Do-It-Yourself PC Upgrade Projects - (Malestrom)

ISBN 0-07-149628-9 | English | 306 pages | PDF | 12.6 MB



Contents
Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
Part 1 Easy
Project 1 Max Out Your Memory and Turbo-Charge It with ReadyBoost . . . 1
Project 2 Get the Fastest Possible Internet Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Project 3 Turn Your PC into a Free Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Project 4 Turn Your PC into a Video Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Part 1I Intermediate
Project 5 Turn Your PC into a Media Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Project 6 Learn to Work with Your PC’s BIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Project 7 Replace Your Hard Disk—or Add Another Hard Disk . . . . . . . . 65
Project 8 Set Up a Multimonitor Monster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Project 9 Build a Wired Network in Your Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Project 10 Recover from Windows Disasters with Knoppix . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Project 11 Modify Your PC’s Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Project 12 Use Your PC as Your Home Theater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Project 13 Share Your Household’s Music and Movies
Easily and Effectively . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Project 14 Turn Your PC into a Recording Studio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
For more information about this title, click here Project 15 Record Music on Your PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Project 16 Back Up and Restore Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Project 17 Create a Wireless Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Project 18 Create an Ad Hoc Wireless Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Project 19 Digitize Your Paper Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Part III Advanced
Project 20 Seal Your Private Data in an Uncrackable Virtual Locker . . . . . . . 213
Project 21 Stream TV to Your PC or Handheld Device Anywhere . . . . . . . . 226
Project 22 Silence Your PC or Build an Ultra-Quiet PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Project 23 Run Other Operating Systems on Top of Windows . . . . . . . . . . 254
Project 24 Install Another Operating System Alongside Windows . . . . . . . 266
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275