Synopses & Reviews
Written by a best-selling author and instructor expressly for the classroom, the A+ Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC, Comprehensive, Fifth Edition has been completely redesigned in engaging full color. This edition features new pedagogical features and coverage of the latest technologies, including DVD-Rs, Tablet PCs, Itanium chips, and more. This guide maps fully to the 2003 A+ Core Hardware and OS Technologies certification exams and is designed to be the most complete, step-by-step book available for learning the fundamentals of supporting and troubleshooting computer hardware and software.
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"Andrews has really captured the essence of computer repair. The combination of images, diagrams, and easy to follow text will prove to be a valuable asset for anyone trying to learn or teach A+ Certification." Patty Brennan, Cuyahoga Community College
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"Andrews has really captured the essence of computer repair. The combination of images, diagrams, and easy to follow text will prove to be a valuable asset for anyone trying to learn or teach A+ Certification." Patty Brennan, Cuyahoga Community College
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"I just wanted you to know that you are doing a fantastic job with providing educators with understandable, thorough and up-to-date learning resources! Because of the constantly changing IT industry, we could never do it ourselves. I have recently received the new book as well as the Instructor's CD. What a wealth of resources and a relief that I don't have to reinvent the wheel! I'm looking forward to getting copies of the A+ Guide to Hardware and the A+ Guide to Software too. I know they will form a strong foundation for my courses next year. All the best keep up the great work!" Kathy Schultz, Torrens Valley TAFE (Australia)
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"I have been using the A+ Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC for years now and I have to say that the current edition, Fifth, is by far, the best I've ever seen. All of the pictures are in color and the book has been redesigned in format. I really appreciate your books, as they really help my students learn." - Gabriel Forrester, Vatterott College
Synopsis
Watch Jean Andrews bring concepts and technical topics to life via "live" demonstrations - mapping completely to the textbook!
About the Author
Jean Andrews has more than 30 years of experience in the computer industry, including more than 13 years in the college classroom. She has worked in a variety of businesses and corporations designing, writing, and supporting application software; managing a PC repair help desk; and troubleshooting wide area networks. She has written numerous books on software, hardware, and the Internet, including the bestselling A+ Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC, A+ Guide to Hardware: Managing, Maintaining and Troubleshooting, and A+ Guide to Software: Managing, Maintaining and Troubleshooting. Jean lives in Atlanta, Georgia.
Table of Contents
1. Introducing Hardware 2. How Hardware and Software Work Together 3. Understanding the Boot Process and Command Line 4. Electricity and Power Supplies 5. The Motherboard 6. Managing Memory 7. Floppy Drives 8. Understanding and Installing Hard Drives 9. Optimizing and Protecting Hard Drives 10 Supporting I/O Devices 11. Multimedia Devices and Mass Storage 12. Supporting Windows 9x/Me 13. Understanding and Installing Windows 2000 and Windows NT 14. Managing and Troubleshooting Windows 2000 15. Installing and Using Windows XP Professional 16. Managing and Supporting Windows XP 17. Supporting Modems 18. PCs on a Network 19. PCs on the Internet 20. Notebooks, Tablet PCs, and PDAs 21. Supporting Printers 22. All About SCSI 23. Purchasing a PC or Building Your Own 24. Troubleshooting and Maintenance Fundamentals Appendices A: Error Messages and Their Meanings B: ASCII Character Set and Ansi.sys C: The Hexadecimal Number System and Memory Addressing D: FAT Details E: Electricity and Multimeters F: The Professional PC Technician G: Introducing Linux H: Supporting Notebooks I: Windows XP Service Pack 2 Glossary