Description: Introduction. Part I: Putting a Computer in Your Lap. Chapter 1: A Field Guide to the Common Laptop. Chapter 2: How to Treat a Laptop. Part II: Explaining What Could Possibly Go Wrong. Chapter 3: Things That Go Bump in the Night (or Day). Chapter 4: When to Repair and When to Recycle. Chapter 5: Surviving Basic Training. Chapter 6: Brain Matters: Memory, Microprocessors, and BIOS. Part III: Laying Hands on the Major Parts. Chapter 7: Easing In to Hard Disks. Chapter 8: Floppy Drives: Relics and Memories. Chapter 9: Going Round and Around: CD and DVD Drives. Chapter 10: Tripping the Keyboard Fantastic. Chapter 11: Putting Your Finger on Pointing Devices. Chapter 12: Seeing the Light: LCDs and Video. Part IV: Failing to Communicate. Chapter 13: Networks, Gateways, and Routers. Chapter 14: Feeling Up in the Air. Chapter 15: Modems: The Essential Translators. Chapter 16: Breaking Out of the Box: PC Cards, USB, and FireWire. Part V: The Software Side of Life. Chapter 17: Installing a New Operating System or Migrating Upwards. Chapter 18: Adding or Removing Software, for Better or for Worse. Chapter 19: Essential Utilities for Laptop Users. Part VI: The Part of Tens. Chapter 20: Ten Quick Solutions. Chapter 21: Ten Essential Dos and Don'ts. Chapter 22: Ten of My Favorite Things. Index.

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