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(C) Copyright 1992 MaeDae Enterprises
W I N D U P E F O R W I N D O W S
Version 1.xx
Reference Manual
Windows based diskette duplicator featuring single pass operation,
format conversion, background operation, and much more.
Context sensitive help and on-line manual make it easy! WinDupe
for Windows is user supported software (Shareware). If you use it
past the initial 15 day evaluation period, you are required to
register it. No exceptions!
WinDupe for Windows
"Diskette duplication -- Fast, Safe, and Easy to Use"
is published by
MaeDae Enterprises
5430 Murr Road
Peyton, CO 80831 U.S.A.
(719) 683-3860
Published and printed in the United States of America.
Copyright 1992, MaeDae Enterprises as a licensed, unpublished,
proprietary work. Portions copyrighted by CJ Enterprises.
All international rights reserved.
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The registered printed Reference Manual and associated registered
software may not be copied, resold, reproduced, disclosed,
archived, transmitted, or transferred in any form, electronic or
otherwise, without the express written permission of MaeDae
Enterprises. You may freely distribute the Shareware version.
REGISTERED USERS: (those who purchased WinDupe with manual)
MaeDae Enterprises hereby grants a "book" license to the original
individual (even if purchased by a company) user of this copy of
WinDupe. You may use the program on your computer and make
one backup for storage as long as there is no possibility of use
or residence on more than one machine at any time. Just like two
people cannot read the same book in different locations at the
same time. Every registered copy of WinDupe has a unique,
embedded serial number for traceabililty. You may not sell or
give copies of the registered program or printed documentation to
anyone. No exceptions.
Pricing, specifications, and conditions are subject to change
without notice.
Send all registrations and inquiries for site (multiple CPU or
network) licensing to MaeDae Enterprises at the address on the
previous page.
Disclaimer:
MaeDae Enterprises makes NO claims AND offers NO warranties of
any sort with WinDupe. MaeDae Enterprises assumes NO
responsibility for any damage resulting from the apparent or
actual use of WinDupe (mental or physical). The program provided
is not guaranteed as to merchantability or fitness for its
ultimate use. The user accepts all responsibility for use and
may not resell the program.
IBM PC/XT/AT are registered trademarks of the International
Business Machines Corporation.
WinDupe is a trademark of MaeDae Enterprises. Other trademarks
belong to their respective owners.
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PREFACE
ABOUT THIS MANUAL
You will notice that this manual is concise. This is intentional
as we strived to make WinDupe the easiest program of its type to
use. We opted to provide an extensive built-in user help system.
Feel free to use this reference manual to install and get
acquainted with the program.
For many of you, this may be your first exposure to Shareware.
To help eliminate possible confusion, we have included a short
description of the Shareware marketing concept, explaining what
it is and why it relies on YOU for its survival.
What is Shareware? Shareware is not a kind of software. It is a
revolutionary method of marketing Commercial software. Our
software is Commercial software that we are allowing you to
examine for 15 days before you make the purchase decision. With
traditional marketing methods, you have to purchase Commercial
software from a computer store or through mail order businesses,
then try it out, and hope it does what you want. Shareware
allows you to "try before you buy!"
We rely upon you, the customer, to examine our software. If you
find it useful, please register. Your support is needed for us
to continue to improve our products.
Enough of this verbage. The real fun and learning begin when you
use the program. So, enjoy!
With warmest regards,
MaeDae Enterprises.
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Table of Contents
=================
Page Description
==== ============
5. What is WinDupe? An overview of its features.
6. Hardware Requirements
7. Installation - the "README.DOC" file.
7. Installation Notes
8. Getting Started
9. Tutorial
10. Additional Features
11. Troubleshooting
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WHAT IS WINDUPE?
================
WinDupe is a powerful diskette duplicator for Windows 3.x that
allows you to:
1. Load any size diskette into memory in a single pass.
2. Copy, compare, or write the diskette to a disk file.
3. Format diskettes providing several options like quick format.
4. Work with diskettes in the background allowing several things
to take place at once.
5. Automatically convert diskettes from a lower capacity to a
higher capacity during the copy and compare operations. For
example, load a 360K diskette and copy it to a 1.44M diskette.
Try that with DOS!
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HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS
=====================
1. IBM PC/XT/AT, IBM PS/2, or fully compatible computer capable
of running Windows 3.0 or later.
2. At least one 5.25" or 3.5" floppy disk drive. Two floppy disk
drives or one floppy and a hard disk (300K free space minimum for
the full system) are strongly recommended.
3. Enough free memory (real or virtual) to hold an entire diskette
in memory.
INSTALLATION - README.DOC
=========================
For all installation information see the README.DOC on the main
distribution diskette. You can view the information on-line or
print it out on your printer. README.DOC is constantly updated
to contain the latest information.
P.S. The Shareware version of WinDupe is complete. However, it
is a 15 day trial version. Also, additional product information
screens are added.
Feel free to share ONLY the Shareware version with friends and
potential users of WinDupe for 15 day trial/evaluation purposes
only. You may not use the Shareware version on other machines in
order to avoid purchasing additional copies of the full program.
You may not give away any copies or make more than one copy of
the fully operational program for other than archival purposes.
The full version of WinDupe has a unique serial number embedded
in each copy for traceability.
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IMPORTANT INSTALLATION NOTES:
1. Diskette #1 contains many files in addition to WD.EXE.
Please make sure these files are all installed in the same
directory when running the program.
2. If WinDupe does not run properly:
A. Your machine may not be 100% IBM PC operating system
compatible or Windows may be installed incorrectly. This is
not always disastrous and a quick call to our phone support
staff may solve your problem.
B. You may have a slightly incompatible Windows video
driver. Usually, updating your driver or re-installing
Windows solves the problem.
C. If you have any memory resident programs or system
drivers, try running without them loaded on your computer.
On some computers, ANSI.SYS is suspect.
3. This manual is designed to give you a general overview and
familiarity with the program. More complete, up-to-date
information is available to you through the extensive built-in
user help (F1) system and the help button on the dialog boxes.
When using the more advanced features of the program, the help
screens will guide you through the toughest questions with ease.
As WinDupe continues to add more features, you can be sure that
the built-in help will give you the guidance needed. This way
everybody wins. We don't spend money continually revising
manuals and charging you higher prices. You get what you want
and deserve: accurate up-to-date information. So fire up the
computer, dig in, and welcome to WinDupe!
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GETTING STARTED
===============
After you run WD.EXE using the file manager, the MAIN MENU will
appear on your screen.
The Main Menu options with descriptions are below.
** File: This menu option provides the basic exit from WinDupe.
** Load: Load a source diskette into memory. The diskette may
be a previously stored diskette image (a WinDupe Disk File with a
WDF file extension).
A diskette must be placed into memory before you can do a copy or
compare with it. Only good source diskettes without any bad
sectors may be used. If you have some old source diskettes with
bad sectors on them, format a new error free diskette and copy
the files to it either from DOS or the File Manager. This will
allow you to create a new error free diskette.
** Copy: Once you have a diskette in memory, the copy option
will become enabled (menu option is no longer grayed) and you can
make duplicates of the in-memory diskette. You can even write
the diskette to a compressed disk image.
Like the load option, you must have error free diskettes. If a
diskette write error occurs during the copy operation, you will
need to start the copy over with a new diskette. With todays
diskettes there is really no good reason to work with
questionable diskettes.
Some very hard work went into this area allowing you to copy a
lower capacity in-memory diskette to a higher capacity diskette.
This means that you can load a 360K diskette into memory and then
diskcopy it to a 1.44M diskette. There will be a little over 1MB
free space on the 1.44M diskette (1.44M-360K) when you finish.
This is a very advanced feature that we hope you take a little
time to admire.
** Compare: Compare will allow you to compare the diskette in
memory against a diskette you insert into one of the drives.
Like the format command, compare also provides format conversion
allowing you to compare lower capacity diskettes against higher
capacity diskettes.
** Format: Numerous options are provided for the format command.
You can do a quick format, full format, full format with system,
etc. A diskette must format error free or you will be given an
error message saying it is bad.
** Help: This area provides general help for WinDupe and
provides an easy way to print the ORDER.DOC invoice form.
You may choose any of the displayed options by holding down the
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Alt key, then pressing the letter which is underlined on the menu
item or by selecting it with the mouse.
TUTORIAL (DUPLICATING A DISKETTE)
=================================
Now let's do something simple to demonstrate how WinDupe works.
Choose the Load menu option. Then pick the Diskette to Memory...
option. A Load Options dialog box will appear allowing you to
select the source drive and whether to read only the data areas
or the entire diskette. Insert a diskette into either drive A:
or B: and select that drive from the source list box. Click on
OK when ready. The diskette should be read into memory. Did you
notice that the Copy and Compare main menu options are now
enabled? Also, the status area will be updated to show that the
diskette was successfully loaded.
Pick the main menu Copy Option. A dialog box will appear
asking you for the destination drive. Remove your source
diskette and place a target diskette into the same drive. Click
on OK. The in-memory diskette will now be copied to the new
diskette.
Did you notice that the status area was updated to reflect the
status of the last operation.
You have just completed your first operation with WinDupe. The
same type of steps will work with compare and format.
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ADDITIONAL FEATURES
===================
BACKGROUND OPERATION
WinDupe has been designed to support background use. For example,
you can start loading a diskette and switch to another Windows
program. WinDupe will continue to work in the background loading
the diskette. The WinDupe status area will be updated when the
operation is completed. If there are any errors during the read,
WinDupe will bring up an error message box thru your current
application informing you of the error.
DISKETTE COMPRESSION
WinDupe automatically compresses diskettes both in-memory and in
disk files. This ensures the smallest possible memory impact for
working with diskettes.
SMART LOADING
WinDupe calculates the last data area on your diskette and only
loads the diskette to that point. This results in much faster
operation. This feature can be disabled at your option.
AUTOMATIC FORMAT CONVERSION
Automatic diskette format conversion from lower capacity to higher
capacity formats is supported. For example, you can load a 360K
diskette and diskcopy it to a 1.44M diskette. You will have
roughly 1MB of free space on the 1.44M diskette after the
operation.
SINGLE PASS OPERATION
WinDupe pulls the entire source diskette into memory at one time.
You no longer have to swap diskettes in order to make copies.
This saves time on diskette operations and saves you the hassle
of swapping diskettes.
STATUS AREA
As you use WinDupe, the status area of the main window is updated
to keep you informed of the status of what is in memory and
whether the last operation was successful. To the greatest
extent possible, all successful operations will simply update the
status area. If the operation is unsuccessful, you will be
notified via an error message box and the status area will be
updated to reflect the error.
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TROUBLESHOOTING
===============
If WinDupe will not run, you may have insufficient memory or
too many memory resident programs. Try running WinDupe with
no memory resident programs or allocate a larger swapfile under
Windows. See your Windows User's Guide for help with the
Swapfile program.
If WinDupe just stops running and you get an "Unrecoverable
Application Error," you may have incompatible hardware/software.
Try running WinDupe in the 386 Enhanced mode (if you have a
386 computer) to see if that corrects the problem.
Occasionally, certain memory resident TSR or "pop-up" programs
conflict with WinDupe. In general, there is no problem, but
there are many new programs being written without regard to the
system requirements of other programs that may be running at the
same time. Remove them from memory, and try again. If that
fails, try getting rid of device drivers in your CONFIG.SYS file.
MISCELLANEOUS
WinDupe works closely with your computer's hardware to gain
much of its speed. However, it never directly addresses the
hardware without using standard DOS calls. If you have any
memory resident software that modifies the way DOS works, then
WinDupe may not function properly. We strongly recommend that
you remove all memory resident software before running
WinDupe.
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