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- ERECOV.TXT - Set Me Up SystemSaver emergency recovery procedure
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- Set Me Up SystemSaver (SMUSS) is a run-time system enhancement that will enable you to restore system
- configuration in event of fatal system failure. Every time SMUSS is run, it copies system configuration
- files to a backup directory, and then removes the oldest backups. There is no limit to how many backups
- you can keep, but we recommend anything from 4 to 9. Every backup will be saved into a new folder (with
- a new, incremental number) , and all the configuration files will be categorized in sub-folders.
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- It is recommended that you select the backup frequency setting to `Once a Day' - a backup will be
- automatically taken once a day, the first time you log on. If your system suddenly fails, you can overwrite
- current configuration files with the ones from previous day you were using you computer, a day before that
- or even from before that (depending from how many backups upi decide to keep). In most of the cases
- when the system unexpectedly fails to operate, the SMUSS backup will make your system operational
- again. (but it will not for make your computer operational again if you have for example deleted your
- entire Windows directory, deleted the entire start menu or have a hardware failure)
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- SMUSS saves the following system configuration components:
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- - DOS files (files live in c:\ root directory) - store critical information such as CD-ROM drivers, DOS
- anti-virus loaders, soundcard settings Windows startup modes
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- - Registry (usually c:\windows) - USER.DAT stores all user / applications settings and SYSTEM.DAT
- system hardware / software configuration. If you have a problem. Most likely it will be resolved by
- restoring the Registry
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- - INI files (usually c:\windows) - some older applications store settings in INI files - if an application
- has got an INI file, it's name will usually resemble the application's name
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- - Password lists (usually c:\windows) store encrypted passwords
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- You must decide what is wrong before you attempt to restore one or all backup parts
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- Restoring from a backup
- To restore a file, simply overwrite the file you suspect is damaged with the backup one ( obviously create a
- temporary backup of the file you are about to delete just in case, so that you cab revert the operation) . If
- you are recovering from command prompt, remember to set the file's attributes to normal by using the
- ATTRIB program. If you are recovering in Windows, remember to enable `View all files' in Explorer
- Options. Here is an example on how to restore Windows registry from a command prompt.
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- ATTRIB c:\windows\user.dat -r -s -h (set the file attributes to normal)
- REN c:\windows\user.dat c:\windows\user.bck (rename the user registry file)
- COPY c:\smusafe\122\registry\user.dat c:\windows (copy the file from SMUSS backup)
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- Repeat the same steps for file system.dat
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