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Welcome to TSUtil 1.2
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This README.1ST file contains information about TSUtil.
The purpose of this program is to provide a simple, yet powerful,
way to partition and/or format your hard drive(s).
It has full support for a second hard drive.
DEFINITION: Cluster - is the minimum allocation unit for files
on your PC using DOS. That means that even a 1 byte
file you store on hard disk, will occupy 1 cluster.
Cluster size is defined in terms of number of
sectors(DOS default is 4 or 8), and is established
when you format your partition.
While other utilities(like DOS FORMAT), select a default
cluster size based on partition size, TSUtil gives you a unique
option, to select this size at your own choice.
By selecting the size of the cluster to best fit the size of
your files in that partition, you may improve very much the
speed of your PC, when read/write files.
Example:
Lets suppose you create a partition where you plan to store
some huge data base files, created by a data base manager or
a spreadsheet program. You may end up with 3, 4, 5 files
everyone having Megas of bytes in size. If your partition was
formatted with 'Format' command from DOS, then every file will
be store in thousands of clusters(with 4 sectors/cluster). Now,
if you use TsUtil and format the partition with 32 or 64
sectors/cluster the number of clusters used to store the file
will be reduced to 10, 20 maybe 100. This can make a big
difference in terms of I/O speed.
Enclosed is a file called "REFRESH.EXE". If you are running
MS-DOS VER 3.3 then, this file has to run every time you
start you computer. Failing to do so, may result in loss of
data on drive(s) formatted with a bigger cluster size.
If you run MS-DOS VER 5.0 then you do not need to run
this program. For your convenience, "REFRESH.EXE" can be
used to increase cluster size on RAMDrives (if installed).
To do so run:
"REFRESH.EXE s1 s2 s3"
Where 's1','s2','s3' can be: 16,32 or 64
TSUtil.ZIP contains following files:
TSUTIL.EXE - The program itself
TSDSK.DSK - Color/Desktop map file;
TSHELP.HLP - Help file;
REFRESH.EXE
README.1ST - this file;
Hints:
1. Put all five files on the same
directory (suppose: C:\UTILS);
2. Add following line to your
AUTOEXEC.BAT file:
SET TS=C:\UTILS
Another capability of TSUtil is a full powered
"File Handler", which let you organize you disk(s) (Floppy
or Hard Disk(s)) very easy. You can view(Text and Hex mode),
edit, copy, delete, change files attribute etc, with a few
key strokes or a click of the mouse.
Finally, enclosed is code to detect and destroy "viruses".
This option let you keep your computer, clean.
TSUtil has a windows_like interface with pull down
and pop up menus, dialog boxes, etc, and has full mouse
support.
NOTE: 1. This programs require an IBM PC
or 100% IBM compatible computer
AND DOS 3.3 or higher. It needs
at least 300 K of memory to run
(640 is desired).
2. Extensive tests had been done
only with DOS 3.3, 5.0 and 6.0.
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY
THIS SOFTWARE IS SOLD "AS IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES AS TO
PERFORMANCE OR ANY OTHER WARRANTIES WHETHER EXPRESSED OR
IMPLIED. BECAUSE OF VARIOUS HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE ENVIRONMENTS
INTO WHICH THIS PROGRAM MAY BE PUT, NO WARRANTY OF FITNESS FOR
A PARTICULAR PURPOSE IS OFFERED. THE USER MUST ASSUME THE
ENTIRE RISK OF USING THE PROGRAM. NEITHER THE AUTHOR NOR ANYONE
ELSE INVOLVED IN CREATING, PRODUCING OR SELLING OF THIS PROGRAM,
SHELL BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THIS PROGRAM.
Register Information
This product is a shareware. The registration fee is $24.95 and
when you register your copy, you will be regularly notified of
future updates AND they are free. Also, after registration
you will receive free support.
To register your copy, please follow the instructions on
CompuServe, or send check or money order for the above amount
to:
George Tihenea
PO Box 1553
Manchester, NH 03105-1553
TSUtil was written in Borland Pascal 7.0 and Turbo Vision.
If you send $39.95 when you register your copy, you will
receive libraries (INTERFACES & '.TPU' files) with most of low
level procedures and functions used in this program. Among
them you will find functions to read/write sectors using DOS or
BIOS interrupt calls. You can use them in your programs.
Some sources also available.
For any contact or help with TsUtil please use e-mail on
CompuServe(CS_ID: 74660,1613), or write to the above address.