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Backup applet, 52
Backups
backup programs, 137
Microsoft Backup, 153–154
to optical disks, 153–154
Outlook Express backups, 227–228
Wizard Mode, all-information backups, 261
Batteries, motherboard batteries, 76–77
Beep codes, 195, 233
Belarc Advisor, 236
Binary numbers, 101
BIOS (Basic Input Output System)
AGP aperture settings, 14–15
battery replacement and BIOS settings, 76–77
boot order, 14
chip removal, 81
CPU frequency and voltage control settings, 15
defined and described, 3
extended system configuration data (ESCD), 15
flashing (updating), 6, 78–80
hard drive settings, 117, 131, 134
IDE detection, 15
interrupts (IRQs), 15
LBA support, 134
load default settings, 16
memory settings, 14, 113
motherboards and, 77–80, 84
optical drive settings, 149
overview of, 11–16
passwords and, 14
PC health settings, 15
peripheral settings, 15
PnP (Plug and Play) settings, 16
POST cards and POST tests, 12
power settings (ACPI), 14
settings, 14–16, 76–77, 113, 117, 131, 134, 149
setup programs and, 12
S.M.A.R.T. drives and, 15
updates, 79, 135
version numbers, 14, 79
video memory settings, 164
Bits, 101
Blue screen errors, 26, 111, 239
Boot disks
CD-ROMs as, 157
creating, 241–243
creating boot floppies from CD-ROMs, 256–257
emergency boot disks, creating, 21–22
Booting
boot disks, 21–22, 157, 241–243, 256–257
Boot.ini, 52
boot order, 14
from CD-ROMs, 157
emergency boot disks, creating, 21–22
master boot record, 120–121
Safe Mode Boot, 40–42, 252
troubleshooting boot errors, 281–282
Boot.ini, 52
Boot order, 14
Boot sectors, creating new, 325–326
Breakout boxes, 5
Broadband (high-speed) Internet connections, troubleshooting, 211–215
Buffer (cache) memory, 119
Buffer overrun errors, 155
Burning disks, 147, 156
Bytes, 101
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