Chapter 1: PC Disasters and Recovery Overview.

Chapter 2: How Your Hardware, Operating System, and Applications Work Together.

Chapter 3: Prevention: Limiting Your Risks.

Chapter 4: Assembling Your PC Recovery Resource Kit.

Chapter 5: Drafting Your Disaster Recovery Plan.

Chapter 6: Transforming Yourself into a Smart Troubleshooter: Detecting, Analyzing, and Diagnosing.

Chapter 7: Restarting a Problem PC.

Chapter 8: When Upgrades Go Wrong.

Chapter 9: Stabilizing Your Operating System.

Chapter 10: Understanding and Troubleshooting Hardware Failures.

Chapter 11: Avoiding Power and Overheating Problems.

Chapter 12: PC Performance: Diagnosing, Monitoring, and Troubleshooting.

Chapter 13: Recovering Lost or Damaged Files and Applications.

Chapter 14: Disaster and Recovery Essentials for Your Small Network.

Chapter 15: Finding Help Online.

Chapter 16: Starting from Scratch the Smart Way.

Chapter 17: Resurrecting a Dead Hard Drive.

Chapter 18: Knowing When to Call the Professionals.

Index.