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- NORTON BACKUP READ.ME - 5/3/90 - EJC
-
-
- CLEANING YOUR SYSTEM
- ============================================================
- Before installing Norton Backup, you should make sure that
- your hard disk is free of any "lost clusters" or "cross-
- linked" files. You can use the DOS CHKDSK command or the
- Norton Disk Doctor program found in the Norton Utilities 4.5
- Advanced Edition.
-
-
- DMA FAILURE
- ============================================================
- During installation, if the DMA test fails, your machine
- might lock up. If this happens, reboot your computer, but
- DO NOT run the INSTALL program again. Norton Backup has
- already been fully installed when the test fails.
-
- Even though your computer was locked, Norton Backup knows
- that the DMA test failed, and will restart the confidence test.
-
-
- INSTALLING NORTON BACKUP ON AN LCD MONITOR
- ============================================================
- To use the INSTALL program on an LCD screen, use the /LCD
- switch on the command line:
-
- A:\>INSTALL /LCD
-
-
- CONFIDENCE TEST
- ============================================================
- The Confidence test is basically a macro that does a backup
- and a restore. If you want to cancel the Confidence Test
- after it starts, press ESC twice rapidly.
-
-
- AUTOMATIC FLOPPY DRIVE CONFIGURATION
- ============================================================
- Compaq machines made before 1988 may have problems with the
- automatic floppy drive configuration. After the automatic
- floppy drive configuration is complete, you should verify that
- the drive types that were selected are accurate for your
- computer. If they are not, insert a formatted floppy diskette
- and select the Automatic Configuration button. Norton Backup
- will then accurately determine the drive type.
-
-
- CHANGES TO THE MANUAL
- ============================================================
-
- Page 68, under "Data Verification:
-
- The current text says "Sample Only reads every eighth
- track...." It should say "Sample Only reads and compares
- every eighth track..."
-
- Page 80, after "Step 3:"
-
- The current text says "To resume recording, press [F7]."
- The text should say "To resume recording, simply close the
- dialog box you are in."
-
- Page 98, sort options:
-
- The default setting for the display sort is "Name", not "No
- Sort" as is indicated. The "No Sort" option as listed in
- the manual does not exist.
-
-
- COMMAND LINE SWITCH /R
- ============================================================
- A new command line switch, /R, has been added. The format
- of this switch is:
-
- NBACKUP /R [catalog] filespec [/S]
-
- This switch bypasses the initial file logging done by Norton
- Backup, and instead restores the files specified by the
- "filespec" parameter from the catalog specified.
-
- The "filespec" parameter allows you to specify the files
- that will be restored. The filespec must include a drive
- letter and a filename with an extension. Wildcards can be
- used (i.e., *.*, *.wk1).
-
- The optional "/S" switch includes all subdirectories in the
- search for files that match the filespec.
-
- The optional "catalog" parameter allows you to select a
- catalog to restore from. If no catalog is specified, the
- catalog from the most recent backup will be used.
-
- An example of this command line would be:
-
- NBACKUP /R CC00420A.FUL C:\ACAD\*.DWG /S
-
- This command line will restore all the drawing files in the
- C:\ACAD directory and its subdirectories from the catalog
- CC00420A.FUL.
-
-
- REBUILDING CATALOGS
- ============================================================
- If you have a backup set with missing or damaged disks, you
- can use the Rebuild option to rebuild a catalog based on the
- remaining set of disks. Depending on your situation, there
- are two approaches to take:
-
- 1. If you have the original backup catalog and plan to
- restore only the files that exist on the remaining backup
- disks, you do not need to rebuild the catalog. Simply
- select the files from the original catalog and start the
- Restore.
-
- 2. If you do not know which files are located on which
- disks, or if you want to restore all of the remaining data
- in the backup set, then you will need to rebuild the backup
- catalog.
-
- There is one restriction when rebuilding catalogs. A catalog
- can only be rebuilt from consecutive diskettes. In other
- words, if you have a backup set of 7 diskettes and diskette
- #4 is missing, then you will have to divide the remaining
- diskettes into two partial backup sets. The first set would
- consist of disks #1-3, while the second would consist of
- disks #5-7.
-
- You must restore each partial backup set before proceeding
- to rebuild another. In the example above, you must rebuild
- and restore the partial catalog created from disks #1-3
- before rebuilding the partial catalog created from disks
- #5-7. The reason why this must be done is because the two
- rebuilt catalogs will have the same name, so one will
- overwrite the other.
-
- To rebuild a catalog, follow these steps:
-
- 1. Locate one partial backup set
- 2. Select "Catalog" from the Restore dialog box
- 3. Select "Rebuild"
- 4. Choose which drive to rebuild from
- 5. Insert the diskettes of the backup set as prompted.
- 6. Choose to overwrite if the catalog already exists
-
-
- ERROR CODE 3
- ============================================================
- If you receive an "Error 3" message following the configuration
- test, this means that the program had an internal error, which
- could have been caused by memory or hardware conflicts. You should
- reboot your computer from a DOS diskette with no AUTOEXEC.BAT or
- CONFIG.SYS file to eliminate any resident programs that may be
- conflicting with the Norton Backup, then retry the confidence test.
-
-
-
- DOS 4.x DOSSHELL
- ============================================================
- Sometimes, if Norton Backup is run from DOSSHELL, the mouse
- will be deactivated. If this happens, create a batch file
- that loads the mouse driver, then runs Norton Backup.
-
-
- DOS VERSIONS
- ============================================================
- It is very important to use a version of DOS that is
- specific to your machine. In other words, do not use Compaq
- DOS on a Wyse machine, or Wyse DOS on an IBM. Microsoft
- licenses MSDOS to different manufacturers, each of which can
- make changes to suit their machines. The risk is too great,
- because the problems involved with using a DOS version not
- specific to your machine may only appear when you attempt to
- restore files.
-
-
- VIDEO PROBLEMS
- ============================================================
- If, after exiting Norton Backup, your screen appears to be
- in an incorrect video mode, use the DOS MODE command to clear
- any problems. Type "mode co80" for color screens, "mode bw80"
- for monochrome. Typing CLS at your DOS prompt should also
- clear most problems.
-
-
- DANGER TO DISK MOTORS
- ============================================================
- Don't run Norton Backup unattended. One reason why Norton
- Backup is so fast is because it keeps floppy drives spinning
- instead of starting and stopping them every time a disk
- needs to be changed. This is not harmful to the drive, but
- if there is a long delay between changing disks, the
- needless spinning of the drive could potentially damage the
- drive motor.
-
-
- CONCURRENT DOS
- ============================================================
- Norton Backup has not been certified to run under Concurrent
- DOS.
-
-
- MEMORY RESIDENT PROGRAMS
- ============================================================
- Norton Backup optimizes the use of your hardware to improve
- backup speed. If you are experiencing strange results while
- attempting to do a backup or restore, it is likely that you
- have a TSR, disk cache, or expanded memory manager which is
- causing an incompatibility. Try removing these programs and
- retry Norton Backup. If you still experience problems, then
- call our Technical Support Group.
-
-
- LARGE FILE SIZE DISPLAY
- ============================================================
- If you have selected files that add up to more than 10
- megabytes, their size will be represented as "-----" on the
- file selection menu.
-
-
- NBACKUP ENVIRONMENT VARIABLE
- ============================================================
- The Norton Backup will store and search for catalogs in its
- own directory, which is the directory where the Backup files
- reside. You can tell Backup to use another directory for
- holding the catalogs with the NBACKUP environment variable.
-
- For example, if you want the Norton Backup to put the
- catalogs in the directory C:\ED\BACKUPS, you should insert
- the following line in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file:
-
- SET NBACKUP=C:\ED\BACKUPS
-
-
- RESTORING FROM A DOS DEVICE
- ============================================================
- When you backup files to a DOS device, you need to enter a
- full path (drive letter and directory) as your backup
- destination. Norton Backup will then add two subdirectories
- to this path. There will be a subdirectory with the name of
- the active setup file, and below it, another subdirectory
- with the name of the session catalog.
-
- For example, if you backup files from drive C: to F:\BACKUP,
- using the default setup file (DEFAULT.SET), Norton Backup
- will backup the files to F:\BACKUP\DEFAULT\CF00125A.FUL (For
- an explanation of the session catalog name, CF00125A.FUL, see
- the manual, page 53).
-
- To restore the backed up files, you must specify the FULL
- path, including the directories added by Norton Backup. So,
- even though you backed up the files using F:\BACKUP, you
- must specify F:\BACKUP\DEFAULT\CF00125A.FUL to restore them.
-
-
- KEYBOARD DIFFERENCES FOR THE HELP SCREENS
- ============================================================
- When you are on the "Topics" menu on the help screen, you
- need to use the TAB and Shift-TAB keys to select topics. The
- highlight bar may appear to do strange things if you use the
- arrow keys. The arrow keys scroll the entire menu, and the
- highlight bar will remain on the selected topic as you
- scroll the screen. If you scroll the selected item off of
- the screen, the highlight bar will fall onto the next item.
-
-
- DOS BUFFERS
- ============================================================
- Because the number of BUFFERS specified in the CONFIG.SYS
- file is so important to the success of the Norton Backup,
- the install program will now check the BUFFERS statement and
- ask if you want it to be changed.
-
-
- DOS INDEX
- ============================================================
- A DOS Index of less than 100% during backup indicates that
- there are too few DOS buffers. If you find that the DOS Index
- is consistently falling below 100%, try increasing the BUFFERS
- value in your CONFIG.SYS file to 40 for an AT class computer,
- and 20 for an XT class computer.
-
-
- REGISTRATION WINDOW
- ============================================================
- The Registration window is for personalizing your copy of
- Norton Backup. This does not copy protect Norton Backup or
- affect the program in any other way.
-
-
- SETUP FILES
- ============================================================
- The maximum number of setup files (.SET files) that Backup
- can select from is 50. You can have as many .SET files as
- your disk will hold, but Norton Backup will only use the 50
- oldest (by date) files.
-
-
- NORTON BACKUP DISTRIBUTION DISKS
- ============================================================
- One 3 1/2" disk and two 5 1/4" disks are included with the
- Norton Backup. The 5 1/4" disks contain the following
- files:
-
- Disk 1: INSTALL.EXE Disk 2: NB2.DAT
- INSTALL.DAT INSTALL.HLP
- INSTALL.OVL
- INSTALL.HLP
- NB1.DAT
- READ.ME
-
- The .DAT files contain all of the Norton Backup program
- files in compressed format. The INSTALL.EXE program will
- automatically decompress the files.
-
- After Norton Backup has been installed, you should have the
- following files:
-
- NBACKUP.CFG Holds the configuration settings
- NBACKUP.EXE Norton Backup loader
- NBACKUP.HLP The help section of Norton Backup
- NBACKUP.OVL Main Norton Backup program module
- NBCONFIG.HLP Configuration help section
- NBCONFIG.OVL Configuration program module
- NBINFO.OVL System analysis module
- NB_FLP_B.OVL Backup program module
- NB_FLP_R.OVL Restore program module
-
- After running a backup or a restore, there may be two files
- in your Norton Backup directory. These files, called
- NBACKUP.TMP and RESTORE.TMP, contain information about the
- configuration used for the most recent backup and restore.
- This information can be useful if you need to contact
- Technical Support.