That is the function A + CompTIA certification, and this new edition of Meyers' A Certification Passport Mike + will help you get it. Look here for electronic details of the IDE and SCSI interfaces, as well as strategies to find out whether the problem is in drive or the electronics controlling. Meyers has organized his book around two-exam A +, which means you'll find excellent coverage of the subjects CompTIA includes (hardware from early days through the Pentium III era, and Microsoft MS-DOS and Windows operating systems through Windows 2000) . --David Wall Topics covered: The electronics of IBM-standard personal computer (motherboard, processor, memory, disk drives, video cards, network interface, and so on), and strategies to safely and efficiently overcome the problems and fix them. Later chapters explain how to do configuration work in Microsoft MS-DOS, Windows 95/98, Windows NT, and Windows 2000 Professional.