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║ GOLDEN BOW SYSTEMS ║
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║ Vopt 3.0 ║
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We believe that you will be very satisfied with Vopt's disk
reorganization reliability, speed, and ease of use. If you
encounter any problem, however, please call our technical
support phone number:
(619) 483-0901 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM (PST)
Monday through Friday
If you do call, be prepared to provide us with your serial
number (from the label of your master diskette), the type
of computer you are using, and the name and version number
of your operating system.
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Vopt and (its lack of) Copy Protection
The programs on this diskette are designed to help you operate
your disks in the safest, most efficient way. We expect that
they will normally be copied onto your hard disk, and are not
copy protected. This product is licensed for use on a single
computer, however, and should not be copied for use by others.
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NEW FEATURES: Vopt Version 3:
Version 3 will handle DOS 4 partitions up to one gigabyte.
The maximum allowable number of files and subdirectories for a disk
partition have been increased to:
16378 files (including subdirectories)
1023 subdirectories
Disk optimization may be interrupted by pressing the Esc key. Vopt
will terminate when processing of the current file is complete.
Version 3 treats files which skip over bad clusters (but are not
otherwise fragmented) as contiguous files. This avoids unnecessary
disk reorganization which does not enhance system performance.
There are several new command line options in addition to the /F
(fixup) and /N (no-talk) options described in the User's Guide:
/D - If the /D (display) option is used, Vopt will display the
name of each file as it is moved. Vopt will run slower if you
use this option. Note that names of heavily fragmented files
may appear repeatedly as the fragments are pieced together.
/H - If the /H (hidden) option is included on the command line,
Vopt will allow hidden files to be moved. Otherwise, hidden
files are "locked" and will not be moved or defragmented.
System files are always "locked" and not be moved in any event.
/S - If the /S (speedup) option is used, Vopt will run faster.
The only disadvantage to using this option is that if your system
halts or is rebooted during optimization then there may be "lost"
clusters on your disk. These lost clusters are harmless, and
can be discarded with either CHKDSK or by using Vopt's /F option.
We recommend always using the /S option.
/V - If the /V (verify) option is included on the command line,
Vopt will verify all disk transfers, regardless of the setting of
the system verify switch. Vopt will run slower when this switch
is used. We recommend using this option only when reorganizing
diskettes.
/1 .. /5 - If one of these options is included on the command
line, Vopt will attempt to leave that number (1 - 5) of "holes"
in the disk map. This option is extremely useful when you have
a few large files towards the end of the disk which frequently
grow. If the option is not used, Vopt will spend considerable
time pulling these files down, to no good end in terms of over-
all system performance.
NEW FEATURES: Vmarkbad
Version 3.1 features substantially improved bad cluster detection as
compared to earlier versions.
If the new command line parameter /C is included on the command line,
markbad will attempt to correct marginal sectors by rewriting them.
Otherwise they will be reported as bad clusters. Note that older
versions of Vmarkbad always performed as if the /C were specified.
NOTE: Vmarkbad will not detect disk errors properly with a disk
cache installed. Remove or deactivate any cache program (which
caches the disk you want to scan) before running Vmarkbad.
NEW FEATURES: Vres (replaces Vtsr)
Version 3 identifies and displays non-standard resident device
drivers in addition to TSRs.
NEW FEATURES: Vrun
Vrun is a scheduling program which can be used to schedule daily,
weekly, monthly, etc. execution of any desired programs. The Vrun
command line format is:
VRUN frequency_in_days program_name any_program_parms
Vrun statements should be added to your autoexec.bat file. Each
time your computer is booted up, Vrun will check the current date
against the date of last execution and schedule for each program.
If execution is required, Vrun will start the program; otherwise,
Vrun will display the message: xxx not sceduled to run.
For example, to schedule daily execution of Vopt on drives C: and
D: daily, and Vmarkbad weekly, add to your autoexec.bat:
VRUN 1 VOPT C:/F
VRUN 1 VOPT D:/F
VRUN 7 VMARKBAD C:/F/R
VRUN 7 VMARKBAD D:/F/R/2
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GOLDEN BOW SYSTEMS
2665 Ariane Drive, Suite 207
San Diego, CA 92117
(619) 483-0901