Index_F


F

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




The A+ Certification & PC Repair Handbook
The A+ Certification & PC Repair Handbook (Charles River Media Networking/Security)
ISBN: 1584503726
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2003
Pages: 390

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