Sams Teach Yourself PCs in 24 Hours

Greg M. Perry

Sams, 1999 - Computers - 459 pages

This hands-on, step-by-step guide will lead you through the most frequently asked real world questions about PCs -whether on new PCs, upgrading or the Internet. You will learn the basics about drives, directories and file, and the fundamentals about defragmentation, formatting, ScanDisk, disk compression and backups. This book instructs you on email and the Internet, faxing and fax broadcasting as well as many software basics.

Contents

• PC Fundamentals: 1
• Hardwares Easy Not Hard: 19
• Software Disks and Files: 39

About the author

Greg Perry is a speaker and writer on b oth the programming and the application side of computing. He is known for his skills at bringing advanced computer topics to the novice level. A programmer and trainer since the early 1980 s, he received his first degree in computer science and a master s degree in corporate finance. Perry is the author or co-author of more than 50 books including Sams Teach Yourself Windows 95 in 24 Hours.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Sams Teach Yourself PCs in 24 Hours; Sams Teach Yourself Series; Teach Yourself in 24 Hours Series
• Author: Greg M. Perry
• Edition: 2, illustrated
• Publisher: Sams, 1999
• ISBN: 0672314479, 9780672314476
• Length: 459 pages
• Subjects: Computers / Hardware / Personal Computers / General