PC Disaster and Recovery

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 491 pages
• Published by: Sybex January 13, 2003
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 078214182X
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0782141825
• Book Dimensions: 9 x 7.5 x 1.1 inches
• Weighs: 1.9 pounds

Product Description
Has Disaster Struck?

If you're reading this, Something Very terrible may have already happened to your PC. Or maybe you're wisely looking ahead to any of several what-if scenarios. Either way, PC Disaster and Recovery is the book you nee recover from today's disaster and not lose sleep over the ones that lie around the corner. No matter how dire the situation, expert, step-by-step instructions will keep you cool and focused and get you back on your feet. Coverage includes:
* Understanding how hardware, OS, and applications work together
* Limiting your risks
* Assembling a PC recovery resource kit
* Drafting a disaster recovery plan
* Detecting, analyzing, and diagnosing problems
* Restarting a problem PC
* Fixing upgrading problems
* Stabilizing your operating system
* Understanding and troubleshooting hardware failures
* Avoiding power and overheating problems
* Diagnosing, monitoring, and troubleshooting performance problems
* Recovering lost and damaged files and applications
* Recovering from small-network disasters
* Finding help online
* Knowing when and how to start from scratch
* Resurrecting a dead hard drive
* Knowing when to call professionals

Back Cover Copy
Has Disaster Struck?

If you’re reading this, Something Very terrible may have already happened to your PC. Or maybe you’re wisely looking ahead to any of several what-if scenarios. Either way, PC Disaster and Recovery is the book you nee recover from today’s disaster and not lose sleep over the ones that lie around the corner. No matter how dire the situation, expert, step-by-step instructions will keep you cool and focused and get you back on your feet. Coverage includes:

• Understanding how hardware, OS, and applications work together
• Limiting your risks
• Assembling a PC recovery resource kit
• Drafting a disaster recovery plan
• Detecting, analyzing, and diagnosing problems
• Restarting a problem PC
• Fixing upgrading problems
• Stabilizing your operating system
• Understanding and troubleshooting hardware failures
• Avoiding power and overheating problems
• Diagnosing, monitoring, and troubleshooting performance problems
• Recovering lost and damaged files and applications
• Recovering from small-network disasters
• Finding help online
• Knowing when and how to start from scratch
• Resurrecting a dead hard drive
• Knowing when to call professionals

Reader Reviews
Anyone that works with computers should get this book, fixing an unstable PC is sometimes a mind numbing experience without any preparation, where do you start? This book addresses how to isolate a potential problem, prevent and get organized in the event a PC Software or Hardware Disaster, how to recover and future preventions. This book will transform yourself into a smart troubleshooter, specially when you read and really learn how the hardware, operating system and applications work together. There is a lot to learn here for every walk of your computer life. Make It Part Of Your Resource Learning Library. Good Luck.