A+ Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC, Comprehensive [Hardcover]

Jean Andrews (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 22, 2006 | ISBN-10: 0619217588 | ISBN-13: 978-0619217587 | Edition: 6

Written by best-selling author and instructor Jean Andrews, this edition maps fully to CompTIA's new 2006 A+ Exam objectives. This full-color guide is designed to be the most complete, step-by-step book available for learning the fundamentals of supporting and troubleshooting computer hardware and software. Video clips are available on the accompanying CD so readers can watch the author bring concepts and technical topics to life via live demonstrations.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 1347 pages
• Publisher: Course Technology; 6 edition (November 22, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0619217588
• ISBN-13: 978-0619217587
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.7 x 2.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #150,320 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #21 in Books > Computers & Technology > Hardware > Maintenance, Repair & Upgrading
  • #97 in Books > Computers & Technology > Hardware > PCs
  • #98 in Books > Computers & Technology > Certification > CompTIA

More About the Author

Jean Andrews has more than 30 years of experience in the computer industry, including more than 13 years in the college classroom. She has worked in a variety of businesses and corporations designing, writing, and supporting application software; managing a PC repair help desk; and troubleshooting wide area networks. She has written numerous books on software, hardware, and the Internet, including the bestselling A+ Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC, A+ Guide to Hardware: Managing, Maintaining and Troubleshooting, and A+ Guide to Software: Managing, Maintaining and Troubleshooting. Jean lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

Customer Reviews

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good book, but needs improvement, April 4, 2007

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Jessica Mowrey "JessicAdrian" (Haddock, GA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A+ Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC, Comprehensive (Hardcover)

I, like so many others, was required to have this book for two of my classes. While it is a very informative, useful book, it is not very well-organized and is very boring. The videos on the CD that comes with it is very helpful to understand a lot of the hands-on stuff. Many of the "Reviewing the Basics" questions at the end of the chapter cover a lot of pointless things that are not necessary to know, and there are always anywhere from 1 - 5 questions that I just absolutely cannot find the answers to. There have also been many things that a few of my PC tech teachers have found in the book that they would like to debate with the author about. Overall, it's still a good book, but you need a LOT of time and a LOT of patience, and you can't be the type that gets bored too easily with reading, to be able to successfully read this book. The only exception to these rules is if you are required by your teacher to have this book for class. :P

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not a good book to get A+ certified., October 15, 2008

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Gabriel Jose Luis Pernas - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A+ Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC, Comprehensive (Hardcover)

I bought this book as a requirement for my A+ Essentials college course. I passed my college course with an A as well all my past classes. I could not pass the certification exam. Its simple:

This book says way to much and teaches you little in terms of taking the cert. exam.

There is no separation in the software and hardware parts of the exams as descrived by the professor in the top thread.

Questions asked in the 2007 certification exams where not even covered in the chapters we were actually able to cover.

We could not even cover one chapter per class since the chapters were so huge. As descrived above this book could have been writen in half the pages that contains.

As an A student that has really tried...do not buy this book.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome A+ reference, December 21, 2008

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Grisela Ortiz "Zelda" (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A+ Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC, Comprehensive (Hardcover)

I am a new student on this field and I am reading this book at home even though I do not have much experience and the text is very explanatory and simple, friendly to read and understand. I recommend this book.