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NORTON UTILITIES 7.0: COMMON QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
1. SUPPORT FOR COMPRESSED DRIVES.
Norton Disk Doctor and SPEEDDISK now provide data recovery and
optimization for DOS 6 DoubleSpace, Stacker 2.0 & 3.0,
SuperStor and SuperStor Pro compressed drives.
2. SUPPORT FOR LARGE HARD DRIVES.
Norton Utilities 7.0 now uses extended and expanded memory to
support hard drives up to 2 gigabytes in size.
3. HARDWARE DIAGNOSTICS.
Test your computer's memory, system board, CPU, NPU, serial
and parallel ports, video, hard and floppy drives, and more
with NDIAGS. NU 7.0 includes a special offer for optional
loop back plugs, which provide even more comprehensive testing
of serial and parallel ports.
4. FULL MS-DOS 6.0 SUPPORT.
Complete support of new MS-DOS 6.0 functions including
DBLSPACE drives, memory optimization and management, multi-
configuration setups, and more.
5. ENHANCED DISK EDITOR.
Now includes Advanced Recovery Mode (ARM) which enables never
before possible recovery of data from hard drives whose system
areas have been physically damaged.
6. ONE-PASS DISKETTE DUPLICATION.
Quick and easy diskette duplication. Overcomes the DOS
limitation that forces users to swap source and target
diskettes several times.
7. ENHANCED FILE FIX.
Repairs more files than ever, including those created with
Excel versions 3 & 4, Lotus 1-2-3 releases 1 through 3.x,
Quattro Pro, WordPerfect 5.x, and dBase III and IV.
8. ENHANCED EMERGENCY-DATA RECOVERY DISK.
Included is a new auto-loading Emergency-Data Recovery disk to
recover crashed systems even when DOS has been damaged or
deleted.
9. IMPROVED NDOS.
Now NDOS provides color-enhanced directory listings, improved
copy/delete/move commands, enhanced wildcard support,
simplified setup and configuration, and MS-DOS 6 support.
10. IMPROVED FILE FIND.
Now includes a Search and Replace feature, allowing you to
search files for specific text strings and globally or
selectively replace one string with another.
11. RESCUE DISK.
Now creates an auto-loading data recovery disk customized to
your system's configuration.
12. AND MORE...
Explore NU 7 to discover the wealth of new and improved
features too numerous to mention in this file.
If you would like to upgrade your copy of Norton Utilities for
DOS, call our Fulfillment Center at 1-800-343-4714.
If you do not own Norton Utilities 7.0 and would like to purchase
it, call our Customer Service Department at 1-800-441-7234.
INSTALLING NU
If you are having trouble installing NU through the automatic
INSTALL program, REM out all non-essential TSRs and device
drivers from your AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files, restart your
computer and attempt the installation again. If you still have
difficulty, use the following steps to install NU manually.
Manual installation requires the use of PKUNZIP.EXE 1.10 or
later, a shareware utility available on most bulletin board
services.
1. Check your drive for errors. Insert the EMERGENCY disk and
type:
NDD C:/C <ENTER>
2. Create a subdirectory for the Norton Utilities. For
example:
MD C:\NU <ENTER>
3. Copy all the files from the three diskettes into the \NU
subdirectory. For example:
COPY A:*.* C:\NU <ENTER>
4. Use PKUNZIP.EXE to uncompress the seven zipped files.
Assuming C:\NU is your Utilities subdirectory, type:
PKUNZIP C:\NU\*.ZIP C:\NU <ENTER>
5. Change to the \NU subdirectory run NUCONFIG with the
/$INSTALL switch to expand and rename some NU files. Type:
NUCONFIG /$INSTALL <ENTER>
6. Customize NU for your system by running NUCONFIG. Type:
NUCONFIG <ENTER>
7. Find an expendable floppy that fits in drive A:. Create a
rescue diskette by typing:
RESCUE <ENTER>
8. Delete the *.ZIP and install files from the C:\NU directory:
DEL C:\NU\*.ZIP <ENTER>
DEL C:\NU\INSTALL.* <ENTER>
DEL C:\NU\ZIP.OVL <ENTER>
9. Delete the files that help boot the emergency diskette:
DEL C:\NU\CONFIG.SYS <ENTER>
DEL C:\NU\STARTUP.EXE <ENTER>
DEL C:\NU\EMERGNCY.CMD <ENTER>
DIFFICULTY LAUNCHING NDIAGS
If your machine reboots while NDIAGS is "Determining System
Contents", run NDIAGS with the following switch:
NDIAGS /NOKBTYPE
LOCKUP LAUNCHING NDIAGS OR SYSINFO
If you lockup when launching NDIAGS or SYSINFO, check whether
your modem's DCD is set high. Some modems, such as the Gateway
Telepath, use this default configuration. You can reset the DCD
to normal mode using your communications software. Enter the
following setup string:
AT&C1&D2&W
Consult your modem's manual to find a jumper or dip switch that
controls the DCD level. If your modem has this capability, you
can permanently set the DCD to normal mode by altering these
settings.
If your modem's DCD is set to normal mode and NDIAGS still locks
up during launch, you may have an IRQ conflict. Run SYSINFO (if
necessary, use the /PORT switch). Under SYSINFO's SYSTEM menu
are HARDWARE and SOFTWARE interrupts. Check these lists to make
sure that one or more of your devices shares an IRQ.
LOSING YOUR LOGITECH MOUSE RUNNING NDIAGS OR SYSINFO
Logitech mouse users who lose their mouse pointer while running
NDIAGS and/or SYSINFO should consult Logitech. Logitech may have
information about drivers that correct this problem. A temporary
work around is to unplug the mouse for two seconds and then plug
it back into its port.
DIFFICULTY LAUNCHING SYSINFO
If your machine reboots or freezes while SYSINFO is "Determining
System Contents", launch SYSINFO as follows:
SYSINFO /PORT <ENTER>
DISK LABELS
The documentation and the on-line programs refer to the Norton
Utilities disk as "Disk 1", "Disk 2", and "Disk 3".
The INSTALLATION disk is Disk 1.
The EMERGENCY disk is Disk 2.
The UTILITIES disk is Disk 3.
"OUT OF MEMORY" MESSAGE FROM SPEEDISK OR NDD
If you receive an "Out of Memory" message from either SPEEDISK or
NDD and you use a memory manager, run its optimization program.
Doing so configures your computer's memory efficiently.
DOS 6 users should run MEMAKER
QEMM users should run OPTIMIZE
386MAX users should run MAXIMIZE.
If you don't have a memory manager or if running your
optimization program does not free enough memory, restart your
computer loading only your memory manager and essential TSRs and
device drivers in AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS. Create a bootable
diskette using:
SFORMAT A: /S
Place minimum configuration files on that diskette. For example:
SAMPLE CONFIG.SYS:
DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS
DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS
DOS=HIGH,UMB
SAMPLE AUTOEXEC.BAT:
@ECHO OFF
PATH = C:\DOS;C:\NU
PROMPT $P$G
Booting with the above (or similar) configuration is not only the
safest way to run SPEEDISK, but it allocates maximum
conventional, UMB, and XMS memory. SPEEDISK and NDD require
abundant free memory because these programs now support
compressed volumes and very large hard drives.
Beware of invalid options and switches in your memory manager's
configuration. Make sure you understand the purpose of each
parameter. If you include invalid regions and/or choose improper
settings, you may experience a UMB conflict. These conflicts may
first reveal themselves while running Norton Utilities version
7.0. NU 7.0 exposes UMB conflicts because we now use UMBs for
program and data storage.
VIEWING THE READ.ME FILES BEFORE INSTALLATION
The README.1ST file is uncompressed. You can read it using any
DOS text editor. Place the INSTALLATION disk in the floppy
drive, change to the floppy drive, and use your text editor to
view it. Print it by typing:
COPY README.1ST PRN <ENTER>
The READ.ME file is compressed. To view it or print it prior to
installation requires the use of PKUNZIP.EXE 1.10 or later, a
shareware utility available on most bulletin board services.
To uncompress the READ.ME file, place the INSTALLATION disk in
the floppy drive and copy README.ZIP to a subdirectory your hard
disk. From that subdirectory, type:
PKUNZIP README.ZIP READ.ME <ENTER>
Once extracted, you can print the READ.ME file using the DOS COPY
command as follows:
COPY READ.ME PRN <ENTER>
THE SYMANTEC DIRECTORY AND ENVIRONMENT VARIABLE
When you automatically install Norton Utilities version 7.0, it
creates a directory called \SYMANTEC. Both the Norton Utilities
configuration file, SYMCFG.BIN, and the SMARTCAN.INI files reside
in this subdirectory. This subdirectory gives other Symantec
products, such as Norton Desktop for Windows, access to common
programs and configuration files. The \SYMANTEC directory saves
valuable disk space by allowing Symantec programs to share common
resources.
DOS 6 AND NORTON UTILITIES VERSION 6.X
Norton Utilities version 7.0 is completely compatible with MS-DOS
6.0. Norton Utilities version 6.0 was written before DOS 6,
therefore certain NU 6 programs do not work correctly under
MS-DOS 6.0.
1. NCACHE version 6 is not compatible with MS-DOS 6.0 DBLSPACE
drives. Caching DBLSPACE host drives may cause system
lockups. Use NCACHE2 from Norton Utilities version 7.0.
2. NU 6.x SPEEDISK's "Clear Unused Space" option should not be
used on MS-DOS 6.0 DBLSPACE volumes. Doing so creates
allocation errors on some unused clusters. Run SPEEDISK
from Norton Utilities version 7.0.
3. Do not perform a surface test on a DBLSPACE volume using NDD
from NU 6. NDD 6.x might find a compression error and mark
the cluster bad. NDD version 7.0 performs a decompression
scan on these volumes. Use NDD version 7.0 on compressed
drives.