Techtv's Upgrading Your PC

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Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2002-01-01
Publisher(s): TechTV
List Price: $24.99

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Summary

A reference based title written in an approachable first person point of view. This book teaches a reader how to upgrade his PC and peripherals to increase productivity on his PC without intimidating or offending him. Straight-forward conversational tone on upgrading hardware and software-the decision to upgrade or not. This title provides basic information in purchasing and installing the newest technology for multimedia, fast Internet access and more. Finally the reader learns how various software applications and operating systems upgrades can help him use or not use his PC more efficiently.This book gives its readers the foundation on what a PC is and how to upgrade it in everyday language without being intimidating or insulting. Upgrading & Repairing Your PC is a task-oriented explanation of PC hardware and software upgrading.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1(8)
I Planning Your Upgrade
Why Upgrade Your PC?
9(6)
Making the Most of the Computer You Have
15(14)
Evaluating Your System 101
29(20)
Getting the Inside Story About Upgrades
49(24)
Preparing for Your Upgrade
73(24)
II You May Not Need an Upgrade... Yet
Cheap Fixes for Common Problems
97(22)
Operating System Fixes
119(26)
III Upgrade Your Speed
Avoid RAM Cram: Add More
145(22)
Faster and Faster CPUs-Which One for You?
167(42)
Motherboards and BIOS
209(38)
IV Upgrade Your Input and Output
Get a Better View with Better Video
247(32)
Interface This! Cards and Ports
279(28)
Printers
307(28)
Digital Cameras and Scanners
335(22)
Souping Up Your Stereophonic PC
357(20)
V Upgrade Your Storage Capacity
Adding Another Hard Disk
377(40)
Floppy Drive Replacements and Upgrades
417(14)
Understanding Optical Drives
431(24)
High-Capacity Storage You Can Remove
455(22)
VI Upgrade Your Connectivity
Home Networking
477(18)
Get on the Internet Faster-Upgrade Your Connection
495(20)
VII Upgrade Your Power and Operating System
Power Up with a New Power Supply
515(16)
Upgrading Your Operating System
531(22)
Glossary 553(34)
Index 587

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