home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Drive Watch 1.0
- Copyright <C> 1992
- ISOMedia, Inc.
-
- Program Design and Implementation by:
- =====================================
-
- Ryan S. Dancey
- Stephen M. Milton
-
- Program Information
- ===================
-
- This program is not warrantied by the manufacturer for loss or
- damage. ISOMedia, it's officers, and programming team accept
- no liability for damages caused by this application.
-
- This program is covered by international copyright laws.
- No part of this program may be sold, resold, or altered without
- the express written permission of ISOMedia.
-
- All trademarks are reserved to their owners.
-
- Program Requirements:
- =====================
-
- MS-DOS 3.3 or greater (DOS 5 highly reccomended).
- Windows 3.0 or greater (Windows 3.1 reccommended).
- 286 or greater CPU (286 will work just fine).
-
- NO DLL OR SYSTEM MODIFICATION IS NECESSARY TO RUN
- DRIVE WATCH. The attractive, 3D controls the program
- uses are all generated directly by the program,
- and are a proprietary technology of ISOMedia, Inc.
-
- Program Description:
- ====================
-
- Drive Watch is a small utility which monitors your
- computer system's hard drives and system memory.
-
- The program will make an Icon for each drive it can
- detect (from C: to Z:). Removable drives like SyQuest
- drives, and networked drives will have unique Icons
- to identify them.
-
- When you double click on a drive's Icon, a file
- utility shell will be activated. The default shell
- is MSDOS.EXE, the MS-DOS Executive that ships with
- Windows.
-
- INSTRUCTIONS:
- =============
-
- To activate Drive Watch for the first time:
- 1] Open the File Manager
- 2] Change to the drive where DRVWTCH.EXE is located
- 3] Copy the DRVWTCH.EXE file to your Windows directory
- 3] Drag the DRVWTCH.EXE name from the File Manager into a
- Program Group in the Program Manager.
- 4] Double click the DRVWTCH icon
-
- ALTERNATELY:
-
- Use any file utility to copy DRVWTCH.EXE to your Windows
- directory, then run the application
-
- Explanation of the Drive Watch functions:
-
- Load at Startup:
- When this box is checked, Drive Watch
- will automatically load itself when you
- restart windows.
- Unchecking this box will stop Drive Watch
- from loading at startup.
-
- Show Free Memory:
- When this box is checked, the window
- title for the Drive Watch program and
- Icon will display the largest block of
- free memory that Windows can allocate.
-
- Show Volume Names :
- When this box is checked, the drive
- Icons will display the volume names of
- their drives as well as remaining free
- space.
-
- Seconds Between Samples:
- This number (the number must be
- between 1 and 2 quadrillion) indicates
- the amount of time between samples of
- free memory and available drive space.
-
- Shell to execute on double click:
- Name of the file manager or utility shell
- to execute when a drive's Icon is double
- clicked. The shell will be passed the
- root directory of the drive when activated.
-
- Save:
- Click this button to save choices selected
- for re-use.
-
- Reset:
- Rest controls to default status
-
- Close:
- Close the application, and exit
-
- About Drive Watch:
- Information about Drive Watch
-
- TROUBLESHOOTING:
- ================
-
- No application appears when I double click the drive Icon:
-
- Check to be sure that you've correctly spelled the name of
- the FILE to be run on a double click. The program doesn't
- use the name of the application (i.e. 'File Manager') by the
- name of the FILE (i.e. 'WINFILE.EXE').
-
- Garbage characters display instead of system free memory:
-
- Wait for one cycle of the system check. The free memory
- display will update correctly.
-
- Icons are all stacked up when Drive Watch runs at startup.
-
- Wait for one cycle of the system check. The Icons will
- automatically unstack themselves.
-