LDBkup - LARGE DRIVE BACKUP


Purpose: To provide a simple, yet effect tools for backing up large logical 
         volumes and partitions (i.e. whose archive size is > 2GB.

Method:  Uses RAR (copyrighted) with its unique file-spanning option to
         do the actual backup.  Therefore RAR (available at 
         http://www.rarlab.com/rar must be installed on your system for 
			LDBkup to be able to run. If you find yourself using RAR regularly,
         please register it. :-)

Installation:  1)	Install RAR by unpacking the self-extracting archive into a
						directory of your choice.
					2) Rename the file RAR32.exe in the RAR directory to RAR.EXE.
					2) Add the above directory to the system PATH.
					3) If necessary add a ".\" (minus quotes) at the beginning of
						your LIBPATH.  This will ensure that the newer version of 
						emx.dll contained in the archive will be used.
					4) Unpack the LDBkup archive to RAR directory used above.
					5) With any text editor, open the file LDBkup.cmd, and edit 
						the the SET statements for LD_HOME and LD_Output to the
						fully-specified path into which you installed LDBkup, and to
						the UNC value for the directory into which you want the 
						archives to go, respectively.  Do not modify or adjust the 
						single quotes.
						NOTE: The UNC for a directory is always in the format
								\\servername\sharename, where "servername" is the 
								computer-id or hostname of the system containing the
								the directory, and "sharename" is the name assigned 
								assigned to a drive or directory by the NET SHARE
								command or by using the "Sharing and Connecting"
								program.
						TIP:	Entering "Net Share" (minus the quotes) from a command
								line will list all the sharenames defined for the
								system.
					Installation is now complete.

Using:	To use LDBkup, simply enter the command "LDBkup Type Drive1: Drive2:
			from a command line, where Type is the backup type (FULL, DIFF), and 
			Drive1, Drive2, etc. are the drive letter to be backed up.  The COLONS
			must be present.  For more information, see the LDBkup.html file.

Enjoy!
Walter F. Metcalf
www.warpdoctor.org/walter.metcalf/
walter.os2@rogers.com