TABLE OF CONTENTS

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TITLE PAGE i
PREFACE ii
LABORATORY SAFETY iv

INTRODUCTION
Demonstration No. 1 – PC Tools and Equipment 1
Demonstration No. 2 – PC Components 5
BUILDING A SYSTEM
Activity No. 1 – The AT/ ATX Power Supply 11
Activity No. 2 – PC Disassembly and Assembly 15
Activity No. 3 – The ROM BIOS 26
Activity No. 4 – Partitioning and Formatting HDD 32
Activity No. 5 – OS Installation 37
Activity No. 6 – DOS Commands 41
Activity No. 7 – Batch Files 46
PC’s MAINTENANCE, DIAGNOSTIC, AND TROUBLESHOOTING
Activity No. 8 – Cleaning a System 49
Activity No. 9 – Performing Backup and Restoring Data 53
Activity No. 10 – Virus Detection and Removal 60
Activity No. 11 – Cloning HDD 64
Activity No. 12 – Testing the Parallel and the Serial Port 69
REFERENCES 76
APPENDICES
APPENDIX A – MS-DOS Commands 77
List of MS-DOS Commands 77
Secrets of MS-DOS Commands 78
Special Characters Used in Input/Output Redirection and Piping 79
Syntax Notes 80