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- Welcome to TSUtil 1.2
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- This README.1ST file contains information about TSUtil.
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- The purpose of this program is to provide a simple, yet powerful,
- way to partition and/or format your hard drive(s).
- It has full support for a second hard drive.
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- DEFINITION: Cluster - is the minimum allocation unit for files
- on your PC using DOS. That means that even a 1 byte
- file you store on hard disk, will occupy 1 cluster.
- Cluster size is defined in terms of number of
- sectors(DOS default is 4 or 8), and is established
- when you format your partition.
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- While other utilities(like DOS FORMAT), select a default
- cluster size based on partition size, TSUtil gives you a unique
- option, to select this size at your own choice.
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- By selecting the size of the cluster to best fit the size of
- your files in that partition, you may improve very much the
- speed of your PC, when read/write files.
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- Example:
- Lets suppose you create a partition where you plan to store
- some huge data base files, created by a data base manager or
- a spreadsheet program. You may end up with 3, 4, 5 files
- everyone having Megas of bytes in size. If your partition was
- formatted with 'Format' command from DOS, then every file will
- be store in thousands of clusters(with 4 sectors/cluster). Now,
- if you use TsUtil and format the partition with 32 or 64
- sectors/cluster the number of clusters used to store the file
- will be reduced to 10, 20 maybe 100. This can make a big
- difference in terms of I/O speed.
-
- Enclosed is a file called "REFRESH.EXE". If you are running
- MS-DOS VER 3.3 then, this file has to run every time you
- start you computer. Failing to do so, may result in loss of
- data on drive(s) formatted with a bigger cluster size.
- If you run MS-DOS VER 5.0 then you do not need to run
- this program. For your convenience, "REFRESH.EXE" can be
- used to increase cluster size on RAMDrives (if installed).
- To do so run:
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- "REFRESH.EXE s1 s2 s3"
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- Where 's1','s2','s3' can be: 16,32 or 64
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- TSUtil.ZIP contains following files:
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- TSUTIL.EXE - The program itself
- TSDSK.DSK - Color/Desktop map file;
- TSHELP.HLP - Help file;
- REFRESH.EXE
- README.1ST - this file;
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- Hints:
- 1. Put all five files on the same
- directory (suppose: C:\UTILS);
- 2. Add following line to your
- AUTOEXEC.BAT file:
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- SET TS=C:\UTILS
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- Another capability of TSUtil is a full powered
- "File Handler", which let you organize you disk(s) (Floppy
- or Hard Disk(s)) very easy. You can view(Text and Hex mode),
- edit, copy, delete, change files attribute etc, with a few
- key strokes or a click of the mouse.
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- Finally, enclosed is code to detect and destroy "viruses".
- This option let you keep your computer, clean.
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- TSUtil has a windows_like interface with pull down
- and pop up menus, dialog boxes, etc, and has full mouse
- support.
-
- NOTE: 1. This programs require an IBM PC
- or 100% IBM compatible computer
- AND DOS 3.3 or higher. It needs
- at least 300 K of memory to run
- (640 is desired).
- 2. Extensive tests had been done
- only with DOS 3.3, 5.0 and 6.0.
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-
- DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY
-
- THIS SOFTWARE IS SOLD "AS IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES AS TO
- PERFORMANCE OR ANY OTHER WARRANTIES WHETHER EXPRESSED OR
- IMPLIED. BECAUSE OF VARIOUS HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE ENVIRONMENTS
- INTO WHICH THIS PROGRAM MAY BE PUT, NO WARRANTY OF FITNESS FOR
- A PARTICULAR PURPOSE IS OFFERED. THE USER MUST ASSUME THE
- ENTIRE RISK OF USING THE PROGRAM. NEITHER THE AUTHOR NOR ANYONE
- ELSE INVOLVED IN CREATING, PRODUCING OR SELLING OF THIS PROGRAM,
- SHELL BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR
- CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THIS PROGRAM.
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- Register Information
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- This product is a shareware. The registration fee is $24.95 and
- when you register your copy, you will be regularly notified of
- future updates AND they are free. Also, after registration
- you will receive free support.
-
- To register your copy, please follow the instructions on
- CompuServe, or send check or money order for the above amount
- to:
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- George Tihenea
- PO Box 1553
- Manchester, NH 03105-1553
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- TSUtil was written in Borland Pascal 7.0 and Turbo Vision.
- If you send $39.95 when you register your copy, you will
- receive libraries (INTERFACES & '.TPU' files) with most of low
- level procedures and functions used in this program. Among
- them you will find functions to read/write sectors using DOS or
- BIOS interrupt calls. You can use them in your programs.
- Some sources also available.
-
- For any contact or help with TsUtil please use e-mail on
- CompuServe(CS_ID: 74660,1613), or write to the above address.
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