Mike Meyers' A+ Guide to Managing and Troubleshooting PCs [Paperback]

Michael Meyers (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0072231467 | ISBN-13: 978-0072231465 | Publication Date: November 24, 2003 | Edition: 1

Written by Mike Meyers, the #1 name in A+ training, this book teaches you how to be an A+ technician by covering in full detail all the topics found on the A+ certification exam. The CD includes self-assessment testing engine with six practice exams, LearnKey video presentation from Mike Meyers, and Mike’s favorite shareware and freeware tools and utilities.

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From the Back Cover

Essential Skills for On-the-Job Success

Mike Meyers, one of the premier computer and network skills trainers, has developed a learning system designed to teach A+ PC technician skills in an easy-to-understand way that will prepare you for an IT career. Mike gives you helpful tips throughout the book, end-of-chapter practice questions, and hundreds of photographs and illustrations. Completely up to date for the new CompTIA A+ standards, this comprehensive guide will help you pass the A+ certification exams and become an expert hardware technician.

Inside this book, you will learn how to:

• Configure CMOS and BIOS settings
• Identify expansion bus slots and install expansion cards
• Work with motherboards, CPUs, and RAM
• Provide proper power and cooling
• Install, partition, and format hard drives
• Install and troubleshoot floppy, CD, and DVD drives
• Install and upgrade Windows 9x/Me, Windows NT 4.0 Workstation, Windows 2000 Professional, and Windows XP
• Create SCSI chains
• Install sound and video cards
• Work with portable PCs, PDAs, and wireless technologies
• Manage printers and connect to networks

The CD-ROM features:

• Three full practice exams with hundreds of questions for both the Operating Systems and Core Hardware requirements. Available in Practice or Final Mode.
• One hour of LearnKey video training featuring Michael Meyers teaching key A+ topics (online registration required)
• Useful tools and utilities for PC technicians

Each chapter includes:

• Learning Objectives
• Many Figures and Illustrations
• Real-World Examples
• Try This! and Cross Check Exercises
• Tech Tip Sidebars
• Helpful Notes and Warnings
• End-of-Chapter Quizzes and Lab Projects

About the Author

Michael Meyers, MCSE, MCP, A+, MCP, Network+ (Houston, TX), is one of the industry's leading authorities on A+ certification. He is the president and founder and Total Seminars, LLC, a major provider of PC and network repair seminars for thousands of organizations including IBM, Lucent Technologies, GE, the FBI, the FAA and the United Nations. Mike is the best-selling author of the A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide, which has sold over 500,000 copies in five editions.

Product Details

• Paperback: 992 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media; 1 edition (November 24, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0072231467
• ISBN-13: 978-0072231465
• Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 8.3 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,118,539 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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30 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A #1 effort from the #1 authority on the subject!, December 9, 2003

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Michael J Woznicki "Michael J Woznicki" (Holland, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mike Meyers' A+ Guide to Managing and Troubleshooting PCs (Paperback)

We all know that Mike Meyers is go to man for A+ and that is All-In-One Guide is a huge success and that a great number of people, including myself, owe him a huge bit of thanks for helping us to pass the exams. Now imagine taking the best parts of his guides and break it down even further and that is exactly what has been done here in this book.

The book is an excellent study tool for passing the A+ exams as both the Core and OS exam are covered in the 950 plus pages. One thing that could be added in future updates is a few more exercises. And once again as with other books from Mike, this one has material I have not seen anywhere else before. I also found that this book is current with the newest exams, which is another plus.

The thing that has always impressed me is the way that Mike Meyers can explain any topic. He is able to convey the concepts and ideas without boring the reader; in fact several students in my current A+ Class have found this manual to clear up some confusion from the study guides we are currently using.

The cd included has several practice exams and some videos you can use as additional study tools. The Learn Key Videos does a hardware check before allowing you to run the video demos, which is a good thing since 1 of my machines was not hardware ready. As with the written material, Mike is even better in the video segments with his use of real life situations and examples.

If you are just getting started and need a first step in the right direction, than let this book be the pace is all begins. Overall just another superb effort from Mike Meyers.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Readable with Lots of Detail, July 6, 2005

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D. Maples "K4EQQ" (Evans, GA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mike Meyers' A+ Guide to Managing and Troubleshooting PCs (Paperback)

The text is well presented with about 40% white space on each page. The important items in each topic are highlighted and reviewed at the end of the chapter. My only suggestion for improvement would be to provide an answer key. Each question and key word has the page the topic was covered and hopefully the answer is there staring you in the face.

The author's tone is that of a "regular" person talking to a "regular" person. The CD that came with book is excellent, but simply not enough questions to feel comfortable passing the A+ exam on the first try.

Several schools in the local area use this exact text for instructor lead classes. I'd buy this text (expensive !! like a college text) but well worth it. Not too much detail for a tech, but more than a newbie would know going in.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book, Great Bargain, August 18, 2005

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Tek Nishun - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mike Meyers' A+ Guide to Managing and Troubleshooting PCs (Paperback)

While I would not count on the book to teach me everything I must know to pass the A+ exams, I would definitely trust it to give me a strong foundation. Meyers includes all the basics and then some, and he goes into detail in a manner that should cater to almost all experience levels. The thing I liked the best about this book was how easy it was to read from beginning to end. Highly recommended to those who are looking for a place to start.