A+ Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC, Fifth Edition Enhanced, Comprehensive -For the 6th edition, please refer to ISBN: 0619217588 -

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by: Jean Andrews

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On-line Price: $95.95 (includes GST) Paperback w/ CD package 1320 20%Off Retail Price You save: $24.00 This is an old edition. There is a new edition of this book available. Old editions are not available for sale. Order will be confirmed by reply email before processing.	Retail Price: $119.95 Publisher: COURSE TECHNOLOGY,22.4.2005 Category: A+ CERTIFICATION Level: ISBN: 1418835579 ISBN13: 9781418835576
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Description
Written by a best-selling author and instructor expressly for the classroom, the Enhanced edition of A+ Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC, Fifth Edition, Enhanced now includes free video clips on CD. Watch Jean Andrews bring concepts and technical topics to life via ?ive·demonstrations ·mapping completely to the textbook. This full-color 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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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
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Features
Now includes video clips ·featuring Jean Andrews ·which bring concepts and technical topics to life.
New appendices highlight updates on Windows XP SP2, and details on managing, maintaining, and troubleshooting notebook computers.
Maps completely to the objectives for CompTIA's 2003 A+ exams and bears the CompTIA Authorized Quality Curriculum (CAQC) seal of approval, as well as the Center for Systems and Information Assurance (CSSIA) seal of approval.
Offers 1400 A+ test preparation questions included on CD-ROM.
A+ certification icon and A+ Tips highlight all of the material related to the exams, so students can pay close attention to the pertinent information.
Includes extensive pedagogical features, such as A+ Exam Tips, Applying Concepts sections, review and critical thinking sets of review questions, hands-on exercises, and more!

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Author Bio
Jean Andrews, Ph.D. is the author of several textbooks, including the best selling PC Repair text, A+ Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC. She has a wide range of educational and industry experience, which has contributed to the body of knowledge she brings to her IT textbooks.