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LFN Backup And Restore

Feature:

LFN stands for Long File Name. Since DOS doesn't recognize

long file names and if you loose long file names then your computer

could get in serious trouble that could require you to uninstall

every program that you have and reinstall it. Or could corrupt

the registry with no way to restore.

Unless you know the LFN for every SFN (short file name), which

is impossible to know.

Because:

Let us say that you have two directories named in LFN,

"Program Files" and "Program Storage", the SFN name for both would

be Progra~1, unless they are in the same directory then they

will be called Progra~1 and Progra~2.

Its impossible to guess what the original Long file name is unless

you have a backup that have stored both DOS SFN and Windows LFN

of each file and directory, also knows what the original path. Then it can

be restored from backup to the original path by renaming the SFN to LFN.

You could loose LFN in many ways in Win95/98 or NT, running in Real

DOS mode or you have restored backup from DOS, are common

ways to loose LFN. Or Windows got corrupted and you had to copy

your personal data to another drive from DOS so you can format the

hard drive.

Backup:

Select the drive or directory that you would like to backup and click

the Backup LFN button.

It is very important to read the Restore section below.

Run backups at least two to four times a month, depending

on how often you change the directory structure.

In addition to LFN backup, always backup your Start Menu,

Favorites or Bookmarks and Desktop by copying them to a floppy.

Empty your Temp, History, Temporary Internet Files, cache

and Recycle Ben before making a backup in LFN.

LFN Backup and Restore can backup up unlimited files and folders

now that have long file names.

Restore:

When you did the backup, 2 .dat files were created in the

Backups folder in this program (LFN directory) directory to restore from.

Let us say you backed up the C drive then automatically backups

are named:

C_DriveF.dat , which is the file names.

C_DriveD.dat , which is the folder names.

Simply select one of the backup files and click the "Restore LFN" button.

it will restore automatically, starting restoring files then folders.

Notice that the names of the backups are in DOS 8 letter names,

because if you lose LFN then you don't want to loose the backup file

names too.

If you loose LFN then most shortcuts in the Start Menu will become

white in color because the links are lost, so you may need to look for

Lfn.exe where you installed it and run it from there, it will run and

restore OK. (read the Setup section)

LFN backup and restore:

LFN is still in beta, please come back and download the latest.

For Windows 95/98/NT/2000

Copyright © 1998/99/00. All Rights Reserved.

Theodore Fattaleh author, programmer and publisher.

All Program Names are Registered Trademarks of their

Respective Owner.

http://www.mslm.com

same as

http://www.multisyslaunch.com

Email addresses:

twf@flash.net

2000@msn.com

2000ted@csi.com

LFN Backup and Restore is free.

Other Freeware and Shareware:

ERS98, Win95/98 Emergency Recovery System ($25)

ERSNT, WinNT Emergency Recovery System ($25)

ERS2000, Win2000 Emergency Recovery System ($25)

MinuteMan Data Backup($25)

MyBook with CheckSpell ($25)

MiniApps(26 freeware, all in one install)

Right Start Menu (Freeware)

FloatMenu (Freeware)