Factory recovery partitions, 110
Fans, 8, 30, 40
FAT32 (File Allocation
Table 32), 109, 143
FC fiber-optic cable con-nectors, 39
F-connectors, 43
FDDs (floppy disk drives), 30
FDISK command-line tool, 112
Features
laptops, 77-80 operating systems
Windows, 113-118
Fiber optics
cables, 39-40
Internet connections, 56
Field replaceable units (FRUs), 31-33
File Allocation Table 32.
See FAT32
File systems, Windows, 109-110
Files
permissions, sharing, 143
security, 130, 136
SFTP, 49
signatures, comparing, 137
SMBs, 49
Filters
HEPA, 94
packets, 137
privacy, 136
proxy, 138
stateful protocol, 138
Filtration, air, 94
Fires, electrical, 93
firewalls, 48, 59, 137-138. See also security
SOHO routers, 51
Windows Firewall, 125-126
FireWire, 35-36, 88
Firmware, 1
Flash
drives, 30
memory, 61-64
Floppy disk drives (FDDs), 30
Fn (function) keys, 78-79
Folders, security, 130
Format command, 144
FORMAT command-line tool, 112
formatting. See also config-uring
overclocking, 2
passwords, 141-142
Form factors, mother-boards, 16-17
Forwarding ports, 51
FRUs (field replaceable units), 31-3
Functionality, verifying, 163
G
Gateways, 46-47
general packet radio ser-vice. See GPRS
General setting (Control Panel), 119
Geotracking, 153
Gingerbread, 149. See also Android
Global Positioning System.
See GPS
Global System for Mobile Communications. See
GSM
Gmail, accessing, 157-158.
See also email
Google, 149-151
Government regulations, 93
GPRS (general packet radio service), 154
GPS (Global Positioning
System), 153
GPUs (graphic processing units), 11, 30
G-Sensor calibration, 152-153
GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications), 57, 154
Gutmann, Peter, 144
Gyroscopes, 152
H
hard drives. See also drives
replacing, 66-67
troubleshooting, 170-178
Hard resets, 153
Hardware
adapter cards, 19-22
BIOS, 11-15
Internet 213
configurations, 36-37 cooling methods, 30 CPUs, 1-8
firewalls, 137-138 integrated ports, 22 I/O devices, 35-36 laptops, 61
display components, 76-77
expansion options, 61-64 features, 77-80 replacing devices, 64-75
memory, 9-11 monitors, 33-35 motherboards, 15-19 Operational Procedures, 91-96
power supplies, 31-32 snapshots, 161 storage devices, 23-29
Hardware profiles setting (Control Panel), 119
Hazards, shocks, 93
HDMI (High Definition
Media Interface), 34
HDTV (High Definition
TV) resolutions, 34
Heat
cooling methods, 8, 30
sinks, 30
Heating, venting, and air conditioning (HVAC), 40
HEPA (High-Efficiency Particulate Arresting) fil-ters, 94
Hertz (Hz), 33
Heuristics, 137
Hibernate setting (Control Panel), 120
Hide/Display File
Extensions setting (Control
Panel), 119
High Definition Media
Interface. See HDMI
High Definition TV. See
HDTV
High-Efficiency Particulate Arresting (HEPA) filters, 94
Homegroups, 123
HomeGroup setting (Control Panel), 120
Home, Office/Work, and
Public settings, 125
HP QuickDock, 79
HTCSync Software, 159
HT Technology. See hyper-threading
Hubs, 58
HughesNet, 56
Humidity, 91, 94
HVAC (heating, venting, and air conditioning), 40
Hybrid networks, 58
Hyperthreading, 4
Hypervisors, 133
I
IEEE (Institute of
Electrical and Electronic
Engineers)
802.11, 50
1394 ports, 110
Images, deploying, 109 IM (instant messaging), 98 impact printers, 86-87 infrared (IR) ports, print-ers, 88
Inkjet printers, 84-85
input/output. See I/O
Inspection, stateful packets, 138
InSSIDer, 51
Installing
adapter cards, 22 drives, 25-28 laptop hardware
display components, 76-77
expansion options, 61-64 features, 77-80 replacing devices, 64-75
operating systems, Windows, 108-111 printers, 87-88 regulations, 93 SOHO routers, 51-52