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halon, 74

HANs (home area networks), 345

hard boots, 22

Hard Drive Mechanic software, 439

hard drives, 39–40

capacity of, 7–8

dead. See dead hard drives

disasters related to, 41

in PC recovery resource kits, 95

for performance, 305

power requirements of, 268

recovering, 12–13, 12, 437–440, 439

reformatting, 407–409

reinstalling files on, 410–416, 411–415

repartitioning, 406–409

replacing, 409–410, 444–449, 445–446, 448

for virtual memory, 31

hardware

BIOS for, 45–48

in boot process, 21–24

components, 24–25

audio, 38–39, 38

caches, 32–33

communications, 35

CPUs, 28, 29

drives, 39–41, 39

external connections, 43–45, 43

memory, 30–32, 31

motherboards, 25–28, 26

power supplies, 33–35, 34

user-input, 41–43, 42

video, 36–38, 36–37

conflicts in, 19, 147, 424

drivers for, 48

Easy PC Initiative, 17

failures in, 2, 232

CPU, 244–246, 246

Device Manager for, 234–240, 235–236, 238–240

drive, 240

memory, 247–249, 248

modem, 251–255, 253–254

motherboard, 240–244

power management issues, 255–256

power supply, 246–247

stop errors from, 230

symptoms and solutions, 233

troubleshooting, 256–259

video/display, 249–251

maintaining, 69–70

for networks, 347–351, 348–350

operating systems for, 50–51

for PC recovery resource kits, 95

PNP vs. non-PNP, 18–21, 18, 20

role of, 16–17

as troubleshooting suspect, 158–159

upgrade problems from, 208

Hardware Acceleration setting, 302–303

Hardware Compatibility List (HCL), 88, 89

checking, 208

for network equipment, 359

for stability, 218

Hardware tab, 19–20, 20, 148, 148

Hardware Type window, 181, 181

Hardware Update Wizard, 181, 181

HCL (Hardware Compatibility List), 88, 89

checking, 208

for network equipment, 359

for stability, 218

HD Tach benchmark test, 303

head crashes, 436

heat. See overheating

Heat-Sink Guide, 281

heat sinks, 281–282

help

Help and Support Center

for disabling features, 220

for error messages, 157–158, 157–158

for performance, 290, 291

for processes, 300

for Recovery Console, 187–188, 187

for Remote Assistance, 391, 391

in Safe mode, 179–180, 180

for System Restore, 182

for Windows XP, 385–388, 386–387

online. See online help

Help command, 188

Hildrum, Jon, 383

Home and Small Office Networking Troubleshooting, 361, 361

home area networks (HANs), 345

home insurance policies, 120–121

hot plug-hot swap technology, 17

hot zones, 242–244

HowStuffWorks site, 384

hubs

for networks, 347–349, 348

for USB devices, 308

human error, 2

humidity, 75