DriveCopy by PowerQuest Version 1.01 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. Copying From a SCSI Drive to an IDE Drive with OS/2 Installed 7. Laptops and Networks 8. DriveCopy and CD's 9. SCSI to SCSI and SCSI to IDE copies 10. 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) 437-8900. 2. Hard Drive Hookup Information -------------------------------- Data-loss can occur if the hard drives are not set up with the Source hard drive (full drive) as the Secondary or Slave drive and the Target hard drive (empty drive) as the Primary or Master drive. We strongly recommend that you follow the step-by-step instructions in Chapter 1, "Before Running DriveCopy" prior to setting up and copying your hard drive. See Frequently Asked Questions in APPENDIX B for more information. Because of operating system conflicts that can result from different hardware configurations, DriveCopy was not intended to copy a hard drive that will be used in another system with different hardware configurations. DriveCopy was intended for users who are upgrading to a new hard drive or making a backup of a hard drive in their EXISTING system. In addition to the common jumper settings located in Appendix A of the DriveCopy User Guide, a complete listing of jumper settings and specifications for all hard drives can be found at http://www.blue-planet.com/tech/index.html 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). In some cases, up to 50 MB of free space may be required to copy and proportionally expand a partition that is close to a cluster boundary (for example, 128 MB, 256 MB, 512 MB, or 1024 MB). 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. Copying From a SCSI Drive to an IDE Drive with OS/2 Installed ---------------------------------------------------------------- If you are copying a drive from a SCSI drive to an IDE drive and you have OS/2 installed on your machine, you may experience some errors that relate to drive geometry. Scenario: You have OS/2 installed on a SCSI drive. Using DriveCopy, you copy the contents of the SCSI drive to an IDE drive. You boot OS/2 from the IDE drive and everything appears to work fine. However, when you run PartitionMagic or FDISK from OS/2 the drive geometry is reported wrong, so errors occur. Solution: Edit the CONFIG.SYS to add parameters to the IBM1S506 driver. The proper syntax is: BASEDEV=IBM1S506.ADD/A:0/U:0/GEO:(x,x,x),(y,y,y)/LBA Where x,x,x is the physical drive geometry in cylinders, heads, and sectors and y,y,y is the logical drive geometry in cylinders, heads, and sectors. For example: (9924,16,63),(621,255,63). 7. Laptops and Networks ------------------------ DriveCopy cannot copy across a network. DriveCopy can only see the drives on the first primary controller. If your laptop has the ability to see more than one drive in the CMOS, you can use DriveCopy to copy your old source drive to a new target for use in the same laptop. 8. DriveCopy and CD's ---------------------- DriveCopy cannot copy to a writeable CD-ROM. DriveCopy can only copy to a IDE or SCSI drive that is connected to a SCSI controller or the primary IDE controller card. 9. SCSI to SCSI and SCSI to IDE copies --------------------------------------- DriveCopy can copy from SCSI to SCSI. DriveCopy will look for the first two SCSI drives on the SCSI chain. If the smaller (source) SCSI drive is ID0 and the larger (target) SCSI drive is ID2, you must follow the instructions on page 25 "Using DriveCopy with SCSI Hard Drives". If the source drive is ID1 and the target is ID0, you can run DriveCopy without the /CRD switch. 10. 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.