Most self-help computer books speak in technobabble as if they were written for rocket scientist or computer geeks who live and breathe technology. Surviving PC Disasters, Mishaps, and Blunders takes a different approach. This engaging and very accessible guide covers the types of problems all PC users will likely face at one time or another-so don't be caught off guard without it. The authors calm the fearful with easy to follow solutions...
No matter what kind of computer you have or how secure your computer or network may be, it is a virtual certainty that at least one (if not ten or twenty) of the issues identified in this book will apply to you at some point. Companies have tech support teams and people in charge of developing backup and disaster recovery plans. Home users aren't so lucky. The $30 invested in purchasing this book will more than pay for itself...
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Every PC is different like our fingerprints. We customize options, install applications, remove default settings and do different things to it. So, a solution may not be the same for two PCs experiencing the same problem. This means trying out various workarounds and fixes. I rarely have trouble addressing the problems I run into with my PC. If I can't do it, then I go to the other pro in the house whose job relates to tech...
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When things go wrong with your PC and/or on-line existence, you need quick help in figuring out how to fix it (or how you should have stayed out of it in the first place). Surviving PC Disasters, Mishaps, and Blunders by Jesse M. Torres and Peter Sideris (Paraglyph Press) makes for some pretty interesting reading. Chapter List: Theft and Loss; Hardware Disasters and Mishaps; Software Disasters and Mishaps; Network Disasters...
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There's basically only four kinds of things that can go wrong with your PC: lost or stolen, hardware failures, software failures, stolen data. Each of these, however, can really mess up your day. Each of these however can be not solved but made much better with just a bit of advance planning. Losing your computer and/or crashing the disk drive is easy to fix if you have a backup, or if like Beethoven you remember everything...
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This book is potentially the most important book for beginner and intermediate computer users to purchase. As I read the horror stories I felt like the authors had peered into my life and the lives of many of my closest friends. It taught me so many things without making me feel like a complete idiot. It also settled my mind to know that I am not the only person making some stupid mistakes with all this technology. Thank...
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