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PC Fear Factor: The Ultimate PC Disaster Prevention Guide
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by Alan Luber
Sales Rank: 880704
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$1.64
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Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: Que; 1st edition October 24, 2002
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0789728257
ISBN-13: 978-0789728258
Product Dimensions:
9.2 x 7.4 x 0.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
Book Description
What would you do if the hard drive containing a year's worth of financial data and your wedding photos suddenly stops working? What would you do if Internet hackers run off with your credit card numbers and rack up several thousand dollars in 1-900 calls? Most people never even remotely consider the possibility of a computer disaster, but instead take it for granted that their computer will always work. Inevitably, disaster strikes in various forms, from hardware failures to hackers, fires, floods, and even simple human error. PC Fear Factor: The Ultimate PC Disaster Prevention Guide is the first line of defense in keeping safe from these all-too-real situations. This book provides non-technical computer users with the ability to prevent computer disasters wherever possible, and the ability to recover from unavoidable disasters quickly, easily, and completely.
Download Description
What would you do if the hard drive containing a year's worth of financial data and your wedding photos suddenly stops working? What would you do if Internet hackers run off with your credit card numbers and rack up several thousand dollars in 1-900 calls? Most people never even remotely consider the possibility of a computer disaster, but instead take it for granted that their computer will always work. Inevitably, disaster strikes in various forms, from hardware failures to hackers, fires, floods, and even simple human error. PC Fear Factor: The Ultimate PC Disaster Prevention Guide is the first line of defense in keeping safe from these all-too-real situations. This book provides non-technical computer users with the ability to prevent computer disasters wherever possible, and the ability to recover from unavoidable disasters quickly, easily, and completely.
Customer Reviews & Comments
After reading this book, you most likely will have a healthy sense of paranoia regarding what you have to (or at least should) do with regards to averting any kind of "computer disaster." Even then, as I've found out two or three times over the last few months it still may not be enough as I personally have fallen victim to viruses and hard drive crashes. While I didn't take all the steps listed here at that time, the next time they happen I'll be much better prepared thanks to Mr. Luber. Among the topics Luber talks about here are the "must" applications you should have including an anti-virus program (Luber recommends Norton Anti-Virus), a firewall (Zone Alarm is the one Luber recommends), and also some kind of data scrubber (a program designed to erase beyond recovery any old date), along with several other optional recommendations. I learned quite a lot reading this book about what I should and/or shouldn't do with regards to protecting my computer from another potential disaster. And Luber points out that a disaster is always not very far away with computer systems that have at best an "unstable equilibrium." Luber also describes the steps to take when buying a new PC, two chapters are devoted to that. While I'm very happy with the system I have and the support I get from the merchants I bought it from, the tips Luber offers are quite helpful. Luber also describes how to do data backups, pointing out that if you have all your important files backed up, you can recover from a hard drive failure quickly. Luber also points out not all "disasters" really are disasters if you know how to fix a problem quickly. Not only is the book helpful, Luber has a companion web site to go along with the book. I found this to be an excellent and informative book about a topic that leaves most computer users like me fearful and ready to call my techie friend when I run into computer problems. Thanks Alan!
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