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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 621.39160288
EAN: 9780321513588
Edition: 4
ISBN: 0321513584
Label: Addison Wesley
Manufacturer: Addison Wesley
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 784
Publication Date: August 20, 2007
Publisher: Addison Wesley
Studio: Addison Wesley
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Now revised to comply with new material included in the 2006 CompTIA A+® certification exam, Cheryl Schmidt’s The Complete A+ Guide to PC Repair, Fourth Edition, presents the fundamentals of computer desktop and laptop installation, configuration, maintenance, and networking through simple, step-by-step instruction based on the most recent CompTIA A+® exam objectives.
Introduction to Computer Repair; On the Motherboard; System Configuration; Disassembly and Power; Logical Troubleshooting; Memory; Floppy Drives and IDE/SCSI Devices; Multimedia Devices; Serial Devices; Video; Printers; Basic Windows and Windows Commands; Windows 2000 Professional; Windows XP Professional; Introduction to Networking; Computer and Network Security; Floppy Drives; Windows 98; Windows NT Workstation.
For all readers interested in computer repair and preparation for the CompTIA A+® certification exam.
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This book is certainly in-depth. As an instructor, I really like the comprehensive questions at the end of every chapter. However, I do think the book could have been made shorter (and lighter!) by cutting out some of the details of older technologies. All in all though it is the best textbook I've seen for covering hardware in a classroom setting.
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The book is good however the paper is to thin and it tears from its binding at the drop of a hat.
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"I have to say that I really do think this A+ book is very well written and easy to follow. The hands on exercises are definitely a plus and should be incorporated into all texts. My current text, while adequate, doesn't provide near the exercises that this text does."
David E. Cooke
Heart of Georgia Technical College
"(Schmidt) includes many of the labs students will complete, eliminating the need for an additional lab text. There are enough questions at the end of the chapter to allow me to choose those that I want emphasize when I cannot cover all material in the classroom."
John Washington
Texas State Technical College
"I really like the review questions and student exercises at the ends of the chapters. I take many of my exam questions from them. They are superior to those found in other texts I have used in the past.
The Complete A+ Guide to PC Repair 2005 Edition is an excellent A+ prep book. Even after almost 15 years of experience troubleshooting and repairing computers, I still keep a copy handy for reference. If a student (or anyone preparing for the A+ test) buys only one textbook, this should be it!"
K.C. Moore
Tidewater Community College
"The layout is excellent. The labs are incorporated into the book instead of requiring students to buy a separate book for labs only. It is a great concept that I'd like to see from more authors."
Zoltan Szabo
Richland College
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Thank you for the teacher's material on the Complete Computer Repair 2nd ed. Textbook. This material has made teaching this material from your book the most helpful of any material I have ever used. I have been teaching for 20 years, and this is the most complete and user friendly information I have used. Again thank you and keep up the good work. Loren Niemeyer, Sauk Valley Community College
I am very impressed
We have already adopted Schmidt's 2nd edition for use with my class at Springfield Technical Community College in Springfield, MA, and I am very impressed with it. I like the updated information and the addition of some review questions in Chp 6 on Troubleshooting. The end of the chapter exercises make preparing classroom activities much easier.
What a joy to have found this book.
I own every book, it seems, on computer repair. At last, I have found a book that is well written and easy to understand. Ms. Schmidt's explanations are straight forward and well illustrated. What a joy to have found this book.
Great book! this book will enable me to better instruct my students because the labs/exercises will save me many hours fine tuning labs that I have prepared. Other instructors in the same boat know how very difficult and time consuming it is to prepare and test lab exercises, and, be successful in ensuring that labs provide a positive learning experience. The chapter reviews and tests are reinforcement and well written and cover all important topics. I feel overwhelmed knowing that, finally, I will have such an excellent instructional computer book for my students. Please share my thoughts and thanks to Cheryl A. Schmidt. Jody Campbell Pima Community College.
I like this book. Explanations are easy to understand., September 29, 1998
Reviewer: A reader from VA
This is the only book my teacher assigned and I think it is very good. It's easy to understand and the lab exercises are good, too
The Best Technician's Handbook,
Reviewer: Maureen Murphy from Ponte Vedra, FL USA
There is not to much to say because the text explains it all. For those of you who have taken a class that requires this book you know what I'm talking about. Not only have I had the pleasure of owning this valuble textbook, I have also had the privilege of being a former student of Cheryl Schmidt's here at FCCJ in Jacksonville, FL.
Ms. Schmidt is one of the finest instructors I've ever had the honor of learning from. The one theme that runs through out her textbook as well as her classes is, DOCUMENTATION, DOCUMENTATION, ......ALWAYS READ THE DOCUMENTATION.
Thank you Cheryl!
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