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Diamond Edge Extendible Help System
File: UTILITY.HLP
Topics covered:
∙ Partition Copy - Image
∙ Partition Copy - Defragmented
∙ Forcing Media Change
∙ Browsing, Viewing, and Printing Files
∙ Partition Zeroing
∙ Partition Unzeroing
∙ Partition Wiping
∙ Hotkeys
∙ Technical Support
∙ Partition Copy - Image
Copy Partition Image copies sector for sector an exact image
of the source partition to the destination partition. The directory
structure and disk fragmentation characteristics of the source are
exactly duplicated on the destination. The source and destination
partitions must be of exactly the same size and type(both GEM or
both BGM). All existing data on the destination partition is lost.
To perform a partition image copy, select Copy Partition
Image from the Utility menu. You will be prompted to enter the
source and destination partitions. If you have Warn mode set to
then you will be told that all data on the destination partition
will be lost and given the opportunity to cancel. Otherwise the
partition copy begins immediately.
∙ Partition Copy - Defragmented
Copy Partition Defrag copies the entire contents of the source
partition to the destination partition and defragments the files in
the process. The result is a destination disk that has had a full
optimization for reading performed. The source and destination
partitions do not have to be the same size or type. So you can
perform a Copy Partition Defrag from a 10 Meg GEM partition to a
40 meg BGM partition. All existing data on the destination
partition is lost.
To perform a partition defragmented copy, select Copy
Partition Defrag from the Utility menu. You will be prompted to
enter the source and destination partitions. If you have Warn mode
set then you will be told that all data on the destination partition
will be lost and given the opportunity to cancel. Otherwise the
partition copy begins immediately.
∙ Forcing Media Change
TOS occasionally has difficulty detecting whether a disk
has changed state and requires updating it's internal information
about the disk. This is especially true regarding floppy disks.
If you suspect that you have modified your disk and TOS does not
recognize the change, then you can choose the disk as the active
disk and select Force Media Change. This will force all versions
of TOS to flush and rebuild all information it has about the disk.
∙ Browsing, Viewing, and Printing Files
These functions allow you to look around your disk, look
at text files, and print text files. Selecting Browse will give
you access to the GEM File Selector to look around you disk.
Selecting View File allows you to view a text file on the screen.
Selecting Print File will allow you to print a text file of your
choice on your printer. This is useful for examining and printing
Disk Medic Error reports or Validation Error reports.
∙ Partition Zeroing
Diamond Edge provides several methods of Zeroing your disk.
Zeroing a disk means erasing all of the information in the disks
FAT and root directory sectors. The result will be a completely
empty partition. Because zeroing a disk is not something you want
to do accidently, you must enable the zeroing functions by
selecting Enable Zeroing from the Utility Menu.
To Zero a partition, make the partition you want to zero the
active partition. Then select Zero Partition from the Utility
menu. Regardless of the warning level specified in the user
preferences, you will always be warned before a zeroing operation.
If you decide to continue with the zeroing select Yes, if you want
to abort the zeroing select No.
After you have confirmed your intent to zero the partition,
but before the zeroing is actually performed all of the critical
disk information is saved in a disk information file. This will
allow you to Unzero the partition with absolutely no loss of data
if you decide that you have mistakenly zeroed the partition.
∙ Partition Unzeroing
To Unzero a partition, make the partition you want to
Unzero the active partition. Then select Unzero Partition from
the Utility menu. The same procedure is followed to unzero a
partition, as to restore the disk partition information.
After selecting the disk you want to unzero, 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 form the disk information file selected for restore.
If the 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.
∙ Wipe Partition
Wiping a partition is a special kind of Zeroing. When you
wipe a partition, not only are the FAT tables and root directory
sectors erased, but every sector of the partition is overwritten.
This is especially useful if you need to completely eliminate
highly confidential data.
∙ Hotkeys
For ease of use, keyboard equivalents and hotkeys are
provided for every major program function. In addition there are
special keyboard commands that control the operation of various
program functions.
During functions that scroll data such as Creating a
Validation file or Validating files you may pause the display by
selecting Control-S, pressing Control-Q will restart the process.
Control-C is the universal abort key and applies to every
abortable function, such as Mapping Bad Sectors or Validating a
disk drive. Optimizing and the Disk Medic functions are not
abortable via Control-C.
The program functions and their associated hotkeys are
described below:
Function: Hotkey:
Basic Window Function Block
Change Active Drive Press Drive Letter
Disk Information Control-I
Fragmentation Map Control-M
All Disk Information Control-A
File Menu
Preferences Control-F
Open Window Control-W
Quit Control-Q
Medic Menu
Test Disk Structure ALT-T
Test Multiple Control-T
Map Bad Sectors ALT-B
Map Bad Multiple Control-T
Create CRC File ALT-C
Create Checksum File ALT-S
Validate Files ALT-V
Partition Hard Disk ALT-H
Optimize Menu
Optimize Drive ALT-O
Optimize Multiple CONTROL-O
Undelete Menu
Configure MIRROR ALT-N
Run MIRROR ALT-R
Undelete Files ALT-U
Archive Menu
Save Disk Info ALT-A
Restore Disk Info ALT-Y
Save SCSI Info ALT-G
Restore SCSI Info ALT-K
Utility Menu
Copy Drive Defrag ALT-D
Copy Drive Image ALT-I
Force Media Change ALT-M
View File ALT-F
Print File ALT-P
Browse Disk ALT-J
Zero Disk ALT-Z
Unzero Disk ALT-X
Wipe Partition ALT-W
∙ Technical Support
Diamond Edge is backed by Oregon Research's technical
support staff trained to provide you with fast and courteous
service. If you require assistance beyond what the manual, help
features, and readme files can provide, then call or write use
with the information listed in the technical support checklist
below.
Before calling Oregon Research technical support, please
attempt to recreate the problem so that you can provide us with
an exact sequence of events. If the problem reoccurs, then contact
us by phone, FAX, or electronically on Genie with the following
information:
∙ Product Information: The name, version number, and file
date/time of the application program. The version number
appears in the About box.
∙ Your user registration number: This appears on the master
disk label.
∙ System Information: You'll need to know, the Atari ST
computer model that you own, including memory
configuration and TOS operating system version.
∙ Disk Drives: The model and capacity of all of your
internal and external disk drives. Also the vendor of your
hard disk host adapter and driver software.
∙ Additional Hardware: You'll need to know the brand names
of any additional hardware that you have connected to your
system. This includes printers, modems, accelerators,
custom video cards, PC emulators etc.
∙ Auto folder and Accessory Programs: You will need a list of
All Auto Folder and Accessory programs active in your
system. You should first try eliminating all auto folder and
accessory programs and rebooting. If the problem goes away
consult section 8.6.3 fo your manual for more information on
isolating a Auto folder conflict.
∙ Error Messages: Write down the EXACT wording of any
error messages that you received from the program.
∙ Attempted solutions: Make careful note of any steps you took
to solve the problem and what the results were.
If you need assistance beyond these suggestions, and you
cannot find the answer to your problem in the manual , help
features, or readme files, then please write, call, or FAX us with
the information in the technical support checklist. We need all of
the information in the checklist to efficiently serve you.
Mail:
Oregon Research Associates
16200 S.W. Pacific Hwy., Suite 162
Tigard, OR 97224
USA
Phone:
(503) 620-4919
FAX:
(503) 639-6182
Electronic Support:
Genie: ORA.TECH Daily
Compuserve: 76635,2310