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- VENDINFO standard v1.04, produced by VendEdit v1.30, 26-Nov-1997
-
- ===== Product Information ==============================
- Product: GRDuw Disk utility for Windows 95
- Version: 3.00
- Version Date: 26-Nov-1997
- Product Type: Software
- Basic Distribution Policy (see License, below, for details):
- Shareware, freely distributable by all channels
-
- Product Description: GRDUW Disk Utility for Windows 95 V3.00
- Windows 32bit Shareware (NOT run on Win/NT).
- Support for 720Kb, 1.2Mb, 1.44Mb, 1.72Mb and
- MS-DMF (1.68Mb) diskettes and removable HD.
- Duplicate and Compare diskettes. Save and
- Load Diskette binary images. Boot sector
- check and recreate. Optimized disk Format and
- Verify. Detailed disk information. Hard
- Disk/Diskette Repair capability. Completely
- integrated with the explorer. 29US$. <ASP>
- Reason for version: Full removable HD support, French, Serbian,
- Portuguese, Spanish, Catalan languages added
-
- Category: Utilities; Disk utilities
- Keywords: DISK DISKETTE COPY FORMAT DUPLICATE COMPARE
- REPAIR
- Required Packages: grduw30
- This Package: GRDUW30
- Registration Fee: 25.00-29.00 (US$)
-
- Required Configuration
- Processor Family: Intel 80x86 (minimum 80386)
- Minimum OS: Windows 95
- Standard RAM: 4000K
- Hard Drive Space: 500K
- Req'd Software:
-
- Orders:
- Address: KAGI
- 1442-A Walnut Street #392-RG
- Berkeley, California,
- 94709-1405
- USA
- Toll-Free Phone: none
- Phone: none
- FAX: +1 510 652 6589
- Internet: sales@kagi.com
- Other E-mail: support@grsoftware.net
-
- Support:
- Address: Roberto Grassi
- P.O.Box 48
- 10096, Leumann
- Torino
- ITALY
- Phone: none
- FAX: none
- Internet: grsoft@kagi.com
- Other E-mail: support@grsoftware.net
-
-
- ===== Information for Users ("READ-ME") ================
-
- Distribution Summary
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- GRDuw30.zip GR Disk Utility for Windows 95 v3.00
- Size (Compressed/Expanded): 373KB/831KB
- Date: 22 November 1997
- Categories: win95, system utility, disk utility
- Replace files: GRDuw26.zip, GRDuw22.zip, GRDuw20.zip, GRDuw19.zip,
- GRDuw18.zip, GRDuw17.zip, GRDuw15.zip
-
- Description
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~
- This Windows 95 disk utility (does not run under NT) allows you to
- Duplicate/Format/Compare/Repair your disks. It supports Microsoft
- Distribution Format (MS-DMF) diskettes plus removable and fixed HD
- drives.
- Follows the major program features:
-
- * Setup program for easy Install/Remove (also in batch).
- * Command line options for disk duplication without user intervention.
- * Multiple language: English, Italian, Danish, Sweden, Chinese, German,
- French, Spanish, Catalan, Serbian and Portuguese.
- * Support for 1.2Mb, 720Kb, 1.44Mb, 1.72Mb, MS-DMF (Microsoft
- Distribution Format), fixed and removable hard disk (like Iomega ZIP or
- similar).
- * Duplicate your disks quickly while you do others jobs and skip the
- empty tracks to don't lose time.
- * Preview the diskette contents before duplicate it.
- * Create many copies of the same disk with only one disk read (also for
- removable hard disks).
- * Compare a disk with another.
- * Save/Load binary disk images for a later disk generation. Also you can
- assign a comment to every disk image for an easy retrieval.
- * Optimized disk format in order to speed up the read access by every
- application.
- * Format and Repair hard disks and floppies. The program is able to move
- the data clusters and mark the tracks or cylinders in failure as BAD on
- FAT12 and FAT16 file systems. Generate a repair report.
- * Boot sector consistency check (verify some fixed fields) and
- re-creation capability (destroy your boot virus).
- * Automatically associates the program with a .dim extension to be fully
- integrated with the explorer shell. Also allows you to create a desktop
- shortcut icon and drop on it an image file.
- * Disk detailed information and system devices information display and
- report.
- * Language translation SDK available on request.
-
- What's New
- ~~~~~~~~~~~
- * Lower license price: regular is 29US$, special time limited offer is
- 25US$.
- * A setup program was added to yield GRDuw more professional.
- * Full support for quick format/duplicate/repair any removable hard disk.
- * New language translations: French, Spanish, Catalan, Serbian and
- Portuguese.
- * Format and Repair report dialog can be automatically shown at the end
- of the operation.
- * New System dialog list your system hardware devices other than Windows
- and BIOS version.
- * Command line options were added to allow you duplicate your disks in
- batch.
- * Enhanced the low-level code to make the program more compatible with
- any PC.
- * Minor bug fixes.
-
- The major addition of this version is the full support to format,
- duplicate and repair the emerging removable hard disks like Iomega ZIP,
- JAZ, Syquest EZFlyer and many others (the only constrain is that you
- have sufficient fixed disk space to hold the removable disk image).
- These new devices will soon replace the old floppies, and GRDuw is
- ready just now to offer you easy of use and best performance compared
- with similar utilities distributed by the removable HD manufacturers.
- The language translations for French, Spanish, Catalan, Serbian and
- Portuguese were added to meet the growing sympathizing International
- users.
- A new added option allows you to automatically display a report dialog
- after a format or a repair operation completes. This can be very handy
- when you start an operation and leave the program alone. When you come
- back, you want to known if there were errors and where. Another useful
- option for the batch users is the addition of some command line options
- that allows disk duplication without any user intervention.
- A new System dialog box has been added to show your system devices other
- than the Windows version, the BIOS version and date, the memory usage
- and the memory total and free space. This option can be very useful in
- case of problems to build a detailed report of your system.
- As usual, also this version has few minor bug fixes.
-
- For more details, please consult the help file.
-
- Known Problems
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- As all the programs that overwork the system performances using the
- low-level interface, GRDuw does not correctly run on all hardware
- configurations. A great effort has been done on this version to make
- the program reliable on all systems for the 1.68Mb and 1.72Mb formats.
- However there are some PC on which the program is not able to correctly
- work for these formats. To better track these problems the "System"
- dialog was added in order to collect the user installed hardware, BIOS
- version and Windows 95 version, as it is not easy to do this with the
- standard Windows tools.
- If you experience such problems, please email me a message to
- grsoft@kagi.com with attached a copy of the report created from the
- "System" dialog. I do not promise to solve your problem but surely I
- will try to help you understand why your system does not work with
- GRDuw.
- I have a signal from a PC installer that has found a problem with all
- motherboard type ASUS (TX97XE) and all motherboard with a TX chipset
- and BIOS version 1.04 or less. The problem has been removed updating
- the BIOS to version 1.06.
- Also the LS-120 drive seem to have problems with the 1.68Mb and 1.72Mb
- formats.
-
- Evolution
- ~~~~~~~~~~
- We are working to make GRDuw running under Windows NT.
- We have planned to update the Repair feature in order to make it works
- on FAT32 disks.
- The "make disk bootable" option will be added to the Format dialog.
-
- Install
- ~~~~~~~~
- Unzip the distribution archive and run the setup.exe program. This
- program will copy all the needed GRDuw files where you want and will
- register GRDuw on your system. This setup program allow you to add a
- desktop icon, and to list the program into the "Start Menu" or into the
- "Start Menu\Programs" menu. It also registers itself into the Control
- Panel to allow quick and full Remove.
-
- Remove
- ~~~~~~~
- From the "Control Panel" - "Add/Remove Programs" you can quickly remove
- the program (completely) from your system how the Windows 95 standard
- requires.
-
- License
- ~~~~~~~~
- This is NOT FREE software. This license allows you to use this software
- for evaluation purposes without any charge for a period of 30 days. If
- you use this software after the 30 days evaluation period a
- registration is required (see the help file for details on how to).
- I recommend you to register the program ONLY after you have full tested
- it on your system as this shareware version behaves exactly as the
- registered version.
-
- Registration REBATE - REBATE - REBATE
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Thanks to the growing interest and to better promote this product, this
- version is licensed at ONLY 25US$ until 1 March 1998. After this
- date the normal single user registration fee will be 29US$ (site
- licenses 800US$ and world-wide licenses 2000US$).
- Register immediately: do not lose this unique occasion!
- Credit cards supported: VISA, Master Card, American Express, Discovery
- and Dinners Club.
- You can also register this product directly on the WEB:
- http://order.kagi.com/?LU with a secured transfer protocol, or by
- phone: +1 (510) 658-5244.
-
-
- Disclaimer of Warranty
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- This software and the accompanying files are provided "as are" and
- without warranties as to performance of merchantability or any other
- warranties whether expressed or implied. Because of the various
- hardware and software environments into which this software may be put,
- no warranty of fitness for a particular purpose is offered. Please use
- the Shareware concept and extensively try this software before to buy
- it.
- Any liability of the seller will be limited exclusively to product price
- refund.
- This software is produced by a member of the Association of Shareware
- Professionals (ASP).
- ASP wants to make sure that The Shareware Principle works for you. If
- you are unable to resolve a shareware-related problem with an ASP member
- by contacting the member directly, ASP may be able to help. The ASP
- Ombudsman can help you resolve a dispute or problem with an ASP member,
- but does not provide technical support for members' products. Please
- write to the ASP Ombudsman at 157-F Love Ave. Greenwood, IN 26142 USA,
- FAX 317-888-2195 or send email to omb@asp-shareware.org.
-
- Distribution
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Freely distributable as soon as the files inside the compressed archive
- aren't modified in any way. Other text file can be added to the
- archive. Please contact the author for written permission.
-
-
- Author information
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Ing. Roberto Grassi
- P.O.BOX 48, 10096 Leumann (Torino) ITALY, EUROPE.
- Internet E-Mail : grsoft@kagi.com, support@grsoftware.net
-
-
- WWW home pages
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- http://www.grsoftware.net
- http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/4866
- http://www.bsoftware.com/cgi-bin/fetchsan.cgi?AuthorID=499,LocationID=1
- http://mini.net/cgi-bin/sax?2347
-
- Internet Download URLs
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- The language translation packages are downloadable from the following
- URLs:
-
- English : http://www.grsoftware.net/grduw30.zip
- Italian : http://www.grsoftware.net/grdita30.zip
- Chinese : http://www.grsoftware.net/grdchi30.zip
- Danish : http://www.grsoftware.net/grddan30.zip
- Sweden : http://www.grsoftware.net/grdswe30.zip
- German : http://www.grsoftware.net/grdger30.zip
- French : http://www.grsoftware.net/grdfra30.zip
- Spanish : http://www.grsoftware.net/grdspa30.zip
- Catalan : http://www.grsoftware.net/grdspc30.zip
- Serbian : http://www.grsoftware.net/grdser30.zip
- Portuguese: http://www.grsoftware.net/grdpor30.zip
-
- Language translation SDK...
- Program: http://www.grsoftware.net/grduw_rc.zip
- Help file: http://www.grsoftware.net/grduw_rtf.zip
-
-
- ===== Packing List =====================================
-
- As released by the author or publisher, this package contained the
- following files in addition to this VENDINFO.DIZ:
-
- Filename Size Date Time CRC32
- FILE_ID.DIZ 448 23-Nov-1997 12:05a 1EF3FD15
- GRDUW.EXE 364032 26-Nov-1997 10:04p 444F114F
- REGISTER.EXE 129232 22-Nov-1997 11:28p 27D23F2A
- SETUP.EXE 209408 24-Nov-1997 11:23p DBF6F79A
- GRDUW.HLP 92634 22-Nov-1997 11:05p F8A5A0D0
- REGISTER.HLP 16454 15-Sep-1997 07:42a CAA21CE9
- GRDPTADJ.SYS 323 23-Sep-1997 09:37a 05F66F7B
- GRDPTADJ.TXT 885 15-Sep-1997 01:37p 1EC95510
- LICENSE.TXT 4998 15-Sep-1997 03:59p 89FF00BA
- README.TXT 10371 22-Nov-1997 11:56p 0D0FF94A
- GRDUW.URL 61 26-Oct-1997 09:38p 26772E67
- HOME.URL 51 2-Nov-1997 11:45p 662E158D
-
-
- ===== Installation =====================================
-
- Install
- ~~~~~
- Unzip the distribution archive and run the setup.exe program. This
- program will copy all the needed GRDuw files where you want and will
- register GRDuw on your sytem registry. This setup program allows you to
- add a desktop icon, and list the program
- into the "Start Menu" or into the "Start Menu\Programs" menu. It also
- register itself into the Control Panel to allow a quick and full Remove.
-
- Unistall
- ~~~~~~
- From the "Control Panel" - "Add/Remove Programs" you can quickly remove
- the program from your system how the Windows 95 standard requires.
-
-
- This program must be registered by using the register.exe program
- inserted into the package and compiling the presented form in every
- detail.
-
-
- ===== Warranty =========================================
-
- _______
- ____|__ | (R)
- --| | |-------------------
- | ____|__ | Association of
- | | |_| Shareware
- |__| o | Professionals
- -----| | |---------------------
- |___|___| MEMBER
-
- GRSoftware is a member of the Association of Shareware Professionals
- (ASP).
- ASP wants to make sure that The Shareware Principle works for you. If
- you are unable to resolve a shareware-related problem with an ASP member
- by contacting the member directly, ASP may be able to help. The ASP
- Ombudsman can help you resolve a dispute or problem with an ASP member,
- but does not provide technical support for members' products. Please
- write to the ASP Ombudsman at 157-F Love Ave. Greenwood, IN 26142 USA,
- FAX 317-888-2195 or send email to omb@asp-shareware.org.
-
- Full fee refund is assured if the user is not sadisifed.
-
-
- ===== License for Use and Distribution =================
-
- END-USER LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR GRSOFTWARE SOFTWARE GRDuw.
-
- IMPORTANT - READ CAREFULLY: This GRSoftware End-User License Agreement
- is a legal agreement between you (either an individual or a single
- entity) and GRSoftware for the GRSoftware product identified above,
- which includes computer software and may include associated media,
- printed materials, and "online" or electronic documentation ("SOFTWARE
- PRODUCT"). By installing, copying, or otherwise using the SOFTWARE
- PRODUCT, you agree to be bound by the terms of this End-User License
- Agreement, do not install or use the SOFTWARE PRODUCT; you may however,
- return it to your place of purchase for a full refund.
-
- SOFTWARE PRODUCT LICENSE
-
- The SOFTWARE PRODUCT is protected by copyright laws and international
- copyright treaties, as well as other intellectual property laws and
- treaties. The SOFTWARE PRODUCT is licensed, not sold. You may not rent,
- lease, or lend the SOFTWARE PRODUCT. You may permanently transfer all
- your rights under this End-User License Agreement, provided you retain
- no copies, you transfer all of the SOFTWARE PRODUCT and this End-User
- License Agreement, and the recipient agrees to the terms of this
- End-User License Agreement
-
- GRANT OF LICENSE
-
- 1. SHAREWARE VERSION. You have the right to test this program for a
- period of one month. Use of this product after the trial period of one
- month is in violation of International Copyright law! It is also unfair
- to the author, who has spent hundreds of hours developing this product.
- You are allowed to copy this Shareware Version, and ONLY the Shareware
- Version, and give it to any other person, as long as it is not modified
- in any way. A modification is understood to means changing, adding or
- removing any files in this package without the author's written
- permission. This program is neither freeware nor public domain. Use
- after the 30-day trial period requires registration. See "How to
- Register" on the package help file for details on registration.
-
- 2. REGISTERED VERSION (PERSONAL LICENSE). The registered version may be
- installed on a maximum of two computers, so long as it is ONLY running
- on one system at any time: i.e. one installation at home and one
- installation at the office and used by the licensee. The simultaneous
- use of this SOFTWARE PRODUCT by multiple personnel requires additional
- licenses. Use of this SOFTWARE PRODUCT over an internal network
- requires separate license for each user. The licensee shall not use,
- copy, rent, lease, sell, modify, decompile, disassemble, reverse
- engineer, or transfer the licensed SOFTWARE PRODUCT except as provided
- in this agreement. Any such unauthorized use shall result in immediate
- termination of this license.
-
- 3. REGISTERED VERSION (SITE OR WORLDWIDE LICENSE). Multiple licenses
- allow an institution, company or school to install this SOFTWARE
- PRODUCT on multiple computers or on a server. The institution, company
- or school must guarantee that the SOFTWARE PRODUCT is not installed and
- run on machines that outside the license defined area.
- - Site license gives you the right to use the SOFTWARE PRODUCT inside a
- single organization for an area of up to 100 miles (160 kilometers) in
- radius.
- - Worldwide license gives you the right to use the SOFTWARE
- PRODUCT inside a single organization all over the world.
-
- All licenses will be issued in the name of the institution, company or
- school. Each additional license also allows a single user to use the
- SOFTWARE PRODUCT at home. The licensee shall not use, copy, rent,
- lease, sell, modify, decompile, disassemble, reverse engineer, or
- transfer the licensed SOFTWARE PRODUCT except as provided in this
- agreement. Any such unauthorized use shall result in immediate
- termination of this license agreement.
-
- LIABILITY
-
- We try to keep our SOFTWARE PRODUCT as bug free as possible. However, it
- is a general rule, Murphy's, that no software is ever error free, and
- the number of errors increases with the complexity of the program. We
- cannot guarantee that this SOFTWARE PRODUCT will run in every
- environment, on any Windows compatible machine, or together with any
- other application, without producing errors. Any liability for damage
- of any sort is hereby denied. In no event shall GRSoftware or its
- suppliers be liable for any special, incidental, indirect, or
- consequential damages whatsoever (including, without limitation,
- damages for loss of business profits, business interruption, loss of
- business information, or any other pecuniary loss) arising out of the
- use of or inability to use the SOFTWARE PRODUCT. In any case, the
- liability is limited to the registration fee. Please evaluate this
- SOFTWARE PRODUCT with not critical data. Should you detect errors
- before registration, the user accepts the SOFTWARE PRODUCT errors after
- registration. Any description of SOFTWARE PRODUCT errors will be
- accepted, but we cannot guarantee that the errors can be corrected.
-
-
- The author's legal domicile is Torino, Italy, Europe.
-
-
-
- ===== About VENDINFO Files =============================
-
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