Fans, 86–87, 88–90, 297, 403, 431–432
FAQs, 259
Fast SCSI interface, 535
FAT (File Allocation Table) defined, 842
FAT16 and FAT32 file systems, 134, 525, 632–633
floppy disk, 520
NTFS conversion, 314–315
Fault tolerant systems, 539, 700–702
Faxing, 189, 266, 510–511
FCC ID, 39
FDDs, 5. See Floppy disk drives
FDISK command
drive partitioning and formatting, 136, 146, 319–320, 525–526, 632–633
hard drive troubleshooting, 148
Fiber-optic (10BaseFL) cables, 564–565
FIFO (First-In-First-Out) buffering, 476, 842
File Allocation Tables. See FAT (File Allocation Table)
File and printer sharing, 822–823
File and Settings Transfer Wizard, 152
File systems
CDFS, 540
FAT16 and FAT32, 134, 525, 632–633
NTFS, 525
operating systems support, 134, 525
File Types tab of Folder Options applet, 25
Files
attributes, 627–628
binary, 621
copying, 315–316, 331–332
DAT files, 597
deleting or erasing, 316–317
editing text files, 639
eight dot three file names, 625
expanding compressed files, 319
file types, 626, 629
image, 498
LFNs (long file names), 627
lost files / files won’t open, 294–295
moving, 323
name changes for, 325
renaming, 341
replacing, 325–326
text files, displaying text in, 329–330, 341
viewing, screen by screen, 322–323
WIN.COM (Windows 9x), 625
Windows initialization, 638–639
See also specific files
Finishers, 511
Fire extinguishers, 404
Fire safety, 403–404
Firewalls, 225, 243, 602–603
Firewire (IEEE 1394)
devices, 558–559
subnet, Windows ME, 779
drives, 153–154
ports, 94
Firmware
BIOS, 82
optical drives, 166–167
FIXBOOT command, 339
FIXMBR command, 339
Flash memory
BIOS, 398
cards, 154
CMOS, 405
CompactFlash, 451
ROM, 407
Floppy disk drives
diagnosing problems, 159
installing, 155–159
overview, 5, 155
startup disk, 160
troubleshooting, 296
Floppy disks
bootable, 521
formatting, 160, 520, 632–633
types, 520
components, 520–521
configuration and troubleshooting, 521–522
connectors, 396, 398
formatting, 160, 520
high-level formatting 520
IRQs, 465
memory address, 468
POST error, 408
Flow control (handshaking) and modems, 476–477
Folder Options applet, 25
Folders
changing folders, 311
copying, 331–332
creating, 321
described, 308
deleting, 326, 334, 342
displaying files and subfolders, 317–318
moving, 323
name changes for, 325
removing, 326
system root folder, 342
Form factors
cases, 98
hard drives, 132
motherboards, 68, 78, 395–399
power connectors and, 72
Formatting drives
floppies, 160, 520
FORMAT command, 136–137, 146, 320–321, 340, 527, 632–633
low-level format, 146
Q switch, 160
FPM DRAM (Fast Page Mode DRAM), 443, 843
FPU (Floating-Point Unit), 427, 843
Frequency, CPU settings, 17
FSB (Front Side Bus), 86
FTP (File Transfer Protocol), 740–741, 843
Fuel cells, 483
Full-duplex transmission, 551
Furniture, 303–304
Fuses, testing, 401