"Make Peace With Your PC"
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...............................................................................................................................................v
1. Popular Personal Computing Myths............................................................................................................1
2. Understanding Your Computer's "Mind".................................................................................................16
3. What Your PC Does and Does Not Need....................................................................................................44
4. Help Is (Usually) Close At Hand.................................................................................................................53
5. Keeping Your Computer Healthy & Strong.............................................................................................58
6. Strategies & Techniques for Continuously Happy Computing...............................................................77
7. Backup Like You Mean It..........................................................................................................................89
8. What You Can (& Can Not) Do Yourself................................................................................................112
9. Everything You Need To Know...............................................................................................................123
AFTERWORD (Your Guru And You)........................................................................................................131
Trademarks....................................................................................................................................................133
About The Author.........................................................................................................................................135