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Help on help
How to Use This Help System
Using the Mouse and Keyboard
About the Norton Utilities
Selecting a Drive to Optimize        Alt+^bO D^b
Optimization Method                  Alt+^bO O^b
Set File Sorting Criterion           Alt+^bO F^b
Disk Map Legend                      Alt+^bO M^b
Quit DEFRAG                          Alt+^bO X^b
Optimization Recommendation
How to use the help system
Whenever you are using a dialog box, and you want instructions
on how to proceed, press ^rF1^r. When you've got a menu pulled
down, you can move the highlight to any item and press ^rF1^r for
help on that item.
 ^bWith the mouse^b, you may point to and ^rClick^r the
 ^r F1=Help ^r at the right side of the menu bar.
 For help on a menu, click the menubar to drop it
 down, then click the ^r F1=Help ^r.
When you are first getting familiar with a Utility, you will
find it helpful to select the ^b[Topics]^b button at the bottom of
any page of help. It displays a list of topics, at least
one of which provides background and introductory material.
^bThe Help Screen^b
 Help
  ^bTitle of This Help Topic^b
 Some useful help is in here.
 ^r^C18^r
  ^r^C18^r ^bOn short^b
 ^btopics that^b
 It describes ^b[Buttons]^b and ^rKeys^r
 ^bcan't scroll,^b
 and
 ^bDialog Control Groups^b
 and
 ^bthe scrollbar^b
 it has plenty of tips and hints.
 ^blooks like^b
$ ^r^C19^r
  ^r^C19^r ^bthis.^b
^b[^b ^uN^u^bext^b ^b]^b[ ^uP^urevious ][ ^uT^uopics ][ ^uC^uancel ]
  ^b^C1e^b
 ^b^C1e^b
 ^b^C1e^b
     ^b^C1e^b
^rEnter^r ^bwill
 Press
 ^rEsc^r ^bis ALWAYS^b
^bactivate the^b
 ^r P ^r ^bor^b ^r T ^r
 ^bthe same as^b
^bhighlighted
 or point^b
     ^bselecting^b ^b[Cancel]^b.
^bpushbutton.
 and click.^b
  ^bNote:^b on a monochrome display, the highlighted pushbutton
  will look like [^C10 Next ^C11]. The "Button arrows" can be chosen
  for any display as a configuration option.
The ^b[Next]^b and ^b[Previous]^b buttons let you browse through the
topics sequentially.  ^b[Topics]^b gets you to a screen like:
 Help
  ^bHelp for This Utility^b
 The First Topic
 ^r^C18^r
  ^bUse^b ^r^C18^r ^band^b ^r^C19^r
^r The Second Topic
  ^bto scroll the^b
 And So Forth
  ^blist.^b
 And So On
 ^r^C19^r
 ^b[^b  ^uH^u^belp^b  ^b]^b
 [ ^uC^uancel ]
 ^b^C1e^b
 ^b^C1e^b
  ^r H ^r ^bor^b ^rEnter^r ^bexpand
 ^r C ^r ^bor^b ^rEsc^r ^bto get^b
  ^bthe highlighted topic.^b
 ^bback to the program^b.
^bOther Help^b
Keep an eye on the bottom line of each screen. This provides
the short-version description of each menu item or the summary
instructions for a dialog box.
Also, the bottom line often displays a set of shortcuts for
the most often-needed menu functions.
DEFRAG provides a set of high-powered command-line switches
to get things done from a batch file or to simplify
life at the DOS prompt. For help with command-line
switches and options, you may use ^uUtiltyName /?^u. For instance,
^rFORMAT /?^r^C11
In this online help, we'll use the following conventions:
  ^rkey^r
 A single key such as ^r^C18^r or ^rHome^r or ^rspacebar^r.
 Press it and release it.
  ^rshift^r+^rkey^r
 A "keychord."  Press ^rshift^r and while still
 holding it down, press ^rkey^r.  Release both.
  ^rAlt^r+^rkey1^r ^rkey2^r Press ^rAlt^r and while still holding it, press
 ^rkey1^r.  Now you press ^rkey2^r (with or without
 releasing ^rAlt^r first).  Alt-shifted keys are
 used to accelerate menu selections.
  ^rClick^r
     Press and release either mouse button.
  ^rClick Right^r
 ^rClick^r a specific mouse button. Rarely used;
 normally both buttons work the same.
  ^rDrag^r
 Press a button and while keeping it pressed,
 move the mouse.  Release at desired position.
  ^rDouble Click^r  ^rClick^r,release,^rClick^r,release. Either button.
Here are some general pointers.  See the help topics,
^bAbout Dialog Boxes^b and ^bAbout Menus^b, for more details.
 With the ^bKeyboard^b
 With the ^bMouse^b
^bDrop a menu down:^b
  Press ^rAlt^r or ^rF10^r.
 ^rClick^r in the menubar.
^bSelect From a Menu:^b
  Press an ^bA^bccelerator key.
 ^rClick^r the menu item.  It's
 easiest to ^rDrag^r down from the
  Use ^r^C18^r and ^r^C19^r to highlight a
 menubar and release on the
  choice and press ^rEnter^r.
 desired item.
^bScroll and Select from a List:^b
  Use ^r^C18^r ^r^C19^r, ^rPgUp^r ^rPgDn^r, ^rHome^r ^rEnd^r. Use scroll bars or ^rDrag^r any
  Press ^rEnter^r to select the
 item.  ^rDouble Click^r to select
  item.
 any item.
^bExit Any Utility:^b
  Press ^rAlt^r+^rQ^r (or ^rEsc^r from the  ^rClick^r the ^uQuit!^u menu.
  main dialog box).
^bMove Around a Dialog:^b
  Use ^rTab^r to move from group to Point and shoot at anything in
  group.  Use ^rCtrl^r+^rHome^r to get  sight.
  to the top group.  Use
  ^r^C18^r ^r^C19^r ^r^C1b^r ^r^C1a^r within a group.
^bCancel any Dialog:^b
  Press ^rEsc^r or pick the
     ^rClick^r the ^b[Cancel]^b button
  ^b[Cancel]^b button.
 or ^rClick Both^r. On a 3-button
  mouse, ^rClick Center^r.
 The Norton Utilities
 was designed and developed by
 ^bBrad Kingsbury
 Henri Isenberg
 John McNamee^b
 ^bEd Carlin
 Peter Dickinson
 David Hertel^b
 Copyright 1992 by Symantec Corporation
 All Rights Reserved.
Use ^r^C18^r and ^r^C19^r, ^rHome^r and ^rEnd^r to move the selection bar in the
drive list. All your DOS-recognized drives, including
diskette drives and DOS partitions are listed. Network drives
are not listed
DEFRAG cannot optimize network drives.
Press ^rEnter^r to select the highlighted drive for optimization,
or press ^rEsc^r to back out of this dialog.
Before DEFRAG begins optimizing, it will analyze the drive
and make a recommendation as to the best optimization method.
At that time, you may choose to modify the various
configuration settings before optimizing.
This dialog lets you select one of two optimization methods.
Use ^r^C18^r and ^r^C19^r to move the cursor. Press the ^rspacebar^r to
select the desired method. Press ^rEnter^r when done, or ^rEsc^r to
cancel.
 ^uFull Optimization^u: Best performance gain; takes the longest
 amount of time to run.
 Command line switch: ^bDEFRAG /F^b ("Full optimization")
 ^C07 Moves directories to the front of the disk
 ^C07 Unfragments all files
 ^C07 Moves all gaps to the end of the disk
 ^uUnfragment Files Only^u: Very fast to run.
 Command line switch: ^bDEFRAG /U^b
 ^C07 Does not optimize directory placement
 ^C07 Leaves unfilled gaps around the disk
This dialog lets you choose a filename sorting order. When
you optimize with the Full Optimization Method or with the
File Sort option (see ^rAlt^r+^rO^r ^rM^r), all files in all directories
are sorted to this criterion.
 Note: File sorting DOES NOT affect the physical positioning
 of the file's data on the disk.
To select a ^bSort Criterion^b, press one of the hotkeys ^rU^r,^rN^r,^rE^r,^rD^r,
or ^rS^r OR use ^r^C18^r and ^r^C19^r and press ^rspacebar^r. Move down to the
^bSort Order^b box and choose Ascending or Descending. Press
^rEnter^r to OK your choices or ^rEsc^r to cancel.
 Note: You can chose a sort order from the DOS command line:
 DEFRAG ^b/SN^b by Name A-to-Z
 DEFRAG ^b/SN-^b by Name, Z-to-A
 DEFRAG ^b/SE^b by Extension A-to-Z
 DEFRAG ^b/SE-^b by Extension, Z-to-A
 DEFRAG ^b/SD^b oldest-to-newest
 DEFRAG ^b/SD-^b newest-to-oldest
 DEFRAG ^b/SS^b smallest-to-largest
 DEFRAG ^b/SN-^b largest-to-smallest
This screen identifies all of the characters which may appear
on the disk map. Press ^rEnter^r when you are finished looking at
Select the Quit! menu (or press ^rAlt^r+^rX^r) when you are finished
using DEFRAG.
After analyzing the currently-selected drive, DEFRAG
displays the recommended optimization method.  If no
optimization is necessary, DEFRAG will indicate so.
If an optimization is necessary, it will be one of the
following:
 ^uFull Optimization^u:  Best speed improvement; longest
 amount of time to run:
 Moves directories to the front
 Unfragments all files
 Moves all gaps to the end
 ^uUnfragment Files^u:  Very fast to run; does not compress
 empty space (leaves gaps).
You can pick a different method by pressing ^rEsc^r, then picking
^uOptimization Method
.^u from the ^uOptimize^u Menu (^rAlt^r+^rO^r ^rO^r).
To immediately start optimizing with the suggested method,
highlight the ^b[Optimize]^b button and press ^rEnter^r.
The ^b[Configure]^b button (or press ^rEsc^r here) pulls down the
^uOptimize^u menu and lets you pick such options as sorting your
directories and files. If you want to use any of these
options, highlight the ^b[Configure]^b button and press ^rEnter^r.
Later, use ^rAlt^r+^rB^r to begin optimizing.