PC Troubleshooting Pocket Guide, Fifth Edition

PC Troubleshooting Pocket Guide, Fifth Edition

Preface

Section 1

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How to Use This Book to Solve PC Problems

Section 2

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Before You Begin—Protect and Prepare

Section 3

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Troubleshooting Roadmap—Finding the Solution by System or Symptom

Section 4

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The Troubleshooting Tool—Checklists and Flowcharts

Appendix A

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Beep Codes and POST Codes

Appendix B

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Using CMOS Setup

Appendix C

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Windows and DOS Commands

Appendix D

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Recovery Console

Appendix E

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Windows 2000/XP STOP Errors

Appendix F

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CPUs and Chipsets

Appendix G

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IRQs and I/O Addresses

Appendix H

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Important URLs

Appendix I

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Recordkeeping

Appendix J

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Entry Points for Start-Up Processes

Appendix K

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File Extensions and Formats

Appendix L

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Where to Go for More Help—Hardware Resources

Appendix M

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Where to Go for More Help—Software Resources

Glossary