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- This document provides general support for possible problems with the
- Rescue Disk program.
-
-
- Rescue problems generally fall into 2 categories, with sub
- categories...
-
- Problems creating the rescue zip set (covered in Part I of this
- document)
- a) Initializing problems
- b) File copying problems
-
- Problems booting from the rescue set. (covered in Part II of this
- document)
- a) Driver problems
- b) Missing files problems
-
-
-
- Part I:
-
-
- Initializing problems
- *********************
-
- Problem: When I run Rescue, it reports that I have no zip drive on my
- system.
-
- Solution: If your zip drive is properly connected, and you are still getting
- this message, then download and install the latest set of Zip Tools from
- Iomega's website at http://www.iomega.com. Then run rescue again.
-
-
- Problem: My a: drive doesn't show up on the list of drives on the
- Rescue window.
-
- Solution: You may have a 5.25" drive set as the a: drive. Rescue will
- only work on 3.5" (1.44 Meg) floppy drives set as the a: drive. If you
- have a 5.25" floppy drive as the a: drive and a 3.5" floppy drive configured
- as the b: drive, reassign the drive letter designations so that the floppy
- drive letters are switched.
-
- Setting up your zip drive as a bootable a: drive is also supported.
- This eliminates the need for a bootable floppy diskette. (Note: Only
- some BIOSes support this feature)
-
-
- Problem: When I run Rescue, it freezes up the computer while Rescue is
- initializing and I have to reboot to get the computer working again.
-
- Solution: You can have freezing problems, or crashes, with rescue for a
- few reasons
-
- 1. Corrupted rescue files.
- 2. Program conflicts.
- 3. Registry problems.
-
-
- To resolve problems with corrupted rescue files, do the following:
-
- a) Uninstall Norton Utilities from Add/Remove Programs in the Control Panel.
- b) Delete the Norton Utilities folder under the Program Files folder, if
- it's still there.
- c) Close all programs down before installing the program again. To check if
- you've shut down all programs, press the CTRL-ALT-DEL keys. This should
- produce a Close Programs box. Inside this box should only be one or two
- applications, namely Explorer and Systray. (Note: On some systems, it may be
- shown as Windows Explorer.)
- d) Once all programs are closed, install Norton Utilities again.
-
-
- To resolve problems with program conflicts:
-
- a) Close all programs down before running the program again. To check if
- you've shut down all programs, press the CTRL-ALT-DEL keys. This should
- produce a Close Programs box. Inside this box should only be one or two
- applications, namely Explorer and Systray. (Note: On some systems, it may be
- shown as Windows Explorer.)
- b) Click on the windows Start button, click on RUN, and type the following:
- RESCUE32 /RESET
- c) When you click on the OK button, the Rescue Disk window should appear.
-
-
- To resolve problems with the registry:
-
- a) You'll need to use a utility program, such as the Optimization Wizard,
- to keep the registry in proper condition so that programs may run correctly.
-
-
- Problem: Rescue says my Zip drive is attached to an unsupported adapter.
-
- Solution: Rescue uses the Registry to store information about the adapters
- that it supports. You can add entries to the Registry to support any adapter,
- as long as you have the real-mode (also known as DOS mode) drivers for it.
-
- When Rescue detects a Zip drive attached to an adapter for which it has no
- real-mode drivers, it creates a skeleton .REG file that can be used to add
- the necessary registry entries. The file is created in the Norton Utilities
- folder (usually C:\Program Files\Norton Utilities), and is called
- ZipAdapter?.reg. The ? is a digit corresponding to the Zip drive's drive
- letter. Here is a sample of the ZipAdapter?.reg file:
-
- REGEDIT4
- [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Symantec\Norton Rescue\Zip Adapters\Your
- Adapter]
-
- "L0"=""
- "F0"=""
-
- The L0 -- Ln entries are used to add lines to the CONFIG.SYS file on the
- Rescue boot floppy. The F0 -- Fn entries specify what files to copy to the
- Rescue boot floppy.
-
- If you have an IDE or ATAPI Zip drive, and you receive this error message,
- you can fix this by specifying the default IDE drivers, which can support
- most IDE controllers. To do this, edit the ZipAdapter?.reg file to look like
- this:
-
- REGEDIT4
- [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Symantec\Norton Rescue\Zip Adapters\Your
- Adapter]
-
- "L0"="DEVICEHIGH=ASPIIDE.SYS"
- "L1"="DEVICEHIGH=ASPIATAP.SYS"
- "F0"="ASPIIDE.SYS"
- "F1"="ASPIATAP.SYS"
-
- To merge the .REG file into the Registry, double-click the file.
-
- If you receive this message and you have a SCSI Zip or Jaz drive, contact
- the adapter manufacturer for the correct real-mode drivers. (They may
- already be on your system.) You must have the real-mode drivers, not the
- protected-mode drivers, for Rescue to work.
-
- NOTE:
- Add the files to the Norton Zip Rescue folder. Do not specify paths in
- the Fx or Lx lines of the .REG file.
-
- For example, here is a ZipAdapter5.reg file modified for an unsupported SCSI
- adapter:
-
- REGEDIT4
-
- [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Symantec\Norton Rescue\Zip Adapters\fd16_700]
-
- "L0"="DEVICE=MCAM18XX.SYS"
- "L1"="DEVICE=ASPIDISK.SYS /G"
- "F0"="MCAM18XX.SYS"
- "F1"="ASPIDISK.SYS"
-
- NOTE:
- The "your adapter" section in the examples above will be replaced with the
- adapter's name, as in the last example above.
-
-
- Finding drivers for unsupported SCSI controllers
- ************************************************
-
- Some SCSI controllers require their own drivers. If those drivers are not
- present, then run the SCSI utility that came with the SCSI controller to
- find these drivers so you can include them in the ZipAdapter Registry import
- file. Since Windows 95 does not require these real-mode DOS drivers, they
- are often not installed on the computer. Typically, they are found under
- the DOS/Windows 3.x category. When you run the SCSI utility, it will install
- the drivers on the hard drive (usually to a folder called SCSI) and add the
- device lines to the CONFIG.SYS file.
-
- For example, an unsupported Adaptec 1520 SCSI controller requires the
- following drivers and device load lines in order to access SCSI devices
- in DOS mode:
-
- device=C:\SCSI\aspi2dos.sys /d /p340 /q11
- device=C:\SCSI \aspidisk.sys /d
-
- NOTE:
- The /p and /q numbers will vary from system to system.
-
- To access the SCSI Zip drive in DOS and thereby enable Zip Rescue to
- function, create the following Zipadaper?.reg file and copy the necessary
- driver files (the F0 and F1 entries) to the Norton Utilities folder.
-
- REGEDIT4
- [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Symantec\Norton Rescue\Zip Adapters\
- Adaptec 1520]
-
- "L0"="aspi2dos.sys /d /p340 /q11"
- "L1"="aspidisk.sys /d"
- "F0"="aspi2dos.sys "
- "F1"="aspidisk.sys"
-
-
- File copying problems
- *********************
-
- Problem: When I hit the Create button, rescue reports that "Certain Files
- could not be copied." What do I do?
-
- Solution: On that message, you should see a Details button. If you click on
- this button, another screen should appear with a list of files that could
- not be copied. Click on the plus sign next to each file to find out why the
- file could not be copied to the zip disk.
-
- If the reason is "file not found," do a search for the requested file(s) to
- see whether it exists on the drive. If the file(s) is not on the hard drive,
- proceed with the creation of the rescue set as the file(s) may not be
- necessary. After all the files are copied over to the zip disk, you'll be
- asked to reboot to test the rescue set.
-
- Problem: Rescue reports that PARTINFO.DAT cannot be copied over to the zip
- disk.
-
- Solution: PARTINFO.DAT is the file that stores a copy of the partition data
- on your computer. If you have an IDE or ATAPI zip drive, make sure it is not
- configured in the BIOS settings as it can cause this error to appear. You can
- look at these settings from a setup program that can run when your computer
- is booting up. Usually, you will see a message on bootup to enter a setup
- utility by pressing F1 or Del. It is from this program that you can see
- whether the zip drive is listed among devices attached to the IDE ports on
- your computer. You can set up the port that contains the zip drive to NONE,
- instead of AUTO, to stop the BIOS configuration of the zip drive from
- occuring.
-
- Note: this error is also common if you have security software like Your
- Eyes Only, or if you have NTFS partitions on the hard drive.
-
-
- Problem: When rescue starts to copy files over, I see a Disk Write Error
- message on the screen.
-
- Solution: The zip disk or the floppy diskette may be physically damaged.
-
- Try to full format the floppy. Double-click on My Computer and right-click
- on the a: drive. Choose Format, followed by Full Format on the next screen.
- If the format procedure fails, the disk (or drive) is likely damaged.
-
- To do a Full (or Long) Format on a zip disk you must have Zip Tools installed.
- If you don't already have them installed, you can obtain them from Iomega's
- website at http://www.iomega.com. Once you have Zip Tools installed,
- double-click on My Computer and right-click on the Zip Drive icon, which
- should be blue and read ZIP100. Choose Format, followed by Full/Long format.
- If the format procedure doesn't complete, the disk (or drive) is probably
- damaged.
-
-
- Part II:
-
-
- Driver problems
- ***************
-
- Problem: When I bootup from my Zip Rescue set, I see a message that the Zip
- drivers are not installed and that there is an error in the CONFIG.SYS file.
-
- Solution: This is most likely a driver, configuration, or controller issue.
- Rescue in Windows uses a protected-mode driver for the Zip drive. When
- booting from the Rescue diskette, however, it must use the real-mode DOS
- drivers. Follow these steps to check whether any of these drivers from the
- CONFIG.SYS file on the Rescue boot floppy are failing to load:
-
- 1. Start the computer with the Rescue floppy and Zip disk inserted.
- 2. When the system displays the blue logo screen, press Esc to dismiss the
- screen.
- 3. Watch the messages displayed by the drivers as they load
-
-
- Parallel Zip drives
- *******************
-
- Try connecting the Zip Drive directly to the parallel port. Disconnect any
- other devices attached to the zip drive, as well, as these conditions can
- prevent the driver from finding the zip drive.
-
- Parallel Zip drives require a parallel port chipset driver. If you look at
- the CONFIG.SYS file on the Rescue diskette, you will see a line that reads:
-
- DEVICEHIGH=ASPIPPM1.SYS FILE=SMC.ILM
-
- or something similar. The key is the ILM driver after the second = sign; this
- is the driver that will provide optimum performance from your parallel port
- chipset. In some cases, the parallel port chipset will not function correctly
- in optimized mode. In this case, change the .ILM driver to the most generic
- type, which should work with almost any chipset. To do this, use one of these
- procedures:
-
-
- If the CONFIG.SYS line is installing ASPIPPM1.SYS, change it to read:
- DEVICEHIGH=ASPIPPM1.SYS FILE=NIBBLE.ILM
-
- If the CONFIG.SYS line is installing ASPIPPM2.SYS, change it to read:
- DEVICEHIGH=ASPIPPM2.SYS FILE=NIBBLE2.ILM
-
-
- NOTE:
- Some BIOSes (like Award) allow you to set various parallel drivers in the
- system setup or CMOS. Changing this setting to "Standard" often corrects
- problems with parallel Zip drives.
-
-
- IDE and ATAPI Zip drives
- ************************
-
- IDE drives use some SCSI drivers too. Sometimes the BIOS or system setup
- detects the drive, which is incorrect; this may prevent the DOS drivers from
- loading properly. Set the drive detection to NONE. You may then need to run
- SETUP.EXE from the Iomega Tools disk to reconfigure this drive. You may also
- want to uncheck the INT 13 setting for this drive's properties (right-click
- on the drive letter and choose Properties).
-
- NOTE:
- Some BIOSes will continue to detect Zip drives even after setting drive
- detection to NONE. To overcome this issue, select TYPE 1, which is incorrect
- but it will prevent the Zip drive from being detected. On restart, the BIOS
- will display a drive detection error which you can ignore. Most BIOSes also
- have an error detection setting that you can turn off which will prevent the
- drive error message from appearing. Zip drive detection in BIOS is a problem
- that Iomega and BIOS manufacturers are working on. It seldom affects the Zip
- drive in Windows, but almost always causes problems for Zip drives in DOS.
- Since Norton Zip Rescue is designed to rescue you from a Windows crash,
- proper Zip drive functionality in DOS is necessary.
-
-
- SCSI Zip drives
- ***************
-
- SCSI drives need an up-to-date SCSI BIOS, and up-to-date SCSI drivers. Iomega
- supplies Norton Zip Rescue with a number of SCSI adapter files. If Rescue
- fails to find or load your SCSI Zip drive, contact the manufacturer of the
- adapter card to find the correct DOS drivers. Also see the "Rescue reports
- that my Zip drive is attached to an unsupported adapter" question above for
- more information.
-
-
- USB (Universal Serial Bus) Zip drives
- *************************************
- This version of Rescue Disk does not support creating Norton Zip Rescue disk
- sets on USB Zip drives.
-
-
- Missing Files
- *************
-
- Problem: When I reboot with the rescue set in place, I am left at a blinking
- a: prompt.
-
- Solution: The startup files on the rescue floppy diskette were probably
- not created correctly, and so the rescue program will need to be reset.
-
- a) Close all programs down before running the program again. To check if
- you've shut down all programs, press the CTRL-ALT-DEL keys. This should
- produce a Close Programs box. Inside this box should only be one or two
- applications, namely Explorer and Systray. (Note: On some systems, it may be
- shown as Windows Explorer.)
- b) Click on the Start button, choose Run, and type:
-
- C:\windows\system\regsvr32 "c:\program files\norton utilities\nursc.dll"
-
- and click OK. Correct the path to Windows and Norton Utilities folders,
- if necessary. Include the double quotes in the command line. In few seconds,
- you should see a dialog stating that the registration has succeeded.
-
- c) Click on the Start button, choose Run, and type:
-
- C:\windows\system\regsvr32 "c:\program files\norton Utilities\rscfmt.dll"
-
- and click OK. Correct the path to Windows and Norton Utilities folders,
- if necessary. Include the double quotes in the command line. In few seconds,
- you should see a dialog stating that the registration has succeeded.
-
- d) Click on the windows Start button, click on RUN, and type the following:
- Rescue32 /RESET
- e) When you click on the OK button, Rescue Disk window should appear.
-
-
- Problem: When I bootup with the rescue set, I see the a Non-System Disk
- error on the screen.
-
- Solution: Try creating a new rescue set using a different floppy, if the
- problem persists, reset the rescue program as follows:
-
- a) Close all programs down before running the program again. To check if
- you've shut down all programs, press the CTRL-ALT-DEL keys. This should
- produce a Close Programs box. Inside this box should only be one or two
- applications, namely Explorer and Systray. (Note: On some systems, it may
- be shown as Windows Explorer.)
- b) Click on the Start button, choose Run, and type:
-
- C:\windows\system\regsvr32 "c:\program files\norton Utilities\nursc.dll"
-
- and click OK. Correct the path to Windows and Norton Utilities folders,
- if necessary. Include the double quotes in the command line. In few seconds,
- you should see a dialog stating that the registration has succeeded.
-
- c) Click on the Start button, choose Run, and type:
-
- C:\windows\system\regsvr32 "c:\program files\norton Utilities\rscfmt.dll"
-
- and click OK. Correct the path to Windows and Norton Utilities folders,
- if necessary. Include the double quotes in the command line. In few seconds,
- you should see a dialog stating that the registration has succeeded.
-
- d) Click on the windows Start button, click on RUN, and type the following:
- rescue32 /RESET
- e) When you click on the OK button, Rescue Disk window should appear.
-
-
- Problem: When I bootup with the rescue set, the floppy drive is accessed for
- a moment and the screen freezes.
-
- Solution: Try the solution listed to the problem above. If the problem
- continues, replace the diskette as the system area on it is probably
- faulty.
-
-
- Problem: When testing the rescue set, the computer accesses the zip drive for
- a minute or so, but ultimately the rescue test fails (from errors, freeze
- ups, etc...)
-
- Solution: Try creating a Safe Mode rescue set. Run rescue again and click on
- the Options button. Then click on the Zip Settings tab and choose Safe Mode.
- Create a new rescue set and test it.
-
- Safe Mode doesn't load as many drivers as Normal Mode, making it easier
- from which to boot up. However, the functionality of the Rescue Recovery
- Wizard remains the same in both modes.
-
-
- Problem: When I test the rescue set, the Rescue Recovery Wizard doesn't
- show up.
-
- Solution: The Rescue Recovery Wizard should appear automatically. If it
- does not, double-click on the shortcut for it at the desktop to start it.
- You can also insert this shortcut, or a copy of it, into the windows StartUp
- folder if you want the Rescue Recovery Wizard to pop up automatically.
-
-
-
- For additional information and technical support for Norton Zip rescue
- please visit Symantec's Technical Support Site at
- http://service.symantec.com/nu
-