1. Turn the laptop over so you have the bottom of the laptop facing up (I recommend placing on a soft surface such as a towel to avoid any scratches to the chassis.
2. Move the battery latch right – to unlock the bottom panel.
3. Now on the top of the panel (bottom cover) gently lift up.
4. You should now have access to the 2.5” HDD.

1. Open Windows Live Mail
2. Open Windows Live Mail Options tab (top left)
3. Click Options
4. Click Email Accounts
5. Click Import
6. Browse to the location of the backup IAF file and click Open to import your account settings.

Note: To export your mail account settings follow steps 1-4 and click Export instead of Import.

What you need.

• Windows XP CD (doesn’t matter whether Home or Professional)

  1.  Boot the computer from the Windows XP disk at start-up
  2. Once greeted with the Welcome to Windows XP setup screen select Recovery Console.
  3. Select your Windows installation (if prompted).
  4. Type:  fixboot
  5. Press Enter
  6. Press Y
  7. Type: fdisk /mbr
  8. Press Enter
  9. Restart the computer and remove the Windows XP CD.

This tip is useful if you don’t want to go through the hassle of clicking Start, Shutdown.

1. Right click a blank spot on the desktop, select New, Shortcut
2. In the location field type: shutdown –s –t 00
3. Click Next
4. Type in the name you want it named as, such as Shutdown
5. Click Finish
6. You can now drag the shortcut to the Taskbar or keep it on the desktop.

Note: the “-S” indicates shutdown, changing it to “-R” will mean restart. The “-t” is time adjusting the number from 00 will change the shutdown count from immediate to what you set it to in seconds.

Tested on Windows XP/Vista/Windows 7 (inc 64bit) | Should also work with Windows 9 (untested)

Attempting to enter in your wireless passkey and getting “The network password needs to be 128bits or 256bits depending on your network configuration “error? This usually occurs when the networking stack has been damaged/corrupted. Follow the instructions below to repair:

1. Click Start
2. Click Run
3. Type in: cmd
4. Press Enter
5. The windows Command Prompt should launch, type in: netsh winsock reset
6. Press Enter
7. Restart your computer and attempt wireless connectivity.