PC Fear Factor: The Ultimate PC Disaster Prevention Guide
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| Rating | : | 4.42 (510 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0789728257 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 384 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-09-01 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
If you have been fortunate enough to avoid a computer disaster up until now and have done nothing to prepare for such a disaster, you are computing on borrowed time. Aimed at home users, PC Fear Factor addresses computer disasters you have come to know and hate – disasters caused by computer viruses, hackers, and hard disk crashes – as well as self-inflicted computer disasters (who among us has not trashed their computer by making some ill advised change?) and the ever-popular Twilight Zone disaster – the disaster of mysterious unknown origin. I hope you enjoy the book! . It provides detailed, step-by-step instruction on how to prevent most computer disasters, and how t
Alan's first book, Solving Business Problems with MRP II, has been translated into Spanish and has sold well worldwide. Alan Luber is an author, journalist, computer expert, and consultant. Alan can be contacted through his Web site, alanluber.. in industrial engineering from Penn State. Recent clients include Koch Industries, Inc.; Imperial Tobacco Ltd.; Frontstep, Inc.; and GSI Lumonics, Inc.Alan has a B.S. Alan would b
Inevitably, disaster strikes in various forms, from hardware failures to hackers, fires, floods, and even simple human error. 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.. 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. PC Fear Factor: The Ultimate PC Disaster Prevention Guide is the first line of defense in keeping safe from these all-too-real situations
"An Incredibly Useful and Entertaining Book" according to Evelyn Feldman. I have to agree with the first two reviewers here - this is an incredibly useful book, well written and full of detailed instructions for preventing computer disasters and recovering from unavoidable disasters.Perhaps if you are a computer guru who delights in reformatting his hard disk and rebuilding it from scratch, you may not get a lot out of this book. For us mere mortals, who I suspect comprise 95% of the people who use computers, this book is. "Must Reading for All Personal Computer Users!!!" according to Sidney M Sperberg. Truly an outstanding book, PC Fear Factor teaches us mere mortals (non-technical computer users) all about how to prevent most computer disasters through the proper use of tools and procedures, as well as how to prepare for and recover from unavoidable computer disasters.This book is informative, funny, and most of all, understandable. This is no small feat given the complexity of the subject matter.Although the book is rated for the "beginner to in. The most useful practical computer book I've ever purchased Isobel Eckhardt The author, Alan Luber, succeeds at a difficult task - writing a technical book for non-technical PC users. The challenge is two fold: keeping it easy to understand, and making it entertaining. Mr. Luber succeeds on both fronts. The net result is that you don't have to be a computer expert to protect yourself from computer disasters.The book's objective is to help users prevent avoidable computer disasters and to recover "quickly, easily, and comple