Personal Computers for Technology Students

This book is written for students taking an Introduction to Personal Computers course, and does not require any prerequisite courses or computer knowledge. It is designed for readers who need to know how to use, build, troubleshoot, and repair PCs. This is in response to requests from employers who are currently dissatisfied with the training of their recent hires. This text starts by presenting a chapter on electricity and electronics. It contains chapters on diagnostics and on the most popular operating systems used in today's PCs. It also discusses procedures for setting the hardware configuration of the OS. Troubleshooting is a major component of this text.Raymond, Charles R. is the author of 'Personal Computers for Technology Students' with ISBN 9780130207913 and ISBN 0130207918.