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Diamond Edge Extendible Help System
File: ARCHIVE.HLP
Topics covered:
∙ Saving Disk Information
∙ Restoring Disk Information
∙ Saving SCSI Partition Information
∙ Restoring SCSI Partition Information
∙ Saving Disk Information
To save critical disk partition structure information(boot
sector, FAT table, directory sectors), select Save Disk Info from
the Archive menu. The Save Disk Information dialog will appear.
Select all of the drives that you want to create disk
information files for and then select Save. A GEM file selector
will appear prompting you for the directory to save the information
files. The default directory is the Disk Information directory
specified in the Diamond Edge Preferences dialog. Only the
destination path is required, the disk information file names are
automatically generated. Select Ok from the File Selector to save
the disk information files. Select Cancel to abort the process.
∙ Restoring Disk Information
To restore the critical disk information to a disk, select
Restore Disk Info from the Archive menu. You have the option of
restoring the boot sector, the FAT table, the root directory sector,
or any combination. Then choose the drive that you want the
information restored. It is often advisable to first reinstall the
boot sector, perform a Disk Medic check with Auto-Fix OFF.
If significant problems remain, then reinstall the FAT table and
root directory sectors.
If the boot sector is severely damaged, TOS may refuse to
recognize the disk as valid. It may not be listed as active or may
not be recognized at all(i.e. one less drive appears than you think
you have). If this occurs, it will be necessary to rebuild the
partition from the Hard Disk Partitioning function described in
section 3.4, of the manual before you can reinstall the archived
disk information.
Select the Select Disk Info File button to choose the disk
information file to restore to the selected disk. After specifying
the information file to restore, a dialog is shown describing the
disk characteristics from the disk information file selected for
restore. If the disk information is correct then select Proceed
with Restore. If you have any questions at all regarding whether
the information you are about to restore is correct, then select
Cancel to abort the restore
∙ Saving SCSI Partition Information
To create a SCSI information file, select Save SCSI Info
from the Archive menu. Diamond Edge will scan ST ACSI
identification numbers 0-7 and TT SCSI identification numbers
8-15. for active devices. The drive identification of the devices
found will be displayed in the Select SCSI Device dialog. Select
all of your SCSI devices to create information files for each
SCSI drive.
Some early SCSI drives and MFM drives attached to the ST
using a SCSI-> MFM adapter(like the Adaptec 4000) will not
respond correctly to the SCSI Inquiry command. If your drive
does not respond to the inquiry select Rescan, it may just be slow
to respond. If it still does not respond to the inquiry, then
select Manual from the Select SCSI Device dialog. A manual
selection dialog will appear to allow you to specify the
SCSI ID Number of the device that you want to partition.
Selecting Save SCSI Info File will bring up a GEM file
selector prompting you to enter the directory path to save the
SCSI information files. The default directory is the Disk
Information directory specified in the Diamond Edge Preferences
dialog. Only the destination path is required, the disk
information file names are automatically generated. Select Ok
from the File Selector to save the SCSI information files.
Select Cancel to abort the process.
∙ Restoring SCSI Partition Information
To restore the disk partitioning information to a SCSI disk,
select Restore SCSI Info from the Archive menu. Select the SCSI
drive that you want the information restored and then press Select
SCSI Info File. A GEM file selector will appear allowing you to
select the SCSI information file to restore to the selected drive.
Select Ok to proceed with the SCSI information restore If you have
any questions at all regarding whether the information you are about
to restore is correct, then select Cancel to abort the restore.