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CDs without a drive

The missing CD drive is one of the major drawbacks of netbooks. But with a little trick to bring the CD content but again device: Insert the disc in another computer. Go to My Computer (in Vista: Computer), right-click the CD drive and select Open. In the ” Tools menu / Folder Options / View, select the option ” Show hidden files and folders ” and click OK . Select all the files on the CD. Connect a USB flash drive that has enough storage capacity, and copy the files by drag and drop there. The process takes several minutes.

Once it is done, pull out the USB stick and insert it into the Netbook. Open the memory via job there and look for a file called Setup.exe, Install.exe , or similar. The name may vary depending on the software . After a double click starts the installation. This trick also works with DVDs. For this you simply need a larger USB stick with at least 8 GB. Note: Some programs (eg Dell vostro 1510 battery ) , this method works , since the CD must be inserted in order to use the software. Another possibility is the Installation on a network – you will have to share the drive of another PC and the netbook from access .

More comfort

Keyboard and monitor are too small to work with a Netbook for a long time comfortably. However, you can connect a monitor to the Mini . Even for a USB keyboard interfaces are available. Do you have all connected with the Netbook , please click the right mouse button on the desktop and choose Properties. Go to ” Screen Saver / Power Management / Advanced. In the drop down ” when closing the laptop “select” do nothing “. Confirm with OK. Now you can place the small Netbook pushed shut with a lid on the desk and work with the connected peripherals.

MSoftware for netbooks

Due to the limited space and limited power from Dell inspiron 6400 battery, not every software runs on Netbooks. However, you should not give up office software , image editing programs and other popular applications.

Web applications as an alternative

There are many applications today as web applications . This you do not have to install it locally , but lead them directly into your Web browser. Most Web applications are free and require only a registration.

No memory eaters

Do you want to install like software, you should preferably use lean programs. For almost every major software there are versions that use less resources than the original. Although they are designed to be installed on a USB stick, but also work fine on netbooks and laptop battery.

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To keep your laptop battery

Current path, data loss – so that it does not, we examine show tools that notebook batteries. As time takes its power steadily.

Free: Battery Mark for Laptop Batteries

The Free Battery tags 1.1 is a benchmark tool for KD476 battery. The operation is kept clear: In the “test” you can choose between the faster “fast mode” and “Normal mode”. In the “Fast Mode” of the notebook battery test only for a while, the rest pays up the program. The check mark in “No CPU load” batteries in the test rested Notebook, unchecked, the tool simulates the worst case for the battery: permanent full-load. This case comes only rarely in reality, as the user repeatedly breaks lodges and running different programs. The current load, you see the bottom

Before the test, you enter yet, to save battery tags 1.1 where the final graph. This graph shows left the charging of inspiron mini9 battery – 100% is fully charged, 10% to almost empty – and on the x-axis is the duration of the test. In healthy notebook batteries and constant load, the test should show a steadily declining line from top left to bottom right. The further advance the numbers on the x-axis, the longer your batteries.

We wanted to know how long will our notebooks at 25%-charging the battery at full capacity and therefore have the “fast mode” is selected without the checkmark next to “No CPU load. The result: After about six minutes BatteryMark told us that hold out our inspiron 9400 battery at 25% about an hour and ten minutes. Of course, you can perform the test even at 100% load status of their notebook batteries. In “normal mode” the way we came to a slightly different result.

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