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