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DiskDupe Trial ________________________________________________________________________________ Owner's Manual Version 3.2 Micro System Designs, Inc. 4962 El Camino, Suite 204 Los Altos, CA 94022 415-964-2844 DiskDupe Trial (April 1991) (DD32T.DOC) (c) Copyright 1988 - 1991 Micro Systems Designs, Inc. All rights reserved. DISKDUPE, DISKDUPE PRO, DISKDUPE AUTO, DISKDUPE AUTO PRO, DISKMACHINE, AUTOLOAD, RELAY, RAMBODISK, STANDBY DRIVE, TRACK RANGE and MICRO SYSTEM DESIGNS are trademarks of Micro System Designs, Inc. Other brands and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. No part of this document may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language (natural or computer) in any form by any means without the written permission of Micro System Designs, Inc., except as described in the following license. LICENSE AGREEMENT This software is protected by both United States copyright law and international treaty provisions. You are granted a limited license to use this program on a trial basis for up to 30 days. To continue using the program after the trial period, you are required to pay the license fee. You are granted a limited license to copy DiskDupe for the trial use of others providing you include the files DISKDUPE.EXE, DISKDUPE.OVR, DISKDUPE.DAT, and DISKDUPE.TXT in complete and unmodified form and make it clear to the recipient that this is not free software but payment of the license fee is required for continued use after the trial period. LIMITED WARRANTY Micro System Designs does not warrant that the functions contained in this program will meet your requirements or that the program operation will be uninterrupted or error free. Micro System Designs specifically disclaims all other warranties, expressed or implied, including but not limited to implied warranties of fitness for any particular purpose and of merchantability. IN NO EVENT WILL MICRO SYSTEM DESIGNS BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY LOST PROFITS, LOST SAVINGS, COMMERCIAL DAMAGE OR OTHER INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THIS PROGRAM, OR FOR ANY CLAIM BY ANY OTHER PARTY. GOVERNING LAW These statements shall be construed, interpreted, and governed by the laws of the state of California. You agree that this is the complete and exclusive statement of this agreement which supersedes any prior agreement or other communication between us on this subject. Use, duplication, or disclosure by the U.S. Government of the computer software and documentation in this package shall be subject to the restricted rights under DFARS 52.227-7013 applicable to commercial computer software. 3 DISKDUPE TRIAL MANUAL INTRODUCTION DISKDUPE CAN DO IT! Thank you for trying DiskDupe. DiskDupe is the best program to automate your disk duplicating needs. DiskDupe can duplicate disks amazingly fast and without any fuss. You won't waste any more time with slow, cumbersome DOS commands. FAST AND EASY To duplicate disks, insert the master disk in your floppy drive and let DiskDupe read it into your computer's RAM memory and, if necessary, onto your hard disk. DiskDupe can then make as many duplicates as you want without having to re-read the master disk. DiskDupe uses advanced DMA and multi-tasking techniques to duplicate 62, 5" or 31, 3" disks per hour, complete with full formatting and verification. If your master disk is less than full, DiskDupe will run even faster. If you want to protect your master disk, DiskDupe lets you store its image on your hard disk. Then later, when your master disk is safely put away, you can use the image to make more duplicates. If you have lots of master disks that you need to make just a few duplicates of, DiskDupe's RELAY feature makes it easy. Simply put write protect tabs on all of your master disks. Then place your blank disks behind each master. DiskDupe will duplicate each write-protected master to all of the disks behind it that are not write-protected. MORE SPEED For more speed, DiskDupe lets you format disks ahead of time. Now you don't have to wait for that master disk to arrive to get started. Format 200, 5" disks today, or 100, 3" disks, get the master disk at 4, tomorrow, and by 5, you'll be out the door! If you have two similar disk drives, DiskDupe can even save you the time it takes to change disks by using a Standby Drive. DISKDUPE TRIAL FEATURES - Duplicates 5" and 3" Disks, Including High Density Formats - RELAY Mode For Easy Floppy Backups - Disk Images Can Be Saved to Hard Disk - Automatically Formats Disk If Needed - Batch File Automation Capability - Standby Drive for Quick Disk Changes Page 4 DISKDUPE TRIAL MANUAL - Pull Down Menus for Easy Operation - Automatically senses when disks are changed - Copies directly from a 5" disk to a 3" disk - Sounds an alarm when it encounters a bad disk DISK FORMATS SUPPORTED - 5.25" 360k............................(Standard 5") - 5.25" 1.2M........................(AT High Density) - 3.5" 720k.............................(Standard 3") - 3.5" 1.4M.........................(3" High Density) REQUIREMENTS - IBM-Compatible PC, XT, AT or 386 - DOS 2.0 or later - 256k RAM - Hard Disk - (With no hard disk and 640k RAM you can copy 5" 360k disks) Page 5 DISKDUPE TRIAL MANUAL INSTALLATION HARD DISK INSTALLATION To install DiskDupe on your hard disk, copy all the files from the program disk into a subdirectory on your hard disk. To do this, follow these instructions: 1. Boot up your computer as usual until a C> prompt appears. 2. Type: MD \DISKDUPE and press <ENTER>. 3. Type: CD \DISKDUPE and press <ENTER>. 4. Insert the DiskDupe disk in the A: drive and type: COPY A:*.* <ENTER>. ADVANCED USERS: DiskDupe will search your PATH for its data files. This means that you can place the \DISKDUPE subdirectory in your PATH so that you do not need to change to the \DISKDUPE subdirectory every time you want to run DiskDupe. FLOPPY DISK INSTALLATION DiskDupe works better in conjunction with a hard disk. If you don't have a hard disk you need 640k RAM memory in your computer. You will only be able to copy 360k disks. If you need to use DiskDupe on a floppy disk, you will need to copy the DiskDupe files to a blank formatted disk and then start DiskDupe and erase the temporary file name. To do this, follow the instructions below: 1. Format a blank disk. See your DOS manual for instructions on how to do this. 2. Place the original DiskDupe disk in the B: drive and put your blank formatted disk in the A: drive and type COPY B:DISKDUPE.* A: and press <ENTER>. 3. Start DiskDupe by typing DISKDUPE and pressing <ENTER>. 4. Pull down the Options menu by first pressing <ESC> and then pressing O and <ENTER>. Select the Temp File option by typing T and pressing <ENTER>. Keep pressing the <DEL> key to erase the Temp File name. Press the <ENTER> key to save the changes and then quit DiskDupe by selecting QUIT and press <ENTER>. Page 6 DISKDUPE TRIAL MANUAL CONFIGURATION Now that DiskDupe is installed, you need to tell it what type of disk drives your computer has. This is done in the Setup menu. To change the disk drive types, follow the instructions below: 1. Start DiskDupe by typing CD \DISKDUPE and pressing <ENTER>. Then type DISKDUPE and press <ENTER>. 2. Press the <RIGHT> arrow key until the menu cursor is over the SETUP choice and press <ENTER>. 3. Choose the disk drive you want to change by using the <UP> and <DOWN> arrow keys and then pressing <ENTER>. A list of all available drive types will appear. Use the <UP> and <DOWN> arrow keys to select the correct type of drive that is in your computer and press <ENTER>. 4. Quit DiskDupe by pressing <ESC> then press the <RIGHT> arrow key until the menu cursor is over the QUIT choice and then press <ENTER>. Your changes will be saved. STARTING DISKDUPE To start DiskDupe, follow the instructions below: 1. Boot up your computer as usual until a C> prompt appears. 2. Type CD \DISKDUPE and press <ENTER>. 3. Type DISKDUPE and press <ENTER>. ADVANCED USERS: DiskDupe will search your PATH for its data file. This means that if the DiskDupe directory is included in your PATH, it can be started from any subdirectory on your hard drive. DISKDUPE SCREEN When you first start DiskDupe, the following screen will appear: Page 7 DISKDUPE TRIAL MANUAL Go Source Destination Type Setup Options Quit ╔┌──────────────┐══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║│ Duplicate │ ║ ║│ Copies │ ║ ║└──────────────┘ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ┌────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ │ Source= A: 5.25" 1.2Mb │ ║ ║ │ Destination= B: 5.25" 360k │ ║ ║ │ copy Type= 5.25" 360k │ ║ ║ │ copies= 10 │ ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ └────────────────────────────────┘ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ╟──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ DiskDupe Trial Version 3.2 "Heavy Duty Disk Duplication" ║ ║ Copyright (c) 1988-91 Micro System Designs, Inc. ║ ║ 4962 El Camino, Suite 204, Los Altos, CA 94022 (415) 964-2844 ║ ║ Serial Number : 111-222-333, Written by Max Dunn and Paul Perry ║ ╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ USING THE MENUS To move the menu cursor, you can use the <RIGHT>, <LEFT>, <UP> and <DOWN> arrow keys or type in the first letter of the menu choice. For instance to change the source disk, press the <RIGHT> arrow key once and press <ENTER>. Then press the <DOWN> key to select the B: drive. When you are ready to start duplicating disks, select DUPLICATE under the GO menu. To exit a menu or to stop duplicating disks, press the <ESC> key. After you are finished using DiskDupe, choose the QUIT option to exit DiskDupe and return to the DOS prompt. DISKDUPE FEATURES REGULAR COPIES Duplicate makes an exact copy of a disk. In its simplest form, you put the disk you want to duplicate in the Source drive, DiskDupe reads it and then writes out duplicates of this disk to the Page 8 DISKDUPE TRIAL MANUAL Destination drive. Since DiskDupe buffers the entire disk image in RAM memory and on your hard disk, the Source and Destination drives can be the same drive. RELAY If you want to make backup copies of a stack of floppy disks, the easiest way to do it is to use Relay. To use Relay, select RELAY from the SOURCE pull-down menu. Next, put a write protect tab on all of your master disks. To duplicate the disks, first insert a master disk with a write protect tab into the Destination drive. Choose DUPLICATE from the GO menu to read the next disk. Then insert a blank disk into the drive. Continue inserting as many blank disks as you want to make copies of. When you have made all the copies of this master disk you want, put the next master disk into the drive. DiskDupe will sense the write protect tab and realize that this is a new master disk. It will read it in like a new master disk. You can then continue the process for as long as you want. When you are finished making copies, press the <ESC> key. When using Relay, only the Destination drive will be used. Any Source drive previously set will be ignored. CAUTION: Be sure to put write protect tabs on all of your master disks. If you don't, they will be overwritten. FILE If you would like to store a disk image as a file on your hard disk, choose FILE from the Destination Menu and A: or B: as the source drive and then select Duplicate from the Go menu. This will create an image file on your hard disk which you can use to make duplicates without having to re-read the master disk. For instance, if you want to create a disk image file named DISK1, type DISK1.DDI. When you select Duplicate, the master disk will be read and the disk image file will be created. Image filenames all have the extension .DDI to distinguish them from other files. If you have previously created a disk image file you want to copy, select the filename of the disk from the Source, File menu. For instance, if you have a disk image file named DISK1.DDI, type in DISK1.DDI and the copies will be made from this disk image file. DiskDupe uses the file extension .DDI which stands for DiskDupe Image file. The program will accept any valid file created with any extension. The image file must have been created by DiskDupe. If you are not sure what the filename of the DDI file is, type *.DDI and press <ENTER>. A list will appear of all the available Page 9 DISKDUPE TRIAL MANUAL DDI files and you can use the arrow keys to select one. Press <ENTER> when the bar cursor is over the file you want to use. STANDBY DRIVE If you have two drives that support the same disk format (i.e two 5" drives or two 3" drives) you can choose the menu selection labeled A: & B: and called the Standby drive. Using it will save the time it normally takes to change the disk. The Standby drive works as follows: The master disk will be read from drive A:. While it is being read, you will put in a blank disk in drive B:. As soon as DiskDupe is finished reading from drive A:, it will start writing to the disk in drive B:. As it is writing to the disk in drive B:, you will put a blank disk in drive A:, then when the disk in drive B: is finished, DiskDupe will start writing to the disk in drive A:. This will continue until all the disks are copied. TYPE Set the copy type based on the type of the source disk. Normally this would be the same as the drive type. In the case of a 1.4Mb drive, however, you can set the copy type to either 3.5" 720k or 3.5" 1.4Mb disks depending on what type of disk you are trying to copy. NOTE: Although you can duplicate 360k disks in a 5.25", 1.2Mb drive, it is not recommended. The 5.25", 1.2Mb drives write a smaller track than usual so they do not make very good 360k duplicates. If you are doing a direct conversion, set the copy type to the type of the source disk. For instance, if you are copying a 5.25" 360k disk to a 3.5" 720 disk, set the copy type to 5.25" 360k. If you are copying from an image file, be sure to set the copy type to the type of the image file. FORMAT OPTION The Format and Verify options are used to help speed up the disk duplicating time. If you always use new disks when making copies, go to FORMAT under the OPTIONS menu, press <ENTER> and then select ALWAYS. This will save a few seconds that DiskDupe normally takes to identify that a disk is blank and shift into Format mode. When Format is set to ALWAYS, a 360k disk will take less than 58 seconds to duplicate. If, however, you sometimes use disks that are pre-formatted, you can save a lot of time by setting FORMAT to ONLY IF NECESSARY. Page 10 DISKDUPE TRIAL MANUAL This will skip the format step on disks that have been pre- formatted. You can use this option even if you use a combination of pre-formatted and new disks because DiskDupe will still sense when a disk is new and automatically shift into format mode for that disk. VERIFY OPTION If you are confident that the disks you have pre-formatted have not been subsequently damaged, you can also set VERIFY to ONLY AFTER FORMAT. On pre-formatted disks this can cut the duplicating time on a 360k disk down to less than 16 seconds per disk. Be aware, however, that if the disks have been damaged after they were formatted (for instance, someone accidently touched the floppy disk surface), DiskDupe will probably not detect this damage if VERIFY is set to ONLY AFTER FORMAT. Duplicating times for pre-formatted disks when Verify is set to ALWAYS are still fairly quick. TEMP FILE The Temp File is the file on your hard disk where DiskDupe stores any part of the disk image that will not fit in memory. If you have at least 640k of RAM memory in your computer and are duplicating 360k disks, the entire disk will fit in memory and will not have to be buffered. If however, you are duplicating another type of disk or don't have as much memory, part of the disk will be buffered to this file. DiskDupe will only store the parts of the disk with data on it. For instance, if you are duplicating a disk that is only half full, only that half of the disk that has data on it will be stored. Note: If files have been erased from a disk, DiskDupe may be fooled into thinking that there is more data on the disk than there really is. To help DiskDupe work most efficiently, it is best to use a newly formatted disk as your master disk. AUTOMATIC DISK SENSING DiskDupe automatically senses when you change disks without having to touch the keyboard. This will speed up your duplication and also eliminate errors. To sense a disk change, DiskDupe needs to keep the drive on. So when DiskDupe alerts you, it is okay to change the disk even though the drive light is still on. Page 11 DISKDUPE TRIAL MANUAL DIRECT CONVERSIONS DiskDupe allows you to copy directly from a 5" disk to a 3" disk. Since it does this with a track by track copy, all volume labels, subdirectories and hidden files will be copied. You can also use this direct conversion feature to copy from any lower density disk to a higher density disk. That means you can copy a 3", 720k disk to a 5", 1.2Mb disk. However, you can't copy a higher density disk to a lower density disk, even if the higher density disk is almost empty. When copying from a lower density disk to a higher density disk, there will be some space left over on the higher density disk. For instance, when copying from a 5", 360k disk to a 3", 720k disk, only half of the 3" disk will be used. BAD DISK ALARM DiskDupe sounds an alarm when it encounters a bad disk and ask you to press the <ENTER> key. This alerts you that there is a bad disk to make sure you don't accidently put it in the good disk pile. MAXIMUM SPEED There are several ways you can optimize the speed of the copies made with DiskDupe. CLEAN MASTER DiskDupe works faster when the master disk is "clean". This means that the master disk was formatted before any files were copied to it. Using a clean disk, DiskDupe is able to sense which part of the disk has valid data on it and only duplicate that part of the disk. If you have a master disk which has had many different files copied to it and then erased, DiskDupe will have to duplicate the entire disk even though all of the disk might not contain real data. To make a clean master disk, first format a disk. Then use the DOS COPY command to copy the necessary files onto this newly formatted disk. This disk can now be used as your clean master disk. Page 12 DISKDUPE TRIAL MANUAL DUPLICATING TIMES The following table lists the maximum time it takes DiskDupe to duplicate a 360k disk. If the source disk is not completely full, the duplicating times will be faster than this. Disks copied in one hour using DiskDupe. All these times assume that it takes two seconds to change the disk. 360K 1.2Mb 720K 1.4MB ____________________________________________________________ Blank Disks 62 38 32 32 Pre-formatted/verify 106 65 55 55 Pre-formatted 200 126 106 106 Notice how much time you can save if you use pre-formatted disks. FORMAT AND VERIFY OPTIMIZATION 1. Pre-format the disks. This can be done by copying from a blank formatted disk. The disks will be formatted and verified and any bad disks will be rejected. You can format disks at any time that is convenient. 2. Use these pre-formatted disks later when you make copies. Make sure that FORMAT is set to ONLY IF NECESSARY and VERIFY is set to ONLY AFTER FORMAT on the SETUP menu. 3. If you are nervous about not verifying the disk after you write to it, set the VERIFY option to ALWAYS. This will increase the duplicating times but will re-verify the entire disk. BATCH FILES Most DiskDupe parameters can be entered from the DOS command line. This allows you to create DOS batch files to automate the use of DiskDupe. COMMAND LINE You can enter all the information on the DOS command line that you would normally have to enter by using the DiskDupe menus. Here is an example: DISKDUPE A: B: /C10 /DUP This will start DiskDupe with A: as the source drive and B: as the destination drive and will make 10 copies. The /DUP statement Page 13 DISKDUPE TRIAL MANUAL instructs DiskDupe to start duplicating and then return to DOS without stopping at the menus. This is useful if you want to use DiskDupe in a batch file. The A: is the Source and can be a drive, a filename or the word RELAY. The B: is the Destination and can be a drive or a filename. To use a standby drive, use AB: like DISKDUPE D1 AB: The /C10 sets the number of copies to 10. The /C is called a switch. There are many different switches you can use. You can use as many or as few switches as you want. The next section lists all the switches. COMMAND LINE SWITCHES /C Allows you to set the number of copies Example: /C10 Set 10 copies. /DUP Starts duplicating without pausing at the menus and returns to DOS when finished. /FA Sets the option for formatting to ALWAYS. /FO Sets the option for formatting to ONLY WHEN NECESSARY. /VA Sets the option for verifying to ALWAYS. /VO Sets the option for verifying to ONLY AFTER FORMAT. /T Sets the Type of copy being made. 5X360 Specifies a 5.25" 360K copy (Low Density) 5X12 Specifies a 5.25" 1.2M copy (High Density) 3X720 Specifies a 3.5" 720K copy (Low density) 3X14 Specifies a 2.5" 1.4M copy (High Density) Example: /T5X360 Specifies a 360k copy. /S Sets the type of installed drive. For drive, use one of the following: A:, B: For setup information, use one of the following: 5X360, 5X12, 3X720, 3X14, 5X600, 3X600 Example: /SA:5X12 Specifies the A: drive is a 1.2M High Density drive /TF Allows the user to set the option for the temporary file. Example: /TFDISKDUPE.TMP Sets the temporary file to DISKDUPE.TMP Page 14 DISKDUPE TRIAL MANUAL BATCH FILE EXAMPLE You can combine DiskDupe commands into DOS batch files to automate sequences of tasks. The following is a batch file that reads in a source disk and creates a disk image file and makes 10 duplicates. DISKDUPE B: DISK1 /DUP IF ERRORLEVEL 1 GOTO END DISKDUPE DISK1 B: /C10 /DUP :END Notice that you can test if there was a problem using the ERRORLEVEL command. An ERRORLEVEL of one or greater indicates that there was an error. Page 15 DISKDUPE TRIAL MANUAL TROUBLE SHOOTING COMMON PROBLEMS PROBLEM: After I copy a disk using DiskDupe and then try to do a DIR on it, I get an error reading the disk. ANSWER: Take the disk out of the drive. Type <CTRL-C> several times and put the disk back in. QUESTION: I keep getting a TIMEOUT error when I use DiskDupe on my IBM PS/2 computer. ANSWER: DiskDupe does not currently support the PS/2 line of computers. QUESTION: I am trying to copy 360k disks on my AT type computer and it is not working. ANSWER: Make sure you have your A: drive set up correctly (usually as a 1.2Mb drive) and that the copy type is set to 360k. TECHNICAL SUPPORT DiskDupe is backed by a technical support system designed to offer you fast, courteous service. If you need assistance beyond what the manual can provide call us at 415-964-2844. 30/60/75 SUPPORT PLAN -30- After you return your registration card, you will receive 30 minutes of free technical support. -60- Any time remaining from your first call may be used within 60 days. -75- Technical support after that is 75 cents per minute. Page 16 DISKDUPE TRIAL MANUAL OUR PRODUCTS If you are interested in further automating your disk production, Micro System Designs offers other products to help you. DISKDUPE Duplicates, formats and compares 5" and 3" disks in one pass including high density formats. Duplicates up to 200 disks per hour. Uses Relay to duplicate lots of master disks. Can store images on hard disk, Automatically formats disks, flags bad disks, has batch automation, and uses pull down menus. DISKDUPE PRO All features of DiskDupe Standard plus adds support for up to four floppy drives and double speed drives, copies individual files using RamboDisk, makes sets of disks, has the Track Range option and can serialize disks. DISKDUPE AUTO All features of DiskDupe Standard plus works with any Mountain, Ventuno or compatible auto-loader for automated disk duplicating, formatting and comparing. Automatically sends bad disks to the reject bin. DISKDUPE AUTO PRO All features of DiskDupe Pro plus works with any Mountain, Ventuno or compatible auto-loader for automated disk duplicating, formatting and comparing. Automatically sends bad disks to the reject bin. AUTOLOAD If you have an auto-loader, AutoLoad allows you to use your auto- loader and a hard disk backup program (like FastBack) to automatically back up your hard disk. It also allows you use an auto-loader with your own program, even if your program doesn't directly support one. DISKMACHINE If you don't have an auto-loader, you might be interested in the DiskMachine package. This includes an auto-loader, DiskDupe Auto and the AutoLoad software in a complete package. Page 17 DISKDUPE REGISTRATION FORM Send to: Micro System Designs, Inc. 4962 El Camino, Suite 204 Version 3.2 Trial Los Altos, CA 94022 (415) 964-2844 Phone Serial # ____________ (415) 964-4529 Fax YES! I want to register my copy of DiskDupe. 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