This document outlines the contents of a 3-month hardware course, including topics such as the fundamentals of computers, operating systems, desktop experience, user accounts, security, disk operating systems, networking, troubleshooting, and various hardware components like CPUs, RAM, motherboards, power supplies, hard drives, and input/output devices. The course aims to provide students with knowledge and skills in computer hardware installation, maintenance, and repair.

1. 3 Months Hardware Course
Contents Name
Fundamental of Computer
Historical / Conceptual
 How the PC Works
 Input / Output / Storage
 The Art of the PC Technician
 Tools of the Trade
 Avoiding Electrostatic Discharge
 Anti - Static Tools
 The Complete PC
 External Connections
 Devices & Their Connectors
 Inside the System Unit
 Case
 CPU
 RAM
 Motherboard
 Power Supply
 Floppy Drive
 Hard Drive
 Optical Drive
 Know Your Parts
 Recall
Operating System Basis
 What is Operating system
 Use of Operating system
 Types of OS

2. Operating System Installation
 Microsoft Windows XP
 Microsoft Windows 2000
 Microsoft Windows 2003 Server
 Microsoft Windows Vista
 Microsoft Windows 7
 Microsoft Windows 2008 Server
 Microsoft Windows 8
 Microsoft Windows 10
Dual Booting
 Use of Dual booting
 Dual Booting in Primary Drive
Live Operating System
 Mini XP or Live Windows
Desktop Experience
 Create a File/Folder
 Cut/Copy/Paste
 Wallpaper & Screen Saver
 Set Date/Time
 Shut down/Restart/Sleep/Hibernate
 Rename the File/Folder/Drive
 Change Mouse Pointer
 Startup
 Desktop Personalized
 Gadgets
 Display Setting
 Taskbar & Start Menu
 Help & Support
 System Information
 Check & Change Computer Name
 Computer Properties
 Jump List
 Windows Aero Peek
 Getting Started
 Windows Shaking
 Snipping Tool

3. Erase of Access
 On Screen Keyboard
 Magnifier
 Narrator
 High Contrast
 Use Computer without Display
 Make the Computer eraser to use
 Use the Computer without Mouse or Keyboard
 Make the Mouse & Keyboard easy to use
User Accounts & Group
 What is User
 What is Group
 Types of Users
 Create new user & group
 Enable the administration user
 Change the membership
 UAC
 Password Breaker
 Password Reset DISK
 Parental Control
Security Policies
 Password Polices
 Local Policies
DISK Operating System
 What is DOS
 Command prompt Commands
Nero (DISC Burning)
 Create Data DISC
 Copy DISC
 Make Mp3,Mp4,WMA,Audio DISC
 Create Nero Image
 How to Open the Image
 Erase The Re-writable DISC

4. Computer Management
 Device Manager
 What is Driver & their Functions
 Drive installation & Rolling back
 Enable /Disable the Devices
 Event Viewer
Performance Monitoring & Tools
 Virtual Memory
 Ready boost
 Performance monitoring
 Visual effects
 Action Centre
 System Startup
Security Tools
 Bit locker Drive Encryption
 Hidden the drive and File/Folders
 Organize the Computer
 Firewall Settings
 Windows defender
 Uses of Antivirus
 Scan with Antivirus
 Update the Antivirus
 DEP Settings
Internet Access
 What is web site
 About the search engine
 Web Browsers
 Internet explorer settings
 Downloading softwares
 Downloading antivirus
 Downloading the drivers
 Create email id
 Send/receive the mail

5. Windows live essential
 How to use live essential
 Windows update
 USB tools
 Pen drive bootable
Backup and Restore
 System restore point
 System image or root drive backup
 Ghost utility
 Data backup (logical drives)
 Data recovery softwares
Partition & Formatting Utilities
 What is formatting
 Types of formatting
 Disk management
 Partition magic software
File System and Hard Disk Drive Tools
 What is file system & types
 Features of NTFS
 Compression
 Encryption
 Disk quota
 FAT convert in to NTFS
 Disk cleanup
 Check Disk
 Disk defragmentation
 Basic to dynamic disk
Virtualization
 VM ware
 Virtual box
 Virtual pc

6. Troubleshooting & Maintenance
 Troubleshooting of Win 7 & XP
 Advanced options [F8]
System Tools
 Windows easy transfer
 Manage recycle bin space
 Typing tutor
Microprocessors
 Historical / Conceptual
 CPU Core Components
 The Man in the Box
 Registers
 Clocks
 Back to the External Data Bus
 Memory
 Memory & RAM
 Address Bus
 Modern CPUs
 Manufacturers
 CPU Packages
 The Pentium CPU: The Early Years
 Original Pentium
 Pentium Pro
 Later Pentium- Class CPUs
 Pentium II,III
 Pentium IV
 Early AMD Athol CPUs
 Processing & Wattage
 CPU Codenames
 AMD Athlon Thunderbird
 AMD Duron
 Intel Pentium 4 Willamette
 AMD Athlon XP (Palomino and Thoroughbred)
 Intel Pentium 4 ( Northwood and Prescott )

7.  AMD Athlon XP ( Thornton and Barton)
 Pentium 4 Extreme Edition
 Mobile Processors
 Intel Xeon Processors
 Early 64- Bit CPUs
 Dual- Core CPUs
 Intel Core-- Goodbye, Pentium
 Installing CPUs
 Why Replace a CPU?
 Determining the Right CPU
 Buying a CPU
 Preparing to Install
 Inserting a PGA - Type CPU
 Testing Your New CPU
 The Art of Cooling
 Know Your CPUs
RAM
 Historical / Conceptual
 Understanding DRAM
 Organizing DRAM
 DRAM Sticks
 Current RAM
 Consumer RAM
 Types of RAM
 SDRAM
 RDRAM
 DDR SDRAM
 DDR2,DDR3
 RAM Variations
 Working with RAM
 Do You Need RAM?
 Getting the Right RAM
 Installing DIMMs and RIMMs
 Installing SO-DIMMs in Laptops
 Troubleshooting RAM

8. BIOS & CMOS
 Historical / Conceptual
 We Need to Talk
 Talking to the Keyboard
 CMOS
 Updating CMOS: The Setup Program
 A Quick Tour Through a Typical CMOS Setup Program
 BIOS & Device Drivers
 Option ROM
 Device Drivers
 BIOS, BIOS, Everywhere
 Power - On Self Test (Post)
 Before and During the Video Test: The Beep Codes
 Text Errors
 POST Cards
 The Boot Process
 Care & Feeding of BIOS & CMOS
 Losing CMOS Setting
 Clearing CMOS
 Flashing ROM
 Recall
Expansion Bus
 Historical / Conceptual
 Structure & Function of the Expansion Bus
 PC Bus
 ISA
 Modern Expansion Buses
 PCI
 System Resources
 I/O Addresses
 Interrupt Requests
 COM & LPT Ports
 Direct Memory Access
 Memory Addresses
 Installing Expansion Cards
 Step 1: Knowledge
 Step 2: Physical Installation

9.  Step 3: Device Drivers
 Step 4: Verify
 Troubleshooting Expansion Cards
 Device Manager
Motherboard
 Historical / Conceptual
 How Motherboard Works
 Form Factors
 Essentials
 Chipset
 Motherboard Components
 Upgrading & Installing Motherboards
 Choosing the Motherboard & Case
 Installing the Motherboard
 Troubleshooting Motherboards
 Symptoms
 Techniques
 Options
 Power supply
 Historical/conceptual
 Understanding electricity
 Essential
 Powering the pc
 Supplying ac
 Supplying dc
 IT Technician
 Installation maintenance & trouble shooting power supplies
 Installing
 Cooling
 When Power Supplies Dies
 Fused & Files
 Modular Power Supplies
 Rail Power

10. Hard Drive Technologies
 Historical / Conceptual
 How Hard Drive Works
 Data Encoding
 Moving the Arms
 Geometry
 ATA THE KING
 ATA 1 to 7
 SCSI : STILL Around
 SCSI Chains
 SCSI IDs
 Termination
 Protecting Data Raid
 RAID
 Implementation RAID
 Hardware versus Software
 Personal RAID
 Managing Heat
 The future Is RAID
 Connection Drives
 Choosing Your Drive
 Jumper and cabling on PATA Drives
 Cabling SATA Drives
 Connecting SCSI Drives
 BIOS Support: Configuration CMOS and installing Drives
 Configuring Controllers
 Auto detection
 Boot Order
 Device Drivers
 Troubleshooting Hard Drive installation
 Spindle (or Rational ) Speed
 Implementing Hard Drives
 Historical / Conceptual
 Hard Drive Partitions
 BASIC Disks
 Dynamics disks
 When to partition
 Hard Drive Formatting

11.  File system in Windows
 FAT
 FAT 32
 NTFS
 The Partition and Formatting Process
 Bootable Disks
 Partition and Formatting in Windows
 Installing CD
 Partition and Drive Letters
 Disk Management
 Dynamic Disks
 Mount Points
 Formatting & partitions
 Maintaining and Troubleshooting Hard Drives
 Troubleshooting Hard Drive installation
 Third party Partition Tools
Removable Media
 Historical / conceptual
 Floppy drives
 Floppy Drive Basics
 Essential
 Installing floppy drives
 Flash Memory
 USB Thumb Drives
 Flash Cards
 Optical Drives
 CD / DVD Media
 Installing Optical Drives
 Troubleshooting Removable Media
 Floppy Drives Maintains and Trouble Shooting
 Trouble Shooting Optical Drives
 High Definition / Blue Ray Optical Drives

12. Input/output
 Supporting Common I/O Ports
 Serial Ports
 USB Ports
 Fire wire Ports
 General Port Issues
 Common I/O Devices
 Keyboard
 Mice
 Scanners
 Digital Camera
 Web Cameras
 Specialty I/O Devices
 Biometric Devices
 Bar Code Readers
 Touch Screens
 Recall