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Andrews, Jean, 1946-

Enhanced A+ guide to managing and maintaining your PC : instructor edition / Jean Andrews. - 3rd ed. - Boston, Mass. : Course Technology, 2001. - 24, xl, 1221 p. : ill., tables ; 24 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)

Includes index.

ch. 1. Introducing hardware -- ch. 2. How hardware and software work together -- ch. 3. Understanding the boot process and command line -- ch. 4. Electricity and power supplies -- ch. 5. The motherboard -- ch. 6. Managing memory -- ch. 7. Floppy drives -- ch. 8. Understanding and installing hard drives -- ch. 9. Optimizing and protecting hard drives -- ch. 10. Supporting I/O devices -- ch. 11. Multimedia devices and mass storage -- ch. 12. Supporting Windows 9x -- ch. 13. Understanding and installing Windows 2000 and Windows NT -- ch. 14. Managing and troubleshooting Windows 2000 -- ch. 15. Installing and using Windows XP Professional -- ch. 16. Managing and supporting Windows XP -- ch. 17. Supporting modems -- ch. 18. PCs on a network -- ch. 19. PCs on the Internet -- ch. 20. Notebooks, Tablet PCs, and PDAs -- ch. 21. Supporting printers -- ch. 22. All about SCSI (Small computer system interface) -- ch. 23. Purchasing a PC or building your own -- ch. 24. Troubleshooting and maintenance fundamentals -- App. A. Error messages and their meanings -- App. B. ASCII character set and Ansi.sys -- App. C. The hexidecimal number system and memory addressing -- App. D. FAT details -- App. E. Electricity and multimeters -- App. F. The professional PC technician -- App. G. Introducing Linux.

ISBN: 061921306X (CD)

LCCN: 2004304805

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Computing Technology Industry Association--Examinations--Study guides.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Electronic data processing personnel--Certification.
Computer technicians--Certification--Study guides.
Microcomputers--Maintenance and repair--Examinations--Study guides.

LC Class. No.: QA76.3 / .A562 2004

Dewey Class. No.: 004