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Troubleshooting, Maintaining & Repairing PCs
Tuesday January 01, 2002
McGraw-Hill
Price at time of review.
No book ever gets published in multiple editions unless its outstanding. And thats certainly the case with Stephen Bigelows book, Troubleshooting, Maintaining & Repairing PCs. Now in its fifth edition, this comprehensive text (more than 1,500 pages plus a CD-ROM) covers just about everything youre ever likely to need to know about your PC.
Some reassurance for the tinkerer who likes to know how to diagnose the bumps, clicks and grinds of a PC.
Repairing and Upgrading Your PC
The focus of this do-it-yourself book is on hardware, but it also devotes attention to various software issues related to troubleshooting and testing, upgrading and maintaining systems, drivers, installing security patches, and defragging. It is organised in a way that's accessible to casual users, with plenty of full-colour screen shots to illustrate the discussions. Handy charts summarise the different upgrades a user might consider, whether it's to add features, increase reliability...
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