| 1. Table of Contents |
| 2. BackCover |
| 3. PC Disaster and Recovery |
| 4. Introduction |
| 5. Chapter 1: PC Disasters and Recovery Overview | Overview |
| 6. Types of Disasters | Types of Disasters Profile of a Disaster Risk: The Intrepid Upgrader Profile of a Disaster Risk: Lightning Other Potential Disasters Types of Disasters A Few Statistics on PC Disaster |
| 7. Recovering from a Disaster | Recovering from a Disaster Why You Need a Recovery Plan The Bigger the Drive the Greater the Loss About Recovery Software and Services |
| 8. Chapter 2: How Your Hardware, Operating System, and Applications Work Together | Overview |
| 9. The Role of Hardware | The Role of Hardware About the Easy PC Initiative PNP vs. Non-PNP Hardware What Happens When a PC Boots Up The Major Hardware Components of a PC |
| 10. The Role of BIOS | The Role of BIOS BIOS and How Hardware Connects to the PC Becoming Familiar with Your BIOS Other Needed BIOS Information The Changing Role of BIOS |
| 11. The Role of Device Drivers | The Role of Device Drivers |
| 12. The Role of the Operating System | The Role of the Operating System What an Operating System Is What an Operating System Does How the Operating System Works in Connection with Hardware and Applications |
| 13. The Role of Applications | The Role of Applications What an Application Is How an Application Installs How an Application Integrates |
| 14. The Pride and Pitfalls of Today s Integrated PC | The Pride and Pitfalls of Todays Integrated PC Todays Integrated Motherboards |
| 15. Chapter 3: Prevention: Limiting Your Risk | Overview |
| 16. The Best Practices for Operating Your PC | The Best Practices for Operating Your PC Avoiding Unnecessary Restarts Shutting Down and Starting Up Properly Turn It Off or Leave It On? Advanced Power Management and Power-Saving Features Making Acceptable Changes |
| 17. Maintenance: An Ounce of Prevention | Maintenance: An Ounce of Prevention Maintaining Software Maintaining Hardware |
| 18. Cleaning Up the Environment | Cleaning Up the Environment Finding the Best Location Getting the Temperature Right Reducing Moisture Static and Other Factors Securing Your System |
| 19. Checking for Viruses | Checking for Viruses You: The First Line of Defense Major Virus-Scanning Utilities Web-Based Virus Scanning How Viruses Work What to Expect When Running a Virus Scan |
| 20. PC Protection Devices | PC Protection Devices |
| 21. How Backups and Drive Imaging Can Save You from Big Problems | How Backups and Drive Imaging Can Save You from Big Problems |
| 22. Doing Prep Work: What You Should Do Before an Installation | Doing Prep Work: What You Should Do Before an Installation Reading the ManualDocumentation Doing Some Online Research |
| 23. Chapter 4: Assembling Your PC Recovery Resource Kit | Getting the Necessary Hardware Ready Assembling Your PC Repair Toolkit Keeping Extra Hardware on Hand |
| 24. Readying Another Critical Device: You | Readying Another Critical Device: You |
| 25. Using the Necessary Software | Using the Necessary Software Boot Disks Master CDs and Data Needed Utilities |
| 26. Creating the Right Environment for Repairing Your PC | Creating the Right Environment for Repairing Your PC Components of a Good PC Repair Area |
| 27. When More Is Better: The Bonus of a Second, Internet-Ready PC | When More Is Better: The Bonus of a Second Internet-Ready PC |
| 28. Chapter 5: Drafting Your Disaster Recovery Plan | Overview |
| 29. Identifying Your Minimum Back-to-Work Needs | Identifying Your Minimum Back-to-Work Needs How You Work and What You Have |
| 30. What You Need to Work Again | What You Need to Work Again Bridging the Gap Developing a Disaster Recovery Plan Doing Your Research Assessing Your Plan B Alternatives |
| 31. Testing Your Plan | Testing Your Plan |
| 32. Developing and Implementing Your Data ProtectionBackup Plan | Developing and Implementing Your Data ProtectionBackup Plan Types of Backups Other Issues in Determining Your Backup Needs Starting Your Backup Routine Making Drive Images Recording Your First Drive Image |
| 33. Using System Restore | Using System Restore |
| 34. Using System Restore | Using System Restore |
| 35. Chapter 6: Transforming Yourself into a Smart Troubleshooter: Detecting, Analyzing, and Diagnosing | Overview |
| 36. Rooting Out the Problem: Troubleshooting Basics | Rooting Out the Problem: Troubleshooting Basics Rules of the Road First Response Keep a Journal Use Your Senses Keep it Simple to Start Do No Harm One at a Time |
| 37. The Best Desktop Troubleshooting Methods | The Best Desktop Troubleshooting Methods Watch Your Bootup Screen Check Your BIOS Review Your Log Files Scoping Out System Information Using Windows Device Manager Using Event Viewer |
| 38. Determining a Problem s Origin | Determining a Problems Origin Error Messages and Trouble Codes When to Suspect |
| 39. Chapter 7: Restarting a Problem PC | Overview |
| 40. Assessing the Situation | Assessing the Situation What You Can Determine |
| 41. What to Do When the PC Won t Turn On | What to Do When the PC Wont Turn On Checking Power Checking Connections Other Factors |
| 42. What to Do When the PC Won t Boot | What to Do When the PC Wont Boot Common Booting Errors Resources for Checking Errors |
| 43. Other Means of Booting | Other Means of Booting Using Your Boot Disk Performing a Clean Boot Using Windows Advanced Options Menu Using Windows Safe Mode Using Last Known Good Configuration Using Windows XP Recovery Console Recovering from a Bad System Restore |
| 44. Chapter 8: When Upgrades Go Wrong | Overview |
| 45. Limiting Your Risks When Upgrading | Limiting Your Risks When Upgrading |
| 46. When Your BIOS Upgrade Goes Bad | When Your BIOS Upgrade Goes Bad How a BIOS Flash Upgrade Should Go Causes of BIOS Upgrading Problems Removing the BIOS Upgrade |
| 47. When New Memory Causes Problems | When New Memory Causes Problems How Memory Should Be Installed Memory Troubleshooting Methods |
| 48. When You Run into Problems Upgrading or Replacing a Motherboard | When You Run into Problems Upgrading or Replacing a Motherboard |
| 49. When You Have Problems Upgrading or Reinstalling Your Operating System | When You Have Problems Upgrading or Reinstalling Your Operating System The Myth of Curative Reinstalling Common Causes of These Problems |
| 50. When You Encounter Problems Upgrading or Reinstalling Your Applications | When You Encounter Problems Upgrading or Reinstalling Your Applications Common Causes of Application Installation Problems What Else to Try Uninstalling Previous Versions Backing Up Application Data |
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