Copyright: Copyright (c) 1998-2005 CompuApps, Inc.


Introduction;
CompuApps SwissKnife V3 Main Menu.

•	Introduction

•	Getting Started

•	SwissKnife V3 Basics

•	Device Info

•	Partititon and Quick Format Module

•	Appendix A


Introduction;What is SwissKnife V3?
 Introduction

What is SwissKnife V3?

 SwissKnife V3 manage mass storage devices of a PC attached to the PC’s various interfaces such as IDE, PCMCIA, Printer port, SCSI, IEEE 1394 and USB and operating systems such as Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows98, Windows NT. It supports file systems FAT16, FAT32 and NTFS.


New Features;USB;Fire Wire
 Introduction

New Features

SwissKnife V3 includes the following features:

•	Performance enhancements.

•	Support operating systems for 95B, 95C, 98, ME, NT4.0, 2K, XP, 2003 Server.

•	Support for external USB hard disks, Fire Wire.

•	Support for all partitions.


User Guide
 Introduction

Electronic User Guide Available

This user guide can help you set up and use CompuApps SwissKnife V3.

The SwissKnife V3 CD includes a searchable PDF version of this manual in the following path, Start\Programs\CompuApps SwissKnife V3 \ SwissKnife Manual. CompuApps recommends that you use Adobe® Acrobat® version 4.0 or later for best viewing quality. (With earlier versions of Acrobat, an error message will display briefly and screenshots will appear as black boxes.) You can download the current version of Acrobat for free from the Adobe web site, www.adobe.com. In the PDF version of this manual, you can click cross-references (including page numbers in the table of contents and index) to jump to the relevant material. You can also click references to web sites to start your browser and go to the web site. The hand pointer in Acrobat changes to a pointing finger when it is located over text that is linked to other material.


Supported OS;OS
 Getting Started

Supported OS

•	Windows 95B,95C

•	Windows  98,98SE

•	Windows 2000

•	Windows XP

•	Windows ME

•	Windows NT


Hardware Requirements
 Getting Started

Hardware requirements

•	A Pentium computer or higher or its equivalent

•	Minimum 10 MB of free hard disk space for your Software

•	64 MB RAM or higher (As per your Operating System requirement) Windows 95B or later.


Insallation
 Getting Started

Installing SwissKnife V3 under Windows

•	Insert the DriveWizard Professional CD into your CD-ROM drive.

•	If the installation program does not start automatically, click Start

•	Run on the Windows taskbar.

Type drive:\AUTORUN, where drive is the drive letter of your CD-ROM drive follow the on-screen installation instructions.


Before Running
 Getting Started

Before running SwissKnife V3

•	Close all programs before running SwissKnife V3.

•	Verify that the version of SwissKnife V3 you are running is supported on the operating system you are running. See “SwissKnife V3”.


Running SwissKnife V3
 Getting Started

Running SwissKnife V3

Run the SwissKnife V3 from any one of the following options:

•	From Windows Start menu – Click

•	From My Computer – Double click the My Computer icon, then click C:\SWISNIFE\SWISNIFE.

•	From Desktop – Double click the SWISNIFE exe


SwissKnife Main Window
 CompuApps SwissKnife V3 Basics

SwissKnife Main Window

The SwissKnife V3 main window contains the following utility:

Device Info

Partition and Quick Format

Figure-1 SwissKnife V3 Main Window


Device Information
 Device Info

Device Information

The Device Info tab gives the complete information of connected drive.

The Device information comprises of the information about the devices connected to the system (IDE, PCMCIA, Printer port, SCSI, IEEE 1394 and USB) such as Disk Information, Volume Info, Details of partitions etc.

Figure 2 – Device Info Screen

The device Information window can be split into 3 parts.

The first part displays the Disk Information of the selected drive.

The second part comprises of the Partition list view which displays the available number of partitions on the selected drive. It gives information about Volume Label, Partition Type, File System and Media Type. It also displays information about capacity of the device, Drive letter assigned and number of partitions etc.,

The third part consists of Volume Information and a Pie chart, which gives the detail of used space, free space and capacity of the selected partition and drive.


More Information
 Device Info

More Information

It gives detailed information about the available Devices connected with your system through supported interfaces such as IDE, PCMCIA, Printer port, SCSI, IEEE 1394 and USB such as No. of Cylinders, No. of Heads, No. of Sectors, Model No, Serial Number and Firmware revision of the selected device.

Figure 3 – More Info Screen


About Partition and Quick Format
 Partition and Quick Format Module

About Partition and Quick Format Module

Partition and Quick Format allows user to manage the storage devices by creating partitions to the requirement. SwissKnife V3 supports FAT16, FAT32 and NTFS file systems.

Figure 4  - Partition and Quick Format Main Screen

Partition Information helps you to view the information about the Partitions type, Size, File System, Volume Label and Status of partitions for the device(s) connected to the systems. Further it shows information about the used space and free space of the selected partition and the capacity of the disk as well.


Hard Disk Format
 Partition and Quick Format Module

Hard Disk Format

The Hard Disk Format prepares a partition by Win95 standards. The operation involves creating a fresh boot record, root directory and File Allocation Tables (FAT). Hard disk formatted media can be read by all operating system that support FAT file system. This type supports both fixed and removable devices.


Floppy Disk Format
 Partition and Quick Format Module

Floppy Disk Format

Floppy Format is a single Non-Bootable partition. This formatting standard is the default Windows 95 standard for removable media and was originally called “Large Floppy” format by IBM. The operation involves creating a fresh boot record, root directory and File Allocation Tables (FAT). Floppy formatted media can be read by all operating system regardless of the File System. For Removable media devices, Partition and Quick Format will allow the user to create a Floppy Format. For the special devices such as LS-120 will support Floppy Format for 720KB and 1.44MB floppies in addition to 120MB diskettes.


Partition Type
 Partition and Quick Format Module

Partition Type

OS supports allow creating 4 partitions. It may be either Primary or Extended. In Extended partition allows create 1 or more logical drives. SwissKnife V3 supports to create more than 1 primary partition.

The pop-up menu displays the partition type primary or extended. If you have already four partitions in the selected device, you can’t create primary partition but you can create logical drives, if free space available in the extended partition.


File System
 Partition and Quick Format Module

File System

SwissKnife V3 supports to create FAT16, FAT32 and NTFS file system. The pop-up menu displays the file system to create partition for the selected device.

1. FAT16: - This supports both Fixed and Removable devices. In this File System, Partition(s) size is limited up to 2047MB.

2. FAT32: - FAT32 is a more flexible file system from Microsoft that supports very large hard disks and uses disk space more efficiently (especially on large disks). FAT32 was created to support these larger hard disks (up to 2 terabytes) and to provide more efficient use of disk space.

3. NTFS: - NTFS is a new, more robust, file system from Microsoft that supports very large hard disks and uses disk space more efficiently (especially on large disks). NTFS support long file name. NTFS can create up to more than 2 terabytes and to provide more efficient use of disk space.

Note: NTFS file system support only for NT Operating Systems.


Volume Label
 Partition and Quick Format Module

Volume Label

The default volume label is “SWISNIFE1”. Also you can label the partition by entering the name in the “Volume Label” field. SwissKnife V3 allows up to 8 characters for the volume label.


Create Partition
 Partition and Quick Format Module

Create

Create Partition is a provision which enables you to create partitions on the selected hard disk(s) with a single click on the “Create” push button, by selecting the required size to be created. The partitions created are formatted automatically. SwissKnife  V3 create partition for the given size. The size may enter in edit field or by adjusting the “Spin” button.


Delete Partition
 Partition and Quick Format Module

Delete

Delete Partition is a provision, which enables you to delete partitions on the selected hard disk(s) with a single click on the “Delete” push button. Please note that while deleting the partitions all the data in the selected hard disk(s) will be lost.


FAQ
 Appendix A

SwissKnife V3 - FAQ’s

Q: What is the main purpose of SwissKnife utility?

A: SwissKnife is a utility to manage your mass storage devices of IDE, SCSI, and ATAPI category. This allows you to view the information about the partitions available in the Hard Disk and allows you to partition and Quick Format the devices.

Q: What are the types of interfaces through which devices are detected?

A: This utility detects devices connected in the Interfaces such as IDE, Parallel Port, PCMCIA, SCSI, USB and IEEE1394.

Q: How many partitions we can create?

A: In each devices, only four primary partitions is allowed and up to more than 23 logical drives can be created. However windows ‘My Computer” cannot assign dirve letter beyond 24.

Q: What is the minimum size of a partition we can create?

A: The minimum size of a partition created is 32 MB for FAT16 file system, FAT32 file system it is 550 MB and for the NTFS file system it is 7 MB.

Q: How I can create a partition?

A: Select the partition type and file system. Also enter the volume label.(This option is not applicable for extended partition.)Default volume label is SwissKnife .Set the partition as active if required provided the partition is Primary. Then drag the slider control according to the required size. You can also specify the required size through the edit box or through the spin button. After that click the ‘create’ button.

Q: How I can delete a partition?

A: Select the partition you want to delete from the list and then click the ‘delete’ button on the partition and quick format window. Also a right mouse click on the selected partition will prompt a push button that will appear with the text ‘delete’ on it. Click on the button and the selected partition will be deleted. You can also delete a selected partition by pressing the ‘delete’ key on the keyboard.

Q: Can I create partitions on all the devices connected to the system?

A: Partition creation is not allowed for booted drive and CD_ROM category.

Q: Can I create more than one extended partition?

A: You can create only one extended partition on a Device. But you can create more than one logical drives in the extended partition, if free space is available.

Q: Can I create more than one primary partition?

A: Yes, you can create up to four primary partitions in one device.

Q: Can I delete the extended partition while logical drives exists?

A: You cannot delete extended partition while logical drives exists.

Q: What are the file systems available for partition creation?

A: You can create partitions with the FAT 16, FAT 32 and NTFS file systems.

Q: Can I create logical drives up to the full size of the extended?

A: You can create logical drives up to the full size of the extended partition.

Note:

Partition creation is limited to 23 for a single device. However ‘My Computer” cannot recognize partitions beyond 23.

Q: Can I create logical drives if there is no extended partition?

A: The utility is designed such that logical drives cannot be created without an extended partition.

Q: How can I know about the cylinder and head information of the disk?

A: Click on the ‘more Info’ button in the device information window and you will get the information about the Cylinder, Head and Sectors per track of the device connected.

Q: What are the information displayed by the device information module, about a partition?

A: The information displayed include the volume, partition type, file system and media type.

Q: Can I edit existing partitions?

A: You can delete existing partitions, but you cannot increase or decrease the size of existing partitions.

Q: Is there any risk while deleting partitions?

A: All the data in the disk will be lost while deleting partitions.

Q: How I can identify the different partitions in the graphical representation?

A: The legends on the screen denote the color of each type of partition.

Q: After pressing  ‘Create’ button to create a partition can I cancel it?

A: No. You cannot cancel the process. But you can delete the unwanted partition after it’s creation.

Q: Do I need to format the disk after creating partition(s)?

A: No .The disk is formatted automatically while creating partition(s).

Q: Does it require restarting the system to take changes to effect?

A: No. ‘My computer’ dynamically updates the partition(s) created by SwissKnife. For Windows 95/95a partitions will be updated only after rebooting the system.

Q: Can I create Floppy Format for fixed devices?

A: No. Floppy Format supports only removable media device(s).