The PC upgrade market is a multi-billion dollar industry with components selling through multiple channels. Learn to install new components into your PC with confidence! Want more memory on your PC? Or a DVD drive instead of the CD-ROM that came with your computer? Adding and installing these kinds of components to an existing computer is a smart idea and can be a cost-efficient way to improve your computer's functionality. But it's not always easy to find clear instructions for these procedures, especially if you're a computer novice. This highly visual guide is packed with over 100 easy-to-follow photographs that walk you through each step of installing new components into your PC. Complete with a troubleshooting section, this is an ideal resource for everyone wanting to upgrade his or her computer. This crystal-clear guidebook explains:Reasons for upgradingHow to get the best priceVideo, sound cards, and DVDAll types of storage including hard drives, CD-ROMs, Zip and JazMigrating data to a new systemWindows installation on hard drives
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McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
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Höhe: 279 mm
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978-0-07-212512-2 (9780072125122)
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Corey Sandler (Nantucket, MA) is a professional writer and the President and founder of Word Association. He was the first Executive Editor for PC Magazine and has written about personal computers for over 20 years. He is the author of Fix Your Own PC, and dozens of other boo for the computer market.
Chapter 1: A Short Course in Computer Components. Chapter 2: Getting Ready to Upgrade. Chapter 3: A Humble Beginning: Our Demonstration Machine. Chapter 4: Storage Devices. Chapter 5: Removable Storage. Chapter 6: Memory. Chapter 7: Input and Output. Chapter 8: Sight and Sound. Chapter 9: Brain Surgery. Chapter 10: Eyes and Ears. Chapter 11: Universal Serial Bus. Chapter 12: A Place to Hold Your Stuff. Chapter 13: A Tour of the Finished Machine. Chapter 14: Verifying and Configuring System Resources.
