Upgrading and Fixing Laptops for Dummies
Corey Sandler - Collection For Dummies
Résumé
Keep your laptop on top of its game!
Find out how to care for your laptop, what can go wrong, and what you can fix
A laptop is much more than a PC that shrank. It has unique needs, and this book shows you how to meet them. You'll discover how to diagnose and fix common problems, replace parts, add external upgrades, and develop workarounds. You'll even get the lowdown on networks, and find out when to repair and when to replace your laptop.
Discover how to:
- Treat your laptop properly
- Identify common problems
- Know when repair may not make economic sense
- Install a new operating system
- Troubleshoot CD and DVD drives
- Add cool peripherals
L'auteur - Corey Sandler
Corey Sandler 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 personnal computers for over 20 years. He is the author of Fix Your Own PC and dozens of other books for the computer market.
Sommaire
- Putting a Computer in Your Lap
- A Field Guide to the Common Laptop
- How to Treat a Laptop
- Explaining What Could Possibly Go Wrong
- Things That Go Bump in the Night (or Day)
- When to Repair and When to Recycle
- Surviving Basic Training
- Brain Matters: Memory, Microprocessors, and BIOS
- Laying Hands on the Major Parts
- Easing In to Hard Disks
- Floppy Drives: Relics and Memories
- Going Round and Around: CD and DVD Drives
- Tripping the Keyboard Fantastic
- Putting Your Finger on Pointing Devices
- Seeing the Light: LCDs and Video
- Failing to Communicate
- Networks, Gateways, and Routers
- Feeling Up in the Air
- Modems: The Essential Translators
- Breaking Out of the Box: PC Cards, USB, and FireWire
- The Software Side of Life
- Installing a New Operating System or Migrating Upwards
- Adding or Removing Software, for Better or for Worse
- Essential Utilities for Laptop Users
- The Part of Tens
- Ten Quick Solutions
- Ten Essential Dos and Don'ts
- Ten of My Favorite Things
Caractéristiques techniques
| PAPIER | |
| Éditeur(s) | Wiley |
| Auteur(s) | Corey Sandler |
| Collection | For Dummies |
| Parution | 17/11/2005 |
| Nb. de pages | 346 |
| Format | 19 x 23 |
| Couverture | Broché |
| Poids | 545g |
| Intérieur | Noir et Blanc |
| EAN13 | 9780764589591 |
| ISBN13 | 978-0-7645-8959-1 |
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