CNET Do-It-Yourself PC Upgrade Projects
by Hart-Davis, GuyEdition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2008-04-16
Publisher(s): McGraw-Hill Education
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Summary
There are more than one billion PCs in use worldwideCNET reaches more than 14 million unique users each month
Author Biography
Guy Hart-Davis is the author of CNET Do-It-Yourself iPod Projects, How to Do Everything with Microsoft Office Excel 2007, and many other computer books.
Table of Contents
| Easy | |
| Project 1: Max Out Your Memory and Turbo-Charge It with ReadyBoost | p. 1 |
| Project 2: Get the Fastest Possible Internet Connection | p. 15 |
| Project 3: Turn Your PC into a Free Phone | p. 23 |
| Project 4: Turn Your PC into a Video Phone | p. 34 |
| Intermediate | |
| Project 5: Turn Your PC into a Media Center | p. 45 |
| Project 6: Learn to Work with Your PC's BIOS | p. 53 |
| Project 7: Replace Your Hard Disk - or Add Another Hard Disk | p. 65 |
| Project 8: Set Up a Multimonitor Monster | p. 79 |
| Project 9: Build a Wired Network in Your Home | p. 90 |
| Project 10: Recover from Windows Disasters with Knoppix | p. 105 |
| Project 11: Modify Your PC's Case | p. 117 |
| Project 12: Use Your PC as Your Home Theater | p. 123 |
| Project 13: Share Your Household's Music and Movies Easily and Effectively | p. 131 |
| Project 14: Turn Your PC into a Recording Studio | p. 147 |
| Project 15: Record Music on Your PC | p. 163 |
| Project 16: Back Up and Restore Your Computer | p. 176 |
| Project 17: Create a Wireless Network | p. 184 |
| Project 18: Create an Ad Hoc Wireless Network | p. 195 |
| Project 19: Digitize Your Paper Documents | p. 202 |
| Advanced | |
| Project 20: Seal Your Private Data in an Uncrackable Virtual Locker | p. 213 |
| Project 21: Stream TV to Your PC or Handheld Device Anywhere | p. 226 |
| Project 22: Silence Your PC or Build an Ultra-Quiet PC | p. 239 |
| Project 23: Run Other Operating Systems on Top of Windows | p. 254 |
| Project 24: Install Another Operating System Alongside Windows | p. 266 |
| Index | p. 275 |
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