Chapter 1 Basic System Board Hacks 1 --
1 Lock Others Out of Your Computer 2 --
2 Bypass the BIOS Password 3 --
3 Recover a BIOS That Won't Boot 6 --
5 Display a Boot-Time Graphic 10 --
6 Configure Boot Device Order 13 --
7 Set Your Clock Back 14 --
8 Avoid the Legacy USB Option 15 --
9 Hack an Unhackable BIOS 16 --
10 Upgrade Your Flash BIOS 20 --
Chapter 2 Basic System Board Setup 24 --
11 Step Away from the Legacy Device 26 --
13 Configure Serial Ports 34 --
14 Configure Parallel Ports 37 --
15 Configure Sound Cards 40 --
16 Configure SCSI Host Adapters 41 --
17 Configure Network Cards 42 --
18 Reeducate Plug and Play 43 --
Chapter 3 CPU Hacks 45 --
20 Identify Your CPU 53 --
21 Which CPUs Are Hackable? 54 --
22 Which System Boards Are Hackable? 57 --
23 Determine Your CPU Speed 58 --
25 Control CPU Clock Speed from the BIOS 70 --
26 As Goes Voltage, So Goes Speed 74 --
27 Set the CPU Multiplier 76 --
28 Unlock Your CPU Multiplier 76 --
Chapter 4 Memory Hacks 83 --
30 Install More RAM 83 --
31 Recognize Memory Limitations 84 --
32 Install the RAM Your Operating System Needs 87 --
33 Tame the Windows 95 and 98 Cache 91 --
34 Manage the Paging File 92 --
35 Manage Windows System Resources 96 --
36 Force Windows 98 and Me to Swap Less 100 --
37 Pin the Kernel in RAM 101 --
38 Speed Up Your RAM 103 --
39 Enable Memory Interleave for Via Chipsets 106 --
Chapter 5 Disk Hacks 109 --
40 Partition and Format Wisely 109 --
41 Determine Your Filesystem 117 --
42 Create a New Partition with NT, 2000, XP, and 2003 117 --
43 Create a New Partition with PartitionMagic 122 --
44 Merge Partitions with PartitionMagic 126 --
45 Convert FAT to NTFS 128 --
46 Create or Delete NTFS Partitions from the Recovery Console 129 --
47 Fix the Master Boot Record on FAT Partitions 130 --
48 Fix the Master Boot Record on NTFS Partitions 131 --
49 Fix the Partition Boot Sector on NTFS Partitions 132 --
50 Fix GRUB or LILO Boot Problems 133 --
51 Format Your Disk 133 --
52 Change Logical Drive Letters 137 --
53 Restore DOS Bootability 138 --
54 Rescue a Blown 2000 or XP Installation 139 --
55 Fix the Windows 95 File-Caching Bug 141 --
56 Avoid the Delayed-Write-Caching Blues 143 --
57 Detect Drive Failure Before It Happens 144 --
Chapter 6 Disk Drive Performance Hacks 147 --
58 Choose the Fastest Hard Drive 148 --
59 Use an 80-Wire Cable 151 --
60 Upgrade Your IDE Interface 152 --
61 Kick It Up a Notch with Serial ATA 153 --
62 Get the Fastest IDE Driver for Intel Chipsets 155 --
63 Get the Fastest IDE Driver for Via Chipsets 155 --
64 Speed It Up with RAID 157 --
65 Speed Up DOS with SMARTDRV 158 --
66 Speed Up Windows with VCACHE 160 --
67 Linux's Drive Performance Booster 162 --
Chapter 7 Video Hacks 167 --
68 Get off the PCI Bus 169 --
69 Upgrade from Built-in Video 170 --
70 Don't Expect Much from AGP Aperture Size 170 --
71 Choose the Correct AGP Mode 172 --
72 Overclock Your nVidia Adapter 172 --
73 Overclock Your ATI Radeon 175 --
74 Overclock Anything 176 --
Chapter 8 I/O Device Hacks 178 --
75 Let Windows Tell You About I/O Card Conflicts 184 --
76 Break the Rules with LPT Ports 187 --
77 Break the Rules with COM Ports 188 --
78 Rewire Your COM Ports 191 --
79 Boost COM Port Performance 193 --
80 New Uses for an Old Port 196 --
81 Use USB for Peer-to-Peer Networking 197 --
82 Get the Most out of USB 197 --
83 Install the Driver Before You Install the Hardware 200 --
84 Please Continue Anyway 202 --
Chapter 9 Boot-Up Hacks 205 --
85 Make a Bare Disk Bootable 209 --
86 Configure a Multiboot System 215 --
87 Multiboot with Third-Party Utilities 220 --
88 Speed up Operating System Installation and Maintenance 229 --
89 Access NTFS Files from Other Operating Systems 230 --
90 Give Your XP Installation Access to the Recovery Console 231 --
91 Hack the Windows 95/98/Me DOS Startup 232 --
92 Hack the MS-DOS Configuration File 237 --
93 Hack the MS-DOS Startup File 239 --
94 Hack the Windows NT/2000/XP Boot Loader 243 --
Chapter 10 Configuring a New PC 249 --
95 Clone Your Hard Disk 250 --
96 Move Applications and Settings from One PC to Another 254 --
97 Protect Your PC from Viruses 256 --
98 Protect Your PC from Malware 257 --
99 Surround Yourself with a Firewall 263 --