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  3. ÇëHardUp:HardDiskBackupUtilityÇ
  4.  
  5.      Firstalittlelore,thereisanoldsayingthatgoes
  6. somethinglike,"Themoreimportantyourdatais,themorelikely
  7. youaretoloseit".LastweekIprovedthattobetrue.An
  8. almighty,andinexplicableOScockupresultedinmyworking
  9. partiontobe80%trashed.Naturallyinthetwoweekssincemy
  10. lastbackupIhaddonealotofimportantprogramming;Icriedall
  11. thewaytothepub.TheonlyreasonwhyIhadnottakenmore
  12. frequentbackupswasduetothelackofasimpletousePDbackup
  13. utility.Hence'HardUp'rosefromtheashesofmymangledFAT.
  14.  
  15. êGettingstartedÇ
  16.      HardUpworksinanyscreenmode,justdouble-clickon
  17. HARDUP.PRGandwaituntilitloads.Firstly,beforeyoumakeany
  18. attempttobackanythingupyouneedtotellHardUpafewsimple
  19. thingsaboutyourhardware...
  20.  
  21. 1)Setthe'DriveAis'parameterunderthe'Options'menuto
  22. thesizeofyourdrive'A'.
  23.  
  24. 2)Setthe'DriveBis'parameterinthesameway.Ifyoudon't
  25. haveadrive'B',justignorethisoption.
  26.  
  27. 3)   Setthe'Backupto'optiontothedriveordrivesthatyou
  28. wishtobackupto.Ifyouhave2drives,andtheyareboth
  29. thesamesize,backinguptobothdriveswillresultinless
  30. diskswaps.
  31.  
  32. 4)The'Misc.'optionsareforsqueezingthatextrabitofspeed
  33. outofthebackup.Ifyouunderstandwhat'Interleave'means
  34. thensetittothebestvalue,otherwisevaluesof1or6are
  35. recommended.Writeverifyingisbestleftonunlessyouare
  36. usingbrandeddiskswithagoodqualitydiskdrive,oryou
  37. eatthreeShreddedWheatforbreakfast.
  38.  
  39. 5)Ifyouaregoingtobebackingupfromonlyonedrivemostof
  40. thetime,thenyoumightaswellsetthe'Sourcedrive'
  41. optionnow.
  42.  
  43. OK,nowyou'vedonethat,gotothe'File'menuandselectthe
  44. 'Save'optionfromthe'Setup'sub-menu.Thesettingsthatyou
  45. havejustsetwillbesavedtodisk,andauto-loadedeachtime
  46. thatyouloadHardUp.
  47.  
  48. êBackingupadriveÇ
  49.      Justselectthe'Backup'optionfromthe'Options'menu.You
  50. willbepresentedwithadialogueinformingyouhowmanydisks
  51. willberequiredforthebackup,andhowmanysectorsneedtobe
  52. backedupfromtheharddisk(HardUponlybacksuptheused
  53. sectors).Youshouldnowfindtherequirednumberofdisksand
  54. clearlylabelthemfrom1tothetotalnumber.
  55.      HardUprequiresitsdiskstobeformattedinaspecialway,
  56. andwillrefusetousedisksformattedfromthedesktop.Eachtime
  57. thebackupasksyoutoinsertanewdisk,yougettheopportunity
  58. toinitialiseit.Onceadiskhasbeeninitialisedonce,itneed
  59. neverbeinitialisedagainunlessyouchangeyoursettingsand
  60. decidetouseitinadriveofdifferentcapacity.Ifyouprefer,
  61. youmayinitialiseyourbackupdisksallinonegobyselecting
  62. the'Initialise'optionfromthe'Options'menu.
  63.      Duringthebackupyouwillbepromptedtodoallthe
  64. necessarydiskswaps,andyougetarunningcountdownofthe
  65. sectorslefttobackup.Oncethebackupiscomplete,writeprotect
  66. yourfloppiesandputthemsomewheresafe.Ifyourdatais
  67. particularlyvaluable,itwouldbewisetostorethemoffsite:
  68. firedoesnotcarewhetheryouputthedisksinthatcupboardover
  69. theothersideoftheroomalongwithlastmonth'sPlayboy.
  70.      Finally,donottryandopenoneofyourbackupdisksfrom
  71. thedesktop:Atbestyouwillseegarbage,atworsttheSTwill
  72. crashinabigway.
  73.  
  74. êRestoringadriveÇ
  75.      OK,sotheGrimReaperhasvisitedyourharddiskandhadhis
  76. merrywaywithit,nowwhatdoyoudo?Well,suppressyourtears,
  77. retrieveyourstackofbackupdisks(youdidmakethatbackuplast
  78. night,didn'tyou?)andloadHardUp.Justselectthe'Restore'
  79. Optionfromthe'Options'menu.InorderforHardUptodetermine
  80. someinformationaboutthebackup,itwillaskyoutoinsertany
  81. diskfromyourstackofbackupdisksintothedrive-itmakes
  82. sensetoinsertdisk1,asthisistheonethatitwillaskyouto
  83. insertnext.
  84.      Therestorationprocessisverysimple,youarepromptedto
  85. doallthenecessarydiskswaps.Youshouldrealisethatwhenyou
  86. madethebackup,HardUpstoredtheinformationaboutyourdisk
  87. driveconfigurationonthebackupdisksanditwillusethis
  88. configurationtorestoreyourmangleddata.
  89.  
  90. êInterrogatingabackupdiskÇ
  91.      Ifyouhaveabackupdisk,andwanttoknowwhat'sonit,
  92. thenjustshoveitinadiskdriveandselectthe'Interrogate'
  93. optionfromthe'Options'menu.Thediskdrivewillbeexaminedby
  94. HardUp,andtheinformationgleanedwillbepresentedtoyou.This
  95. includesthedisknumber,totaldisks,time&dateofthebackup,
  96. andbackupcomment.The'UniqueID'numberisusedbyHardUp
  97. duringtherestorationofdatatoensurethatyoudon'tputthe
  98. correctdisknumber,butfromadifferentbackupinthedrive:
  99. thatwouldbeadisastrousmove.
  100.  
  101. êDisclaimerÇ
  102.      Whilsteverypossiblemeasurehasbeentakentoensurethat
  103. 'HardUp'performsasdocumentedabove,theauthorcannotbeheld
  104. responsibleforanylosses,materialorfinancial,thatmayarise
  105. fromtheuseormisuseof'HardUp'.Youusethisprogramentirely
  106. atyourownrisk.
  107.  
  108. êCopyrightÇ
  109.      Harupisshareware.Thatmeansthatyoumaycopyand
  110. distributetheprogramwithoutcharge,providedthat...
  111.  
  112. 1.Noprofitismadefromthedistribution/copying
  113. 2.Thisunediteddocumentationaccompaniesallcopiesmade
  114. 3.Ifyoushouldfindthisprogramusefulthenyouareobliged
  115. toregisteryoursupporttotheauthorbysendinga
  116. registrationfeeof£15totheaddressbelow.Thiswillearn
  117. youacopyofthelatestversionandalaserprintedmanual.
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  119. AndrewBrown
  120. 2UllswaterDrive
  121. Wetherby
  122. WestYorkshire
  123. LS224YF
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