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- Installation
-
- Installation is straightforward. Simply insert the disk containing
- FLEXIBAK Plus into a drive, then select the current drive by typing
- "A:" or "B:", as appropriate, and press <ENTER>. Now, type "INSTALL",
- press <ENTER> and follow the instructions.
-
- You are asked to specify a destination drive and directory, which
- default to "C" and "FLEXPLUS", respectively. INSTALL will then unpack
- the FLEXIBAK Plus files into the directory you specified. To run the
- program, change to that directory, and type, "FLEXPLUS".
-
-
- Setting The Alarm
-
- FLEXIBAK Plus has an alarm feature that warns you if you haven't taken
- a backup recently. To enable this, you must place the following lines
- in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file (generally found in the Root directory of
- your hard disk) in an appropriate place. (If you are unsure about the
- function of the AUTOEXEC.BAT file or how to alter it, please consult
- your MS-DOS reference manual).
-
- x:
- CD \FLEXPLUS
- FLEXPLUS name /A=y
- C:
-
- Where "x" is the hard disk drive where you installed FLEXIBAK Plus,
- if other than drive C, "name" is the backup set name if applicable
- and "y" is the number of days after which you want the alarm to sound.
- Many users set "y" to "7" for a weekly backup; others do it more
- frequently -- even once each day. Only you can determine how often to
- backup programs and data in your circumstances, based upon how much
- work you can afford to lose when the inevitable happens someday and
- files become lost or damaged.
-
- After you have done this, every time you boot your computer FLEXIBAK
- Plus will determine if the time since the last completed backup is
- longer ago than the specified threshold - "y" in the above example.
- If so, an alarm will sound to remind you to take a backup.
-
-
- Command Line Parameters
-
- There are three command line parameters that you may wish to use when
- first running FLEXIBAK Plus. Two of them are concerned with which hard
- drive FLEXIBAK Plus logs. The default is drive C but you can specify an
- alternative drive using the parameter "/S=x" where x is the drive to be
- logged (A and B will not be accepted). If you have too many files on
- your hard drive (unlikely as FLEXIBAK Plus can cope with over 16,000
- files) or you only wish to backup selected directories, use the "/N"
- parameter and no drives will be logged. Please note that you will see
- FLEXIBAK Plus searching through the directories even when using /N as
- this is necessary in order to provide a picklist of directories for
- local file specs.
- FLEXIBAK Plus is well able to cope with any number of directories up
- to 1000 but if you have more than this, use the parameter "/D=x" where
- x is slightly greater than the number of directories on your drive.
- You may use these parameters in any combination or order.
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