This document contains information about the utilities provided with Mac OS 8.1.
5xxx/6xxx Tester
This program tests Performa and Power Macintosh 5200, 5300, 6200, and 6300 computers for a possible hardware problem. If you have a Performa or Power Macintosh 5200, 5300, 6200, or 6300 series computer, you should use the tester before installing Mac OS 8.1. See the document inside the Tester folder for instructions on using the tester.
IMPORTANT The Power Macintosh or Performa 6320, 6360, and 5260 computers do not have this hardware problem. If you have a Power Macintosh or Performa 6320, 6360, or 5260 computers you do not need to use the tester program.
AppleShare software
If you have AppleShare software earlier than version 3.6.4, you should upgrade to version 3.6.5 or later before installing Mac OS 8 over a network. See the document inside the AppleShare folder for instructions.
Drive Setup
Use the Drive Setup 1.4 program provided with Mac OS 8.1 to update your disk driver or to reinitialize a disk. When you do initialize a disk all the contents of your disk are erased.
NOTE Earlier versions of Drive Setup can reintroduce problems resolved with Drive Setup 1.4
To update the disk driver with Drive Setup, follow these steps:
1. Open the Drive Setup program.
2. Click the disk whose driver you want to update.
3. Choose Update Driver from the Functions menu.
WARNING Before using Drive Setup to update your disk driver, make sure you turn off any disk protection software you may be using.
IMPORTANT If the Update Driver command is dimmed, or if the disk name never appears when you click Drive, the desired disk is either not supported, or it’s previously been updated with a non-Apple utility.
• If the disk isn’t supported, check the instructions that came with your computer or disk to see if the manufacturer includes or recommends a disk utility, and use that utility to update the driver. To ensure a successful update, obtain the latest version of the utility. If you have an Iomega Zip or Jaz drive, updated driver software is provided on the Mac OS 8.1 CD, in the CD Extras folder.
• If you’ve updated or formatted the disk with a non-Apple utility, you’ll need to use that utility again to perform the update. To ensure a successful update, obtain the latest version of the utility.
NOTE After installing Mac OS 8.1, you cannot use the obsolete Apple HD SC Setup utility to initialize your hard disk. Use the current Drive Setup program supplied with Mac OS 8.1 instead.
Disk First Aid
Use the Disk First Aid program to diagnose and repair problems with your hard disk. In order to successfully repair problems, start up your computer using a disk other than the hard disk being repaired. Use the Mac OS 8.1 CD or the Disk Tools floppy disk you have created for this purpose. See the installation manual for details.
Disk First Aid now supports scans and repairs to Mac OS Extended formatted volumes. You MUST use the Disk Tools for PPC floppy disk to repair problems with Mac OS Extended formatted volumes. For repair of 68K computers use the disk labeled Disk Tools 1.
Disk Copy
Use the Disk Copy program to make exact copies of floppy disks from a disk image, mount disk images on your desktop, and various other functions related to disk images. Many Apple updates are provided in Disk Copy format. Use this program to create floppy disks or use the disk images. See the information in the Disk Copy folder for details.
SimpleText
SimpleText is a text editing program that can be used to create, edit, and view documents. It can also play QuickTime movies, display QuickDraw 3D objects, and speak text aloud. Many Read Me files, such as this one, are distributed in SimpleText format.
Apple, the Apple logo, AppleShare, Mac OS, Macintosh, Performa, Power Macintosh, and QuickTime are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. Disk First Aid and QuickDraw are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc.
