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- Eric Gans (Part of UNERASE package)
- French Dep't UCLA
- Los Angeles, CA 90024
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- DBACK.COM
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- Because unerasing on a hard disk is a delicate procedure
- (the FAT and part of the directory must be rewritten to disk), I
- have included in this ARC DBACK.COM, which will back up the FAT
- and root directory of a (hard) disk on another (floppy) disk, and
- restore it in case catastrophe strikes. DBACK makes a read-only
- file called DBACK.DRx (x = backed up drive) in the root directory
- of the backup drive. For extra security, run DBACK before
- unerasing; since the backup file is written on another disk it
- won't disturb the unerase procedure.
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- DBACK is also useful for general disk security purposes,
- especially for assembly-language programmers who are often a
- keystroke or two away from trashing their disk.
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- Don't forget to copy DBACK.COM to a backup disk. If it is
- on a different diskette than DBACK.DRx, you will be able to
- change disks while running the program. Just remember that if
- you ever need DBACK to restore your hard disk directory you won't
- be able to find it there!
-