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- VDS 3.1 Installation Guide
-
- You will need the VDS installation diskette, and a blank diskette that
- matches the size of your A: drive. You cannot use drive B: since this
- diskette may be needed to boot the computer in case of an emergency
- that renders the hard disk inaccessible. The installation procedure is
- different for DOS and Windows 95 users. If you are running Windows 95,
- skip to the next section please.
-
- For DOS users:
-
- You will need a clean bootable DOS diskette, preferably the original one.
- You should boot your machine from this clean diskette before starting
- installation. Make sure the DOS version on your hard disk matches the one
- on the bootable diskette. You can find out the DOS version by typing VER at
- the DOS command prompt.
-
- 1. Put the VDS diskette in drive A:
-
- 2. At the DOS command prompt, type A:\INSTALL.EXE and press ENTER.
-
- 3. VDS installation program will offer a choice of Express or Custom setup.
- We recommend you use the Express setup. This creates the C:\VDSPRO31
- directory and keeps almost everything VDS needs in that directory. It
- also sets up shortcuts on the desktop, and arranges VDS to do its daily
- checks when you start Windows 95. Complete checks are performed once a
- day by default.
-
- 4. After the installation is complete, INSTALL will offer to prepare an
- emergency diskette for your system. Answer YES, and put the blank
- diskette in drive A: after removing the VDS installation diskette.
- Let INSTALL format it for you.
-
- 5. After the emergency diskette is prepared, you should remove it from
- drive A:, write protect it by opening the tab at the bottom left corner
- of the diskette, and label it VDS Emergency Diskette. If you have more
- than one computer, you should also write on the diskette the name of
- the computer or something you can remember that machine by. You MUST
- NOT use an emergency diskette prepared for one computer on another
- computer. It stores information specific to each computer that will
- not be useful in recovery of a different computer; and it could even
- cause data loss if used incorrectly in some cases.
-
- 6. Store the emergency diskette somewhere you can find it.
- Congratulations! You are done.
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- For Windows 95 users:
-
- 1. Put the VDS diskette in drive A:
-
- 2. Click on the Start button located at the bottom left corner of your
- screen.
-
- 3. Choose Run from the menu that comes up.
-
- 4. In the Open: edit box, type A:\SETUP.EXE
-
- 5. Click on OK to start the installation.
-
- 6. VDS installation program will offer a choice of Express or Custom setup.
- We recommend you use the Express setup. This creates the C:\VDSPRO31
- directory and keeps almost everything VDS needs in that directory. It
- also sets up shortcuts on the desktop, and arranges VDS to do its daily
- checks when you start Windows 95. Complete checks are performed once a
- day by default.
-
- 7. WARNING: If you are installing in Windows 95 and VDS diskette is in
- drive A:, then you should answer NO to the emergency disk preparation
- question. You need to prepare the emergency diskette after the
- installation is completed. This is necessary since Windows 95 uses
- memory-mapped files to run programs, and it wonÆt let you format
- another diskette if you run a program off of a diskette in the same
- drive.
-
- 8. After the installation is completed, click on the Start button at the
- bottom left corner of your screen again. Choose Run from the menu that
- comes up, and in the Open edit box, type:
-
- C:\VDSPRO31\INSTALL.EXE -E C:\VDSPRO31
-
- 9. Click OK to run INSTALL with the emergency diskette preparation option.
-
- 10. Answer YES when INSTALL offers to prepare an emergency diskette. Put
- the blank diskette in drive A:, and let VDS format it for you.
-
- 11. After the emergency diskette is prepared, you should remove it from
- drive A:, write protect it by opening the tab on the bottom left corner
- of the diskette, and label it VDS Emergency Diskette. If you have more
- than one computer, you should also write on the diskette the name of
- the computer or something you can remember that machine by. You MUST NOT
- use an emergency diskette prepared for one computer on another computer.
- It stores information specific to each computer that will not be useful
- in recovery of a different computer; and it could even cause data loss
- if used incorrectly in some cases.
-
- 12. Store the emergency diskette somewhere you can find it.
- Congratulations! You are done.
-
-