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  1. word proc       create & edit files even while running programs
  2. directory       sort etc. & prune & graft subdirectories
  3. copy            like sweep
  4. move            like copy but deletes old
  5. compare         *
  6. find            find string in file group
  7. rename          file or volume
  8. delete          delete file group
  9. verify          file(s), or disk
  10. view/edit       byte editor
  11. undelete        unerase
  12. attribute       display & modify status & time stamp
  13. sort            name ext size d&t
  14. mapping         display allocation of sectors
  15. system info     *
  16. print           *
  17. locate          search all directories for file
  18. initialize      format
  19. park            don't use on self parking drive
  20. compress        analyse for fragmentation & optionally correct
  21. pcbackup        make archival backups
  22. pcrestore       restore from pcbackup
  23. pc-cache        *
  24. pc-format       creates disks that can be unformatted by rebuild
  25. mirror/rebuild  recover from accidental format of harddisk &
  26.                 improve recover possibilities
  27. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  28. hard disk setup
  29.    execute pcsetup & follow prompts
  30. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  31. invocation: PCTOOLS [/BW] [/RnnnK] [/Fn] [/Od]
  32.                   |   |       |      |     |- OC force an overlay, even over
  33.  no parms=nonresident |       |      |           sized to drive C
  34.                       |       |      |-n function key to activate pctools
  35.                       |       |          default = ctrl esc
  36.                       |       |- 70 10 meg disk; 75/20, 80/30 or more
  37.                       |- black & white
  38. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  39. MAIN PROGRAM
  40.      F1 - unselect files
  41.      F2 - switch directory format
  42.      F10- change path
  43.  
  44.      F3 - D   directory maintenance - rename, remove, create
  45.                                     - prune & graph subdirectories
  46.         - copy, move, compare, find, rename, delete, verify,
  47.         - word processor F2 - save
  48.                          F3 - search
  49.                          F4 - search & replace
  50.                          F5 - select block  F6 - cut F7 - move F8 - paste
  51.                         F10 - show carriage returns in file
  52.                         esc - exit word processor
  53.         - view/edit file or disk sectors
  54.                          F1 - hex/ASCII toggle
  55.                          F2 - c - request sector #
  56.                             - B - boot sector
  57.                             - F - fat sector
  58.                             - R - root directory
  59.                             - D - first data sector
  60.         - undelete - will use the tracking file if it exists
  61.                    - will undelete entire subdirectories
  62.         - attributes - standard type program
  63. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  64. MAPPING - invoked via F3 from File Functions Menu
  65.         - follow menu instructions
  66. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  67. INITIALIZE - format - especially valuable from memory resident
  68.            - follow prompts
  69. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  70. **** COMPRESS **** better name would be defragment
  71.         - compress [C:] [/BW] [/CU] [/CF] [/CC]
  72.                                             CC = full compression & zero out
  73.                                                  unused sectors
  74.                                       CF = full compression
  75.                                 CU = unfragment & minimum compression
  76.         * found it best to start without parms
  77.             options - 0 = set sort options
  78.                       1 = disk analysis -> file data
  79.                       2 = file analysis -> which files are fragmented
  80.                       3 = find & mark marginally ok clusters that DOS misses
  81.                       4 = is compression advisable ?
  82.                       5 = do compression **** REMOVE MEMORY RESIDENT PROGRAMS
  83.                                               BESIDES PCTOOLS FIRST !
  84.                                          **** AFTERWARDS REBOOT TO RESET THE
  85.                                               MIRROR IMMAGE FILES
  86.                                          **** CAN BE STOPPED VIA ESC
  87.                                          **** WILL NOT MOVE HIDDEN FILES
  88. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  89. BACKUP & RESTORE - requires minimum of 10 buffers in config.sys
  90.         pcbackup - total - all files
  91.                    partial - uset selected
  92.                    incremental - only modified files via M option switch
  93.              /NS - no subdirectories
  94.               /M - only those that have the archive bit tripped
  95.              /NO - won't run backup floppy drive continuoulsy
  96.              /DL - delete log - write over backup disks
  97.               /B - run from batch: all options must be on dos command line
  98.         pcbackup @\pctools\backup.opt [/options]
  99.                    - look for backup info in file
  100.                    - to back up files in certain area might look like:
  101.                         backup.opt
  102.                            PATH=\LOTUS FILES=*.WK1/NS
  103.                            PATH=\WORD  FILES=*.DOC/NS /M
  104.                    * DON'T USE PREVIOUS TOTAL BACKUP DISKS FOR NEW
  105.                    * DO NOT USE WITH DOS: JOIN, SUBST, ASSIGN
  106.                    * CANNOT BACKUP A SUBDIRECTORY IF ONLY SINGLE LETTER
  107.                    * BACKUP PARTITIONS SEPARATELY
  108. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  109. PCRESTORE
  110.          - best to use verify mode
  111.          - F1 all files   F8 restricts option
  112.            F2 only files in current SET option F8 same
  113.            F3 individual file
  114.               f1, f2 start at bar position
  115. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  116. MIRROR, REBUILD, PCFORMAT
  117. ****** WARNING ***** WARNING ***** USE ONLY IN EMERGENCY
  118.        USE ONLY AFTER ERASE *.*
  119.                       RECOVER *.*
  120.                       FORMAT
  121.  
  122. MIRROR - in autoexec.bat - MIRROR C: /TC    TC = TRACKING & DRIVE C
  123.        - in batch file   - WS.BAT       for most important items
  124.                               WS1
  125.                               MIRROR
  126.                               ^Z
  127. REBUILD - should never have to use it
  128.         - only use if hard disk formatted
  129.         - can be run even if MIRROR not run
  130.         - with MIRROR - rebuild c:
  131.                       - reboot
  132.                       - run dos  CHKDSK /F
  133.                       - ignore chkdsk errors; will self correct
  134.                       * data changes since last mirror will be lost
  135.         - no MIRROR   - REBUILD C: [/P] [/L] [?]
  136.                                               ? = help screen
  137.                                          /L = list files found to screen
  138.                                     /P = print files found
  139.                       - incomplete files will prompt for : truncate
  140.                                                            delete options
  141. PCFORMAT
  142.          PCFORMAT d: [/S] [/1] [/8] [/V] [/4] [/F] [/N:xx] [/Y:yy]
  143.                      d:   drive to format
  144.                      /S = transfer system to make disk bootable
  145.                      /1 = single side format
  146.                      /8 = formats for dos < 2.0
  147.                      /V = request version lable when done
  148.                      /4 = for 360 or 180k in high capacity drive
  149.                           not advisable
  150.                      /F = full format: read track, format track, rewrite
  151.                                        track. cleans up marginal sector ID's
  152.                      /N = xx is # sectors per track
  153.                      /T = yy is # tracks
  154.                       * normally only d:, /S, /V are used
  155. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  156. PC-CACHE
  157.       PC-CACHE [/Id /Id ...] [SIZE=nnnK]   [/MAX=nnn] [/EXTSTART=nnnnK]
  158.                              [SIZEXP=nnnK]
  159.                              [SIZEXT=nnnK]
  160.                /Id     = drives to be ignored
  161.                /SIZE   = standard memory; 64k default, 512 max
  162.                /SIZEXP = expanded memory size
  163.                /SIZEXT = extended memory (only on 286 & 386 processors)
  164.                /MAX    = sectors per read. 8-10 for some applications
  165.                                            too high uses all the buffers
  166.                /extstart = start location in extended memory
  167.                            must be greater than 1024
  168.                            * option ONLY required if other than vdisk used
  169.