DriveCopy by PowerQuest Version 1.0 Copyright (c) 1994-1997, PowerQuest Corporation All Rights Reserved. Patents Pending. TABLE OF CONTENTS ----------------- 1. License Information 2. Hard Drive Hookup Information 3. 2.1 GB FAT Partition Limitation 4. Required Free Space 5. 504 MB BIOS Limitation 6. PowerQuest Newsletter 1. License Information ---------------------- The Personal License Version is a machine-specific license that allows modifications on one specific computer. See the *User Guide* for the license agreement. Other license options are available for Corporate, Government and Education. For information on other license option for DriveCopy contact PowerQuest Corporate Sales at (801) 226-8977. 2. Hard Drive Hookup Information -------------------------------- DriveCopy requires the Target (empty) hard drive to be the Master drive and the Source (full) hard drive to be Slave drive. The two main reason for this requirement include: 1) The vast majority of users want to end up with their Target hard drive as the Master and the smaller, (often slower drive) as the Slave. For this reason DriveCopy requires the user to start with this configuration. 2) Many older computers still require software to overcome the 504 MB BIOS limitation. By setting up the Target drive as Master, the user can install the necessary software to overcome the limitation. (If the Target drive was the Slave, the user could not boot to that drive to install the software.) 3. 2.1 GB FAT Partition Limitation ---------------------------------- FAT partitions (used by Windows 95, 3.x, DOS and in some cases Windows NT and OS/2) have a limit of 2.1 GB by design. When the Source hard drive contains one FAT partition (C: drive) and the Target (empty) hard drive is larger than 2.1 GB, the resulting partition on the Target hard drive will be only 2.1 GB, while the remainder of the hard drive will be free space. You can create new partitions in the free space using PartitionMagic or FDISK & FORMAT. See "Using FDISK & FORMAT to Create and Format Partitions" or "The Benefits of Using PartitionMagic" in Appendix A of the DriveCopy User Guide for more information. 4. Required Free Space ---------------------- In order to expand FAT (used by Windows 95, 3.x, DOS and in some cases Windows NT and OS/2) partitions which have been copied to the Target hard drive, DriveCopy needs at least 5 MB of free space within the FAT partition (C: drive for example). This free space is the amount of "bytes free" shown by typing a DIR command at a DOS or MS-DOS prompt or right-clicking the drive letter (C: for example) in Windows Explorer and selecting Properties. If the partition is full or almost full the partition will be copied but may not expand. To ensure that the partition is copied and expanded correctly make sure there are at least 5 MB of free space. You can free space by deleting some files within the partition or moving some files to a different partition or to diskette. 5. 504 MB BIOS Limitation ------------------------- A computer BIOS made before 1994 usually will not support the EIDE standard and cannot address hard drives larger than 504 MB. New hard drives larger than 504 MB typically include software such as OnTrack Disk Manager, MAXTOR MAX-BLAST Disk Manager or Micro House EZ Drive which let computers see larger hard drives. If your machine does not support the EIDE standard, make sure the software included with the Target hard drive is installed correctly during Step 9, "Setting Up the Hard Drives", in Chapter 1. 6. PowerQuest Newsletter ------------------------ PowerQuest has a monthly electronic newsletter that is dedicated to official announcements regarding PowerQuest Products. Signing up on the list will give you all the information you need regarding product tips, bugs, and patches. Just go to our home page (www.powerquest.com), enter your email address into the space provided and hit the "Sign me up" button. You will be e-mailed a response verifying your subscription.