"Semi-Guide? What the heck is a semi-guide? Well basically it's not quite a guide. This article won't give you step by step info on things, but more of an overview. If you have more specific questions, please feel free to send me an email. If any of you have bothered to spare a few seconds of your time to look at my bio in our “About” section, then you would know that in addition to writing here for Sudhian I also work as a Technician. As a tech I have spent time doing all sorts of things from building new systems and servers, upgrading computers, diagnosing and repairing machines from old AT systems, new P4 based rigs, laptops, printers and scanners. These days you probably won’t find many techs out there that have a strong knowledge of DOS and can not only fix computers but printers, laptops and other various electronic items as well. You will usually find techs with more knowledge of recent operating systems and hardware, typically working at a CompUSA or some other similar place that wouldn’t see a 386 ever. Growing up I had a strong interest in taking things apart. Luckily for my parents I usually confined this interest to taking things apart that were already broken – a dead VCR or reel-to-reel tape player. I have always been mechanically minded and have been able to take things apart and reassemble them without much trouble. "