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- FixUtilities copyright (C) 1989-1993 by Padgett - all rights reserved.
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- FixUtil5 is the April 1993 revision of the FixUtils.
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- WHAT'S NEW
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- The major change is that the FixUtils are now all FREEWARE.
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- For the Lawyers: A limited license is hereby granted such that anyone may
- use these copyrighted programs (see list below) without any charge of any
- kind so long as they are not altered nor are any deposited programs or
- code fragments altered in any way. Specifically, copyright notices and
- logos must display anytime a program or deposited code fragment executes.
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- Distribution must include this notice.
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- Weasel-Words: There are no warranties either granted or implied for fitness
- of any kind, use of these programs is entirely at the risk of the user.
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- Major Changes
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- FixMBR now generates automatically a copy of the original MBR with
- a user designated name of up to 7 characters. This .DAT file should be
- stored in a safe place off-line. When changed to a .COM file and executed,
- the original MBR will be restored.
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- On machines having BIOS selection of the boot disk, users may now select
- booting only from the C: drive for additional protection from viruses.
- If the CTRL key is held down during the boot, SafeMBR, following integrity
- checking of the hard disk MBR will transfer the boot process to drive A:
- to allow booting from floppy for maintenance purposes.
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- Other
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- a) For those wishing a special corporate logo to display (e.g. "XYZ Corp.
- For Authorized Use Only") or suppression of the floppy boot option,
- this can be provided for a one-time-fee.
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- b) Gifts cheerfully accepted. (POBox 1203, Windermere, FL, USA, 34786)
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- Note: This distribution consists of thirteen files:
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- FixUtil5.new - Changes since FixUtil3
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- FixMBR28.doc - Documentation/Mini Tutorial for FixMBR
- FixFBR1A.doc - Documentation for FIX floppy boot records
- FixMBR.exe - 2,395 bytes - the MBR repair/save program
- FixFBR.exe - 2,189 bytes - repair boot sectors of floppies
- ChkSMBR.exe - 555 bytes - the DOS SafeMBR check program
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- NoFBoot.doc - documentation
- NoFBoot.com - 368 bytes - simple floppy boot protection
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- Chk.doc - Documentation for ChkMEM, ChkBoot, & ChkCMOS
- ChkCMOS.exe - 1,195 bytes - Checks CMOS for IBM-AT type values
- ChkMEM.com - 1,584 bytes - memory usage program
- ChkBoot.exe - 1,357 bytes - checks for suspicious boot sectors
- (floppy & hard disks)
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- FixUtil5.val - Validation numbers for McAfee's Validate
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