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Safe Mode Boot, 40–42, 252
Safety, toxic smoke, 99
SATA drives, 118, 119, 132
ScanDisk applet, 53–54
SCANDISK command, 135–136
Scanners and scanning, 175
Scratch repair kits, 6
Screwdrivers, 4
SCSI drives and ports, 90, 132
Sectors, 116
Security
firewalls, 222
security and privacy pages of Internet options, 216–217
Security page of Outlook Express, 224–225
updates and, 54–55
see also viruses
Security and Privacy Pages, Internet Options, 215–217
Self-monitoring analysis and reporting technology (S.M.A.R.T.)
drives, BIOS settings, 15
Semicolon (;), as comment indicator, 319
Serial ports, 88
Serial Presence Detect (SPD), 103, 111
Service packs, 24
Services, 18
accessing information about installed services, 327
Services, in Computer Management folder, described, 18–19
Setup programs, 12
SFC commands, 252–255
Shells, 52
SHUTDOWN command, 313–314
Shut downs, troubleshooting, 282
SIGuardian, 243
64-bit computers, 68
Slots, 82
cover installation, 89
expansion slots, 87
socket to slot adapters, 86
video interfaces, older, 165
S.M.A.R.T. drives, 131
BIOS settings, 15
Smoke, as hazard, 99
Sockets, 82
socket to slot adapters, 86
ZIF sockets, 84
Soft power switches, 40
Software
anti-virus programs, 60
BIOS flashing software, 6
data copying software, 137
data-recovery software, 7
device drivers and, 29
diagnostic programs, 236
disk drive installation software, 6
drive overlay software, 135
installation problems, 283–284
memory testing software, 112
for optical drives, 152
port-testing software, 5
for problem diagnosis, 5
problem-solving software, 7
Sound cards (multimedia devices), defined and described, 4
Speakers, 92
Spills, 193–194, 195–197, 262, 264
Spyware, 60
Standby power option, 24
Standoffs, 74, 75
Startup and Recovery in Advanced tab of System applet, 26–27
Static electricity, 8, 102, 265
ESD equipment, 5
Stop errors, 26, 111, 239
Storage, Disk Management in, 18
Storage devices
diagnosing problems, 140
FireWire (IEEE 1394) drives, 138–139
USB drives, 138–139
Subkeys, 249
Super VGA (SVGA), 160
see also VGA (Video Graphics Adapter) ports
Surge suppressors, 8, 61–62
telephone line protection and, 201
Switches, 295
ATTRIB command switches, 296, 320
CD or CHDIR command switches, 297
CHKDSK command switches, 298–299, 321
COMP command switches, 300–3001
CONVERT command switches, 301
COPY command switches, 301–303
DEL command switches, 303
DIR command switches, 304–305
ERASE command switches, 303
EXPAND command switch, 306
EXPAND command switches, 325
FDISK command switches, 306
FORMAT command switches, 307, 326–327
MAP command switch, 327–328
MMC command switch, 308
MORE command switches, 309
MOVE command switch, 309–310
RD or RMDIR command switches, 313
REPLACE command switches, 312
SHUTDOWN command switches, 313–314
SYSTEMINFO command switches, 314
TASKKILL command switches, 315
TASKLIST command switches, 315–316
WINNT32 command switches, 317
XCOPY command switches, 318–319
SYS command, 314
Sysedit tool, 51–52
System applet in Windows Control Panel, 24–27
System board. See motherboards
System date and time setting, 14
System File Checker (98, 2000 and XP), 252–255
SYSTEMINFO command, 314–315
System information, accessing, 235–236
System.ini, 52
System requirements, 331–332
System Restore, 258–259
SYSTEMROOT command, 329
System State data, 260
System Tools, 18
System tray, 48–49
removing icons from, 49
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