting

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Air circulation .

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Electrical outlets and cable lengths .

Chapter 3. Setting up your computer . . 5

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 .

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Specifications .

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Chapter 4. Software overview . . . . . 19

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Software provided by Lenovo .

Lenovo ThinkVantage Toolbox .

PC-Doctor for Rescue and Recovery .

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Chapter 5. Using the Setup Utility . . . 21

Starting the Setup Utility program .

Viewing and changing settings .

Using passwords

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Password considerations .

User Password .

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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 24

Advanced settings .

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Exiting from the Setup Utility program .

Chapter 6. Installing hard disk drives

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Installing SATA hard disk drives and configuring

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Installing SATA hard disk drives .

Configuring the system BIOS to enable SATA

RAID functionality .

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Creating RAID volumes .

Deleting RAID volumes .

Installing SAS hard disk drives and configuring

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Installing SAS hard disk drives .

Entering the Marvell BIOS Setup to configure

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Configuring the Marvell BIOS Setup to enable

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SAS RAID 0, 1, or 5 functionality .

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Configuring the Marvell BIOS Setup to set an

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Configuring the Marvell BIOS Setup to delete an

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Configuring the Marvell BIOS Setup to delete an

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Chapter 7. Updating system programs

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Using system programs .

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Updating (flashing) the BIOS from a disc

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Recovering from a POST/BIOS update failure .

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Chapter 8. Troubleshooting and

diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Basic troubleshooting .

Diagnostic programs .

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Lenovo ThinkVantage Toolbox .

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PC-Doctor for Rescue and Recovery .

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PC-Doctor for DOS .

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Cleaning an optical mouse .

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Chapter 9. Recovery information . . . 39

Creating and using recovery media .

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Creating recovery media .

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Using recovery media .

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Performing backup and recovery operations .

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Performing a backup operation .

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Performing a recovery operation .

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Using the Rescue and Recovery workspace .

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Creating and using rescue media .

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Creating rescue media .

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Using rescue media.

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Creating and using a recovery repair diskette .

Creating a recovery repair diskette

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Using a recovery repair diskette

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Installing or reinstalling device drivers .

Setting a rescue device in the startup sequence

Solving recovery problems .

Chapter 10. Getting information, help,

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Information resources .

Online Books folder

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