Complete A+ Guide to PC Repair, The (5th Edition)

Cheryl Schmidt’s The Complete A+ Guide to PC Repairpresents the fundamentals of computer desktop and laptop installation, configuration, maintenance, and networking through simple, step-by-step instruction based on CompTIA A+® 2009 Edition objectives. With a focused emphasis on security and customer service skills, this comprehensive book on computer repair introduces the most important tools students need to become professional, customer-friendly technicians using today’s technology

Customer Reviews:

Great book!

By A Customer - April 12, 2003

Thank you for the teacher's material on the Complete Computer Repair 2nd ed. Textbook. This material has made teaching this material from your book the most helpful of any material I have ever used. I have been teaching for 20 years, and this is the most complete and user friendly information I have used. Again thank you and keep up the good work. Loren Niemeyer, Sauk Valley Community College I am very impressed
We have already adopted Schmidt's 2nd edition for use with my class at Springfield Technical Community College in Springfield, MA, and I am very impressed with it. I like the updated information and the addition of some review questions in Chp 6 on Troubleshooting. The end of the chapter exercises make preparing classroom activities much easier. What a joy to have found this book.
I own every book, it seems, on computer repair. At last, I have found a book that is well written and easy to understand. Ms. Schmidt's explanations are straight forward and well... read more

Very good book, lots of good information

By A.J. - January 12, 2011

anybody going to take the A+ certification test should get this book or just to gain further knowledge in computers

Full of useful knowledge, but could be written better

By Trevor C. Morgan - June 7, 2011

I'm done with this book in my class now. I feel like I've learned quite a bit more than I already knew about computers. I started out with an Atari when I was 6 years old. I've been playing with computers for quite some time. I have not always understood them as in depth as I do now. I just learned the things I needed to get by until now. This book seems to fill in a lot of gaps but also leaves a few voids.

Overall it does a good job of explaining a lot of technical terms. It can get very complex sometimes though. And a few times it has been down right confusing. There is one "Tech Tip" on how parity works that did not make any sense at all. My teacher had to show me a different way of explaining that she had setup to address this part in the book specifically. This has happened a few times with this book. My teacher is actually looking at another book for us to use for the A+ course. The book is filled with a lot of very good information to know. It also has small sections... read more