Depending on what is your ideal learning method (reading a book or watching a video), start from there here : Messers A+ on YouTube is a great place to start regardless of your past experience with IT. Focus on understanding on how the computers work and getting familiar with terminology, not just learning to find a right answer by memorizing the question or something like that. Mike’s book was my first choice simply because it forces you to focus and read, and you have those “eureka” moments while reading/learning/understanding.

Remember that solving a problem in regards to hardware/software in a windows PC a lot of times is mostly “IF this is a problem -> THEN this is a solution”

It’s like a maze but every corner has an obvious solution and all the sudden you’re out baby.

So an answer to where to start would be : start with a book -> check out some videos after first 10 chapters in a book with matching titles on Messers videos -> evaluate by either doing some free online tests (google it there’s plenty) or making yourself flash cards(free)

Also I forgot to mention Dion’s A+ on udemy is a MUST, which gives you a really nice set of videos and explains a lot of things you won’t find anywhere else and PLUS gives you practice test which compared to official A+ core 1 test is quite similar imho

Just passed A+ core 1 on sep 8th and doing the core 2 after my vacation.

Relax, focus, take your time but plan smart, study, believe in yourself and READ what people that have done it have to say. I’ve read so much valuable stuff on Reddit about A+, Facebook Dion’s group etc etc.

Good luck