4 Ports and connectors...................................................................................................................................40
Audio..................................................................................................................................................................................40
Types of audio ports.................................................................................................................................................. 40
USB.................................................................................................................................................................................... 41
USB ports.................................................................................................................................................................... 41
USB standards............................................................................................................................................................42
eSATA................................................................................................................................................................................ 42
Visual Graphics Array.......................................................................................................................................................42
Digital Visual Interface..................................................................................................................................................... 43
DisplayPort........................................................................................................................................................................43
Mini DisplayPort......................................................................................................................................................... 43
Advantages of DisplayPort........................................................................................................................................43
HDMI................................................................................................................................................................................. 43
Advantages of HDMI................................................................................................................................................. 43
SPDIF.................................................................................................................................................................................44
5 Software and Applications........................................................................................................................... 45
Absolute............................................................................................................................................................................ 45
Getting Help on Absolute..........................................................................................................................................45
My Dell Downloads.......................................................................................................................................................... 45
Dell SupportAssist............................................................................................................................................................46
PC Check..........................................................................................................................................................................46
Solution Station................................................................................................................................................................46
Quickset............................................................................................................................................................................ 47
Installing Quickset...................................................................................................................................................... 47
NVIDIA 3D Applications...................................................................................................................................................48
Playing games in 3D...................................................................................................................................................48
Keyboard shortcuts....................................................................................................................................................48
DellConnect...................................................................................................................................................................... 48
6 Restoring your operating system................................................................................................................. 50
System recovery options................................................................................................................................................ 50
Dell Backup and Recovery.............................................................................................................................................. 50
Dell Backup and Recovery Basic...............................................................................................................................51
Dell Backup and Recovery premium........................................................................................................................52
Dell Factory Image Restore.............................................................................................................................................52
Accessing Dell Factory Image Restore....................................................................................................................53
Starting Dell Factory Image Restore........................................................................................................................53
System Restore................................................................................................................................................................53
Windows 10.................................................................................................................................................................54
Windows 8.1................................................................................................................................................................ 54
Windows 7.................................................................................................................................................................. 54
Operating System disc.................................................................................................................................................... 55
Reinstalling the operating system using the Operating System disc...................................................................55
System reinstall media...............................................................................................................................................55
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