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D

/d switch in Recovery Console, 188

damaged equipment, insurance coverage for, 465–466

damaged files, 314

avoiding, 320–321

causes of

applications and utilities, 317–319

contributing factors, 319–320

formatting and recovery disks, 319

improper shutdown, 317

operating system instability, 317

viruses, 316, 321

disk maintenance for, 323

recovering, 328

applications, 339–341

core files, 329–332, 331

Zip files, 332–333

searching for older copies, 323–328, 324–325, 327

symptoms of, 314–316, 315

time issues with, 321–323

working with, 335–339, 336, 338

Data Error Reading Drive, 435

Data Lifeguard software, 437

data protection

backups for. See backups

System Restore for, 135–136, 135

data-recovery services, 441–444, 442

data ribbon cables, 430, 445, 447, 448

dates

of BIOS release, 47

searching for files by, 326–327, 327

DC (direct current), 265

DDR RAM (Double Data Rate RAM), 30

dead hard drives, 422

BIOS issues in, 430–432, 432

causes of, 424–425

data-recovery services for, 441–444, 442

emergency backup schemes for, 427–428

first response for, 426–427

quick checks for, 429–430

related issues in, 433–434

replacing, 444–449, 445–446, 448

safety concerns in, 425–426

software for, 437–440, 439

symptoms of, 423–424

troubleshooting, 434–437

dead zones, 242–244, 280

default BIOS settings, 258–259

default gateways, 369

defragmenting disks, 68, 68, 322

dehumidifiers, 75

Del command, 188–189

deleted files, recovering, 333–335, 334

deleting and removing

devices, 150–151, 150

lost files from, 321

Windows Update, 224, 225

Windows XP, 228

Detect and Repair utility, 340

detecting network adapters, 365–368, 368

Device Manager

for devices, 233

disabling, 152, 152

removing, 150–151, 150

Unknown, 234–237, 235–236

updating, 151

for drivers, 181

errors codes in, 237–240, 238–240

for hardware resources, 19–20, 20

for network adapters, 349, 367

working with, 148–149, 148–149

device-specific drivers, 48

devices

disabling, 152, 152

drivers for. See drivers

removing, 150–151, 150

Unknown, 234–237, 235–236

updating, 151

Dhrystones benchmark test, 303

Diagnostic Startup option, 177

diagnostics

for dead hard drives, 432

for modems, 253, 253

for networks, 362

Diagnostics tab, 253, 253

Dialup Networking, 115

differential backups, 125

digital versatile disc (DVD) drives

for backups, 127–129

types of, 40

direct current (DC), 265

direct memory address (DMA), 20–21

dirty power, 263

Disable command, 188–189

disabling

BIOS shadowing, 259

devices, 152, 152

features, 220

guest accounts, 80

Disaster Recovery Group, 441

disasters, 2

audio-related, 39

cache-related, 33

communications-related, 35

connection-related, 44–45

CPU-related, 29–30

drive-related, 40–41

and hard drive capacity, 7–8

lightning, 3–4

memory-related, 31–32

motherboard-related, 37–38

potential, 4–5

power-related, 34–35

preventing. See prevention of disasters

statistics on, 5–6

types of, 2

upgrades, 3

user-input device-related, 42–43

video-related, 37–38

Disk Cleanup tab, 67, 67

Disk Cleanup utility, 323

for performance, 306

working with, 66–67, 67

Disk Defragmenter utility, 323

for performance, 306

working with, 68, 68

Disk Doctor, 438–439, 441

Diskpart command, 188–189

disks and disk drives

boot, 97, 196

for boot problems, 174–175

uses for, 97–99, 99

for Windows 98, 103–105, 103–104

for Windows XP, 99–102, 99–102

in boot problems, 171–172

CD

for backups, 128–129

for PC recovery resource kits, 105

power requirements of, 268

types of, 40

consolidating, 309

disasters related to, 40–41

DVD

for backups, 127–129

types of, 40

failures in, 240

floppy, 39–40

for backups, 123

data-recovery software on, 437

power requirements of, 268

hard. See hard drives

maintaining, 65–66

for damaged files, 323

Disk Cleanup for, 66–67, 67

Disk Defragmenter for, 68, 68

ScanDisk for, 66

Task Scheduler for, 68–69

recovery

damaged files from, 319

with drive imaging programs, 132

types of, 39–40, 39

display. See video and video adapters

Display Properties dialog box, 302, 302

DMA (direct memory address), 20–21

Document Recovery window, 339

documentation

for BIOS, 47

for motherboards, 205

for networks, 346, 356–358, 357–358

online, 376, 376

photos for, 169

for power supply replacement, 271–272

reading, 88

for recovery, 320

in troubleshooting, 140, 141

DOS partitions, 406

Double Data Rate RAM (DDR RAM), 30

Download.com

benchmark tests from, 303

recovery utilities from, 335

downloads

copying, 340

from manufacturers, 376–377, 377

Drive Image program, 131–132, 411

drive images, 123, 131–132

choosing, 132

for prevention, 86–87

problems with, 319

recording, 132–135, 133–134

reinstalling, 411–413, 411–412

drive-overlay programs

hard drive problems from, 424

working with, 402, 433–434

drive-recovery services, 441–444, 442

driver.cab file, 330–331

drivers, 48

bus-mastering, 424

hard drive problems from, 424

from manufacturers, 376–377, 377

for modems, 252

for networks, 362

power management problems from, 255

as problem suspects, 233

in Safe mode, 178–180

in troubleshooting, 159–160

updates for, 221–222

for video, 36, 160

WHQL, 230

drives. See disks and disk drives

DriveSavers Data Recovery program, 442

dust

cleaning out, 403–404

on CPU fans, 245

dealing with, 69, 76

overheating from, 279

DVD (digital versatile disc) drives

for backups, 127–129

types of, 40

DVD/CD-RW combo drives, 309