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- NoErrors V1.3
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- by
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- Nic Wilson
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- Nic Wilson Software
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- Copyright 1988,1989
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- FEATURES OF NOERRORS V1.3
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- * Hides physical errors from your disk collection
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- * You can now use those 'Bad' disks
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- * 100% Machine Code for the fastest speed & smallest code.
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- * Totally written and updated regularly in Australia
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- * Supports Hard Disks or Floppy Disks
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- * Easy Gadget driven Intuition interface
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- REQUIREMENTS
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- Amiga 1000, 2000 or 500 with a minimum of 512k Ram.
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- 1 - 4 floppy drives
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- 1 or more Hard Drives optional
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- PAL or NTSC
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- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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- NoErrors is a trademark of Nic Wilson Software.
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- This manual was prepared using Word Perfect (A trademark of the
- Word Perfect Corporation, Utah, U.S.A.) on an Amiga 1000 and 500.
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- Amiga and AmigaDOS are trademarks of Commodore-Amiga Inc.
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- Nic Wilson Software would like to extend their appreciation to the
- following persons for their help in the production of NoErrors
- V1.3 and documentation.
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- Debbie Wilson - Proof reading, punctuation and patience
- Debi Sewell - Heaps of support, WordProcessing and graphics
- Warren Weber - Thanx for the company during many hours coding
- Donald Napper - For the great NoErrors icon
- John Rowe - For Artillery support in the war with Intuition
- Andre Lapointe - Many suggestions & constructive criticism
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- Any questions, comments, or problems please refer to-
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- Nic Wilson
- Nic Wilson Software
- 138D South St.
- Toowoomba, Qld.
- AUSTRALIA 4350
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- Phone-(076) 358539
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- INTRODUCTION
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- NoErrors is a simple to use, Gadget driven program. Its
- main function is to hide physical disk errors from floppy disks
- and hard disks, so these disks can then be used without DOS
- showing read/write errors.
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- Physical errors are actual hard errors on the disk surface.
- These errors will not format. On floppy disks this normally
- means that you throw the disk away. On some hard disks, you can
- remap these areas to good areas. However we have found that some
- commercial drives do no give you this function, so if your hard
- drive has an error, then bad luck you cannot use it successfully.
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- NoErrors overcomes this problem by allocating these areas to a
- file, and writing this file to the disk. DOS will never look at
- these areas unless specifically requested, but as the file name
- of the file is an unprintable character this will never occur.
- If you are using a file utility program, the file can be seen
- normally as the first file on the list with no name. Don't
- delete it or your errors will reappear.
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- NOTE!!
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- This program will only work successfully on a newly formatted
- disk. This can be done inside the program. Don't use it on a
- disk full of files, or we cannot guarantee its success.
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- THE MAIN WINDOW
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- Around the main window you will see twelve small rectangular
- boxes with various text in them. These boxes are status lights
- and show you what the program is currently doing.
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- In the middle of the screen is a small box with numerous rows.
- These show you information regarding the currently selected
- drive. This information will automatically update when a
- different drive gadget is selected.
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- USING THE NoErrors FUNCTIONS
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- NoErrors is totally Gadget driven. These gadgets are in a
- vertical row on the left of the screen. Each one is explained
- below, in order starting from the Gadget at the top of the
- screen.
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- START
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- This Gadget starts the Disk analysis routine. The selected
- drive will be scanned for errors. If any errors are found, they
- will be attached to a file and the file written to the disk.
- This will stop DOS from using those bad areas, as DOS will think
- that they are already used. Please note that you must only copy
- to this disk file at a time, so that this error file remains
- intact.
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- FORMAT
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- This Gadget performs two different functions, depending on
- whether the Verify Gadget is on or off. If the Verify Gadget is
- off, then this function will format and initialise the disk in
- the selected drive. It will not look for or check if the disk
- has any errors. It will automatically format with FastFile if
- necessary, it does not need to be told.
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- If the Verify Gadget is turned on, this function will format
- and verify the disk in the selected drive. It will take note of
- any errors found. When the format is complete, it will
- automatically attach them to a file and write the file to the
- disk. This saves you having to use the START function after
- formatting with verify.
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- VERIFY
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- Turn verification on or off. See the FORMAT function.
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- DH0: - DH3: , HD0: - HD1: , JH0: - JH1: , DF0 - DF3:
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- These Gadgets select the drive you wish to work with. The
- one that is selected will have a small red light aglow beside it.
- All other Gadgets will use this drive, when performing their
- various functions. If your hard drive is called other than one
- of the names shown, you must change the name of your hard drive
- in your MountList to reflect one of the names shown above.
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- POWER
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- This Gadget exits the NoErrors program.
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- HOW TO CONTACT NIC WILSON SOFTWARE
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- Where to reach us:
- Nic Wilson Software,
- 138D South Street,
- Toowoomba. QLD.
- AUSTRALIA, 4350.
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- Phone: (076) 358539 A/H
- (076) 358384 W/H Fax or Voice
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