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- dos 6 part 8
- Bogie #1 @3081
- Thu May 20 15:42:06 1993
- 0R: net33: @1021 (via @1) [20:42 05/18/93]
- 0R: net33: @1 (via @4) [07:35 05/18/93]
- ARTICLE-ID:Q94334
- TITLE :Using MS-DOS 6 Upgrade Fdisk Program with EXTDISK.SYS
-
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
- The information in this article applies to:
-
- - Microsoft MS-DOS operating system version 6.0
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Summary:
-
- If were using COMPAQ MS-DOS version 4.0 or later before you upgraded
- to MS-DOS 6.0, and you are using EXTDISK.SYS, you should use the
- COMPAQ version of the Fdisk program. If you were using COMPAQ MS-DOS
- version 3.31 or earlier before you upgraded to MS-DOS 6.0, and you are
- using EXTDISK.SYS, you should contact Compaq for an updated version of
- EXTDISK.SYS.
-
- More Information:
-
- Some COMPAQ systems use a driver called EXTDISK.SYS to access
- secondary disk drives. This driver is MS-DOS version dependent. If you
- use the MS-DOS version of Fdisk when EXTDISK.SYS is loaded, Fdisk
- displays incorrect drive letters for the hard disks attached to the
- second controller.
-
- Workaround
- ----------
-
- You can work around this problem by using the COMPAQ version of Fdisk.
- To install the old version of Fdisk:
-
- 1. Delete FDISK.EXE from the DOS directory.
-
- 2. Copy FDISK.* from your COMPAQ MS-DOS disks to your DOS directory.
- For example:
-
- copy a:\fdisk.* c:\dos
-
- 3. Add Fdisk to the SETVER.EXE version table for your version of
- COMPAQ MS-DOS. For example:
-
- setver fdisk.exe 4.0
-
- 4. Restart your computer.
-
- Note: You must use SETVER to tell EXTDISK.SYS that you are using a
- previous version of MS-DOS. For more information, query on the
- following words in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
-
- MS-DOS and SETVER and EXTDISK.SYS
-
- Additional reference words: 6.0
- -=-=-=-=-=-
- ARTICLE-ID:Q94335
- TITLE :DoubleSpace Installation Fails to Update SYSTEM.INI File
-
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
- The information in this article applies to:
-
- - Microsoft MS-DOS operating system version 6.0
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Summary:
-
- If you have multiple installations of Windows on your hard drive,
- DoubleSpace may not correctly update the SYSTEM.INI file.
-
- More Information:
-
- Windows stores the location of the permanent swapfile in the [386enh]
- section of the SYSTEM.INI file. When you install DoubleSpace, it must
- find the SYSTEM.INI file and update the PermSwapDosDrive= setting to
- point to the correct drive. If you have multiple copies of Windows
- installed, or Windows is not in the path, DoubleSpace cannot find the
- SYSTEM.INI file.
-
- Workaround
- ----------
-
- To workaround this problem, edit the SYSTEM.INI file and change the
- drive letter for the PermSwapDosDrive= setting to the DoubleSpace host
- drive. For example, if Windows is installed on drive C: and you
- installed DoubleSpace, creating drive H:, you would need to edit you
- SYSTEM.INI file and change the PermSwapDosDrive=c to
- PermSwapDosDrive=h.
-
- Additional reference words: 6.00 dblspace
- -=-=-=-=-=-
- ARTICLE-ID:Q94336
- TITLE :How DoubleSpace Assigns the Host Drive Letter
-
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
- The information in this article applies to:
-
- - Microsoft MS-DOS operating system version 6.0
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Summary:
-
- When you install Microsoft DoubleSpace, the installation program
- normally leaves four unassigned drive letters between the last drive
- and the host drive. For example, if you have two drives (C and D), a
- RAM drive (E) and a network connection (F), DoubleSpace skips G, H, I,
- and J, and uses drive K for the host drive.
-
- If DoubleSpace detects Novell NetWare in memory, the host drive is
- assigned one letter less than the LASTDRIVE= command in the CONFIG.SYS
- file. If that drive letter is not available, then the host drive is
- assigned the next available drive letter.
-
- If you install DoubleSpace when device drivers that use drive letters
- are not loaded (CD-ROM drivers or RAMDrives) or your network software
- is not loaded, you may need to change the host drive letter. To do
- this:
-
- 1. Change to the host drive (for example H).
-
- 2. Use the ATTRIB command to change the file attribute on the
- DBLSPACE.INI file. For example:
-
- attrib h:\dblspace.ini -s -h -r
-
- 3. Edit the DBLSPACE.INI file with a text editor such as MS-DOS
- Editor.
-
- 4. Change the "LastDrive=" setting to the letter you want to be the
- host drive.
-
- 5. Change the first parameter in the "ActivateDrive=" line to the same
- letter you used in step 4.
-
- Warning: Do not change the second parameter (represented by "xx") in
- the following example:
-
- Before change: ActiveDrive=H,xx
- After change: ActiveDrive=D,xx
-
- Warning: If you use the incorrect drive letters when you edit the
- ActivateDrive= line in the DBLSPACE.INI file, the system may stop
- responding (hang) when you restart it.
-
- 6. Save your changes and exit the text editor.
-
- 7. Reset the System, Hidden, and Read-Only attributes on the
- DBLSPACE.INI file. For example:
-
- attrib h:\dblspace.ini +s +h +r
-
- 8. Restart your computer (press CTRL+ALT+DEL).
-
- Additional reference words: 6.00 dblspace
- -=-=-=-=-=-
- ARTICLE-ID:Q96555
- TITLE :INTERLNK.EXE Doesn't Work with Xircom PPX and Pocket Adapter
-
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
- The information in this article applies to:
-
- - Microsoft MS-DOS operating system version 6.0
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Summary:
-
- Interlnk does not work properly with the Xircom Parallel Port
- Multiplexor (PPX) unless it is on the logical port assigned the
- hardware interrupt. Since only one of the two logical ports can be
- assigned the hardware interrupt and the Xircom Pocket Adapter must be
- on the port assigned the hardware interrupt, you cannot use both
- INTERLNK.EXE and the Xircom Pocket Adapter at the same time.
-
- More Information:
-
- By setting up a MS-DOS 6 multiple-configuration menu, you can start
- your computer with the appropriate configuration for either the Xircom
- Pocket Adapter or Interlnk.
-
- Note: This information also applies to Intersvr, which also requires
- the hardware interrupt.
-
- Additional reference words: 6.00 multi-config multiconfig
- -=-=-=-=-=-
- ARTICLE-ID:Q94356
- TITLE :CMOS Access Causes Dell 486D/50 to Hang with EMM386.EXE
-
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
- The information in this article applies to:
-
- - Microsoft MS-DOS operating system version 6.0
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Summary:
-
- When you use the EMM386.EXE HIGHSCAN switch, Dell 486D/50 machines may
- stop responding ("hang") when you attempt to access the CMOS (by
- pressing CTRL+ALT+ENTER).
-
- Workaround
- ----------
-
- To access your CMOS settings on a Dell 486D/50, restart (reboot) the
- computer and press the F5 key or press and hold down the SHIFT key to
- bypass all commands in your CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files. You can
- then access your CMOS settings by pressing CTRL+ALT+ENTER. When you
- have finished modifying your CMOS settings, restart the computer.
-
- More Information:
-
- The HIGHSCAN switch causes EMM386.EXE to scan the F000-F7FF upper
- memory range. On Dell 486D/50 machines, EMM386.EXE detects that this
- range is available. You should not have problems using this range on
- the Dell 486D/50 except when you attempt to access the CMOS.
-
- Additional reference words: 6.0 6 6.00 DX2 processor freeze lock up
- -=-=-=-=-=-
- ARTICLE-ID:Q96556
- TITLE :MS-DOS: How to Return to Main Menu from Multi-Config Submenu
-
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
- The information in this article applies to:
-
- - Microsoft MS-DOS operating system version 6.0
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Summary:
-
- If you are in a multiple-configuration submenu, you can return to the
- main menu by pressing the BACKSPACE key.
-
- Additional reference words: 6.0- multi-config multiconfig back space
- menus startup start up submenu sub-menu
- -=-=-=-=-=-
- ARTICLE-ID:Q96557
- TITLE :MS-DOS: Boot-Sector Viruses on Compressed Drives
-
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
- The information in this article applies to:
-
- - Microsoft MS-DOS operating system version 6.0
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Summary:
-
- Boot-sector viruses are activated when you start your computer from
- the infected drive (usually drive C) and alter MS-DOS startup code
- located in the boot sector of your hard disk. DoubleSpace drives do
- not actually have MS-DOS startup code to corrupt; however, if a virus
- is detected on a compressed drive, it is likely that the host drive is
- also infected.
-
- You can detect and clean viruses from all local drives by using the
- following command:
-
- msav /c /l
-
- More Information:
-
- Removing Viruses from Boot Sectors of Compressed Drives
- -------------------------------------------------------
-
- In addition to startup code, the boot sector of a hard disk contains
- information about the drive layout (including sizes of the drive, root
- directory, and file tables). Compressed drives hold this information
- in the boot sector; therefore, it is possible that a virus could
- corrupt this information.
-
- Which Boot Sector Is Executed During Startup?
- ---------------------------------------------
-
- If drive C is uncompressed, its boot sector is run during system
- startup. If drive C is compressed, the boot sector of its host drive
- is run.
-
- What the Boot Sector Does
- -------------------------
-
- The MS-DOS 5.0 and 6.0 boot sector startup code does the following:
-
- - Confirms that the system files (IO.SYS and MSDOS.SYS) are the
- first two files in the root directory of the drive.
-
- - Loads and executes the first three sectors of the IO.SYS file.
-
- The boot sector is executed by the master boot record (MBR). If you
- have more than one partition, the MBR determines which one to run
- using the partition table.
-
- Additional reference words: 6.00 change
- -=-=-=-=-=-
- ARTICLE-ID:Q94357
- TITLE :Difference Between DEFRAG and DBLSPACE /DEFRAGMENT
-
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
- The information in this article applies to:
-
- - Microsoft MS-DOS operating system version 6.0
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Summary:
-
- There are two ways to defragment a DoubleSpace drive. You can run
- DBLSPACE /DEFRAGMENT, or you can run Microsoft Defragmenter
- (DEFRAG.EXE).
-
- More Information:
-
- Files stored on a DoubleSpace drive become fragmented just as they do
- on a physical drive.
-
- Microsoft Defragmenter (DEFRAG.EXE) makes files contiguous as far as
- MS-DOS is concerned, so files are contiguous in virtual clusters. For
- example, a DoubleSpace drive would go from
-
- H:\DBLSPACE.000: [1213--542---132-2--113---4 ]
- C: [1123156-1-13-5-1-2-3-1521--123------- ]
-
- to this:
-
- H:\DBLSPACE.000: [1213--542---132-2--113---4 ]
- C: [111112222333344455556---------------- ]
-
- NOTE: In these examples, each number represents a piece of a file.
- For example, each 1 indicates a piece of file 1.
-
- DBLSPACE /DEFRAGMENT moves data within the compressed volume file
- (CVF), so that all the free space is at the end. Using the same
- example, the file would go from
-
- H:\DBLSPACE.000: [1213--542---132-2--113---4 ]
- C: [1123156-1-13-5-1-2-3-1521--123------- ]
-
- to this:
-
- H:\DBLSPACE.000: [121354213221134----------- ]
- C: [1123156-1-13-5-1-2-3-1521--123------- ]
-
- If you type DEFRAG to defragment a DoubleSpace drive, Defragmenter
- runs DBLSPACE /DEFRAGMENT when it has completed. Once both types of
- defragmentation have been done, the sample file would look like this:
-
- H:\DBLSPACE.000: [121354213221134----------- ]
- C: [111112222333344455556---------------- ]
-
- Note that files are contiguous on the virtual drive (drive C), but not
- within the CVF--free space is contiguous in both places.
-
- Additional reference words: 6.00
- -=-=-=-=-=-
- ARTICLE-ID:Q94358
- TITLE :MemMaker Err Msg with QEMM: 'Bad Command or Filename'
-
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
- The information in this article applies to:
-
- - Microsoft MS-DOS operating system version 6.0
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Summary:
-
- If you are using QEMM to load your files into upper memory and the
- FILES command has a plus (+) sign for a delimiter (for example,
- C:\QEMM\LOADHI /R:1 FILES+30), you will receive the following error
- message:
-
- Bad Command or Filename
-
- More Information:
-
- Using a plus sign as a delimiter is not standard for MS-DOS. If your
- QEMM command contains "FILES+nn", MemMaker returns the error message
- noted above.
-
- To work around the problem, remove the QEMM "FILES+nn" command from
- your AUTOEXEC.BAT file and use the "files=" setting in your CONFIG.SYS
- file to specify the number of open files. Run MemMaker again to ensure
- that you have the optimal memory configuration.
-
- Additional reference words: 6.00 handles
- -=-=-=-=-=-
- ARTICLE-ID:Q94377
- TITLE :MemMaker Cannot Process Files with More Than 511 Lines
-
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
- The information in this article applies to:
-
- - Microsoft MS-DOS operating system version 6.0
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Summary:
-
- If your CONFIG.SYS, AUTOEXEC.BAT, or SYSTEM.INI file has 512 or more
- lines, MemMaker displays the following error message:
-
- MemMaker cannot continue because the AUTOEXEC.BAT,
- CONFIG.SYS, or Windows SYSTEM.INI file is too long.
- The file must be less than 512 lines long
-
- * To undo MemMaker's changes, press ENTER.
-
- To work around this problem, exit MemMaker, reduce the size of the
- file that is causing the error, and restart MemMaker.
-
- More Information:
-
- You can use MS-DOS Editor to determine the length of a text file. For
- example:
-
- 1. Start MS-DOS Editor and load a text file such as AUTOEXEC.BAT. For
- example, type the following and press ENTER:
-
- EDIT \AUTOEXEC.BAT
-
- 2. Press CTRL+END.
-
- The number of lines in the text file is displayed in the
- lower-right corner of the screen.
-
- Additional reference words: 6.0
- -=-=-=-=-=-
- ARTICLE-ID:Q96558
- TITLE :MS-DOS 6 Setup Files Installs 80386- and 80486-Specific Files
-
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
- The information in this article applies to:
-
- - Microsoft MS-DOS operating system version 6.0
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Summary:
-
- MS-DOS 6.0 Setup installs files that are specific to 80386 and 80486
- processors even if your processor cannot use these files.
-
- You can delete the following files if you have an 8088 or 8086:
-
- File(s) Requires
- ------- --------
-
- HIMEM.SYS 80286 and more than 640 kilobytes (K) of RAM
- SMARTDRV.EXE HIMEM.SYS
- LOADFIX.COM Useful only if using DOS=HIGH
- MSTOOLS.DLL Windows 3.1 (or greater) in standard mode
- SMARTMON.* Windows 3.1 (or greater) in standard mode
- DBLWIN.HLP Windows 3.1 (or greater) in standard mode
-
- Files you can delete if you have an 8088, 8086, or 80286:
-
- File(s) Requires
- ------- --------
-
- EMM386.EXE 80386 or greater and HIMEM.SYS
- MEMMAKER.* 80386 or greater
- CHKSTATE.SYS 80386 or greater (used by MEMMAKER.EXE)
- VFINTD.386 Windows 3.0 (or greater) in 386 enhanced mode
- WINA20.386 Windows 3.0 (or greater) in 386 enhanced mode
- MONOUMB.386 Windows 3.0 (or greater) in 386 enhanced mode
-
- Additional reference words: 6.00
- -=-=-=-=-=-
- ARTICLE-ID:Q96560
- TITLE :POWER.EXE and Advanced Power Management (APM) Support
-
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
- The information in this article applies to:
-
- - Microsoft MS-DOS operating system version 6.0
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Summary:
-
- You can install the Power program (POWER.EXE) even if your BIOS does
- not support the Advanced Power Management (APM) specification. After
- you install POWER.EXE in the CONFIG.SYS file, the POWER command
- (without any switches) provides status information.
-
- On systems without APM support, POWER displays the following:
-
- Power Management Status
- -----------------------
-
- Setting = ADV:REG
- CPU: idle 90% of the time
-
- On systems with APM support, POWER displays the following additional
- information reported by the BIOS:
-
- Power Management Status
- -----------------------
-
- Setting = ADV:REG
- CPU: idle 90% of the time
- AC Status: OFFLINE
- Battery status: High
- Battery life (%): 90
-
- More Information:
-
- POWER.EXE detects whether your system has an APM-compliant BIOS and
- then adapts accordingly.
-
- When POWER.EXE detects that your system is idle, it saves power by
- issuing a CPU HALT instruction. HALT stops CPU execution until the
- next hardware interrupt occurs (this is usually the timer interrupt,
- which occurs 52 times per second). On systems without an APM-compliant
- BIOS, testing reveals a 5% power savings.
-
- If your system has an APM-compliant BIOS, POWER.EXE communicates with
- the BIOS. Depending on the frequency of the idle signals from POWER,
- the APM-compliant BIOS can save power by shutting down the display or
- hard disk, switching the processor to a slower speed, or suspending
- the system entirely.
-
- Additional reference words: 6.00 five percent
- -=-=-=-=-=-
- ARTICLE-ID:Q96562
- TITLE :Running Windows 3.1 with Advanced Power Management Systems
-
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
- The information in this article applies to:
-
- - Microsoft MS-DOS operating system version 6.0
- - Microsoft Windows operating system version 3.1
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Summary:
-
- If are running Windows 3.1 on a system with BIOS chips that support
- advanced power management (APM), select MS-DOS System With APM as the
- computer type in Windows Setup. This allows Windows power management
- services take over power management from POWER.EXE. On computers
- without APM support, you can safely run POWER.EXE with Windows.
-
- Additional reference words: 6.00 3.10
- -=-=-=-=-=-
- ARTICLE-ID:Q94383
- TITLE :Error Copying Files with Interlnk on Stacker Volume
-
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
- The information in this article applies to:
-
- - Microsoft MS-DOS operating system version 6.0
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Summary:
-
- Using Interlnk's INTERSVR command on a volume that has been compressed
- using Stacker version 2.0 may fail if INTERSVR incorrectly calculates
- the amount of free disk space. If this is the case and you attempt to
- copy a file to the compressed volume, you will receive the following
- error message:
-
- Error writing drive <drive>:
-
- More Information:
-
- When you run INTERSVR on a compressed Stacker volume, Interlnk may
- incorrectly calculate the amount of free disk space on the server
- machine. Although the DIR command (when issued locally) may report
- little or no free disk space, the DIR command issued through Interlnk
- may report several megabytes of free disk space.
-
- This may potentially cause data corruption, but a reproducible case
- hasn't been found.
-
- This problem occurs with Stacker; this problem does not occur with
- Microsoft DoubleSpace.
-
- Stacker is manufactured by STAC Electronics, a vendor independent
- of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding
- this product's performance or reliability.
-
- Additional reference words: 6.0 3rdparty dblspace
- -=-=-=-=-=-
- ARTICLE-ID:Q96563
- TITLE :How MS-DOS 6 Upgrade Setup Handles NT Flexboot
-
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
- The information in this article applies to:
-
- - Microsoft MS-DOS operating system version 6.0
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Summary:
-
- Microsoft Windows NT has a Flexboot feature that allows you to choose
- the operating system you want to start: Windows NT or MS-DOS. This
- feature is controlled by the Windows NT custom master boot record
- (MBR), which calls NTLDR when you start your computer. NTLDR then
- loads a menu for you to choose which operating system to start. If you
- choose MS-DOS, a hidden file called BOOTSECT.DOS is read to start
- MS-DOS.
-
- More Information:
-
- If Setup detects NTLDR and BOOTSECT.DOS, it does not update the MBR,
- thus preserving Flexboot.
-
- Additional reference words: 6.00
- -=-=-=-=-=-
- ARTICLE-ID:Q96564
- TITLE :Installing MS-DOS 6 Upgrade over OS/2 Boot Manager
-
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
- The information in this article applies to:
-
- - Microsoft MS-DOS operating system version 6.0
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Summary:
-
- The setup program for MS-DOS 6 Upgrade preserves command line driven
- dual-boot programs but disables boot sector driven (that is,
- menu-displayed) dual-boot schemes. Therefore, Setup disables OS/2 Boot
- Manager versions 2.0 and 2.1; however, this feature can easily be
- restored.
-
- More Information:
-
- Boot Sector Driven Dual-Boot Programs
- -------------------------------------
-
- Microsoft OS/2 version 1.1 and Compaq OS/2 version 1.2 are the only
- versions that use the boot sector driven dual-boot feature. With these
- schemes, the boot sector loads a menu from which you choose the
- operating system you want to start. MS-DOS 6 Setup overwrites this
- information, thus disabling OS/2; you must reinstall OS/2 to enable
- this feature.
-
- Command Line Driven Dual-Boot Programs
- --------------------------------------
-
- Other OS/2 versions, which use a command line driven dual-boot program
- (BOOT /OS2 or BOOT /DOS), are unaffected by MS-DOS 6 Setup.
-
- OS/2 Versions 2.0 and 2.1
- -------------------------
-
- In OS/2 versions 2.0 and 2.1, OS/2 Boot Manager displays a menu from
- which you choose the operating system you want to start. OS/2 Boot
- Manager is controlled by a 1-megabyte (MB) partition on the boot disk.
- MS-DOS 6 Setup disables this partition by making the file allocation
- table (FAT) partition active. To enable OS/2 Boot Manager, use the
- Fdisk program to reactivate the 1-MB non-MS-DOS partition.
-
- Additional reference words: 6.00
- -=-=-=-=-=-
- ARTICLE-ID:Q94384
- TITLE :Err Msg: MSBACKUP Program Files Must Be Located On Hard Disk
-
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
- The information in this article applies to:
-
- - Microsoft MS-DOS operating system version 6.0
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Summary:
-
- If you try to run Microsoft Backup from a floppy disk to restore files to a
- hard disk drive, the following error message is displayed:
-
- MSBACKUP program files must be located on your hard disk.
- You cannot start MSBACKUP from a floppy disk.
-
- To restore files to a hard disk drive that does not have MS-DOS 6.0
- installed, use the following steps:
-
- 1.Insert Disk 1 of the MS-DOS 6.0 disk set in your floppy disk drive. Type
- "setup/m" (without the quotation marks) and press ENTER to install a
- minimal installation.
-
- 2.Remove Disk 1 from your floppy disk drive and restart the computer.
-
- 3.Replace Disk 1, type "setup/e" (without the quotation marks) to install
- optional components.
-
- You can now run Microsoft Backup from the DOS subdirectory and restore
- files.
-
- Additional reference words: 6.00
- -=-=-=-=-=-
- ARTICLE-ID:Q96593
- TITLE :Why DoubleSpace Leaves 2 Megabytes Free on the Host Drive
-
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
- The information in this article applies to:
-
- - Microsoft MS-DOS operating system version 6.0
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Summary:
-
- When you compress an existing drive, DoubleSpace leaves approximately
- 2 megabytes free on the host drive. This space is reserved for files
- that DoubleSpace needs when rebooting during the compress-in-place
- (CIP) process. The following files are stored on the host drive during
- the CIP process:
-
- COMMAND.COM
- DBLSPACE.BIN
- DBLSPACE.EXE
- DBLSPACE.HLP
- DBLSPACE.INI
- DEFRAG.EXE
-
- DoubleSpace also stores copies of the AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS
- files on the uncompressed portion of the host drive as follows:
-
- AUTOEXEC.000
- CONFIG.000
-
- Note: If there are already AUTOEXEC.000 or CONFIG.000 files on the
- host drive, DoubleSpace uses 001 for the file extension. If that
- filename is used, DoubleSpace uses 002, and so forth.
-
- DoubleSpace uses these files if you restart your computer during a CIP
- process. These files are also used when you create a new DoubleSpace
- drive or change the size of an existing DoubleSpace drive.
-
- The unused portion of the 2 megabytes of reserved space is used during
- the CIP process.
-
- Additional reference words: 6.00
- -=-=-=-=-=-
- ARTICLE-ID:Q93434
- TITLE :MemMaker Copies HIMEM.SYS and EMM386.EXE to C:\DOS
-
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
- The information in this article applies to:
-
- - Microsoft MS-DOS operating system version 6.0
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Summary:
-
- When you run MemMaker, and you have MS-DOS installed on a drive other
- than your startup (boot) drive (which is usually drive C), MemMaker
- creates a DOS directory on the startup drive and copies the following
- files to that directory:
-
- - MEMMAKER.EXE
- - MEMMAKER.HLP
- - MEMMAKER.INF
- - EMM386.EXE
- - HIMEM.SYS
- - CHKSTATE.SYS
- - SIZER.EXE
-
- During the optimization process, it also creates MEMMAKER.STS.
-
- Note: The original startup drive might not be drive C if you have a
- program such as Stacker from Stac Electronics.
-
- More Information:
-
- For example, if your DOS directory is located on your D drive,
- MemMaker creates C:\DOS, copies the files listed above to that
- directory, and changes the DEVICE= statements in the CONFIG.SYS file
- to point to drive C to ensure that the files are found when MemMaker
- restarts the system. MemMaker copies these files to the startup drive
- because MemMaker moves the device= statements for HIMEM.SYS AND
- EMM386.EXE to the top of the CONFIG.SYS file. Because these files are
- then loaded before any devices that might perform drive swapping,
- MemMaker must be sure it can find the files it needs to optimize your
- system's memory.
-
- MemMaker does not remove these files after it has completed its
- optimization. To remove these changes, edit the CONFIG.SYS file and
- make sure the device= lines for HIMEM.SYS and EMM386.EXE point to the
- drive that contains your full MS-DOS directory. You can then safely
- delete the C:\DOS directory.
-
- Additional reference words: 6.0
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- ARTICLE-ID:Q96603
- TITLE :Balancing Power Conservation and Performance with POWER.EXE
-
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- The information in this article applies to:
-
- - Microsoft MS-DOS operating system version 6.0
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-
- Summary:
-
- The Power program (POWER.EXE) monitors keyboard polling and the
- Application Idle interrupt to determine if a system is idle; it
- monitors use of the hard disk, video functions, and MS-DOS functions
- to determine if a system is busy.
-
- POWER.EXE may incorrectly determine that your machine is idle if you
- are using communication programs, computation-intensive programs, or
- other programs that infrequently access the hard disk. When POWER.EXE
- detects that the system is idle, it halts or slows down the CPU, which
- adversely affects application performance if your machine is not truly
- idle.
-
- More Information:
-
- With the ADV[:MIN|REG|MAX] command line switch, you can indicate
- whether your higher priority is power savings or application
- performance. Specifically, the ADV parameter controls the keyboard
- polling detection. If application performance is suffering because of
- false idle detections, you can use the ADV:MIN option to trigger fewer
- false idle detections. However, this option provides minimal power
- savings when your machine is idle. The ADV:MAX option provides maximum
- power savings but increases the chances of false idle detections. The
- default setting is ADV:REG, which balances power conservation with
- performance.
-
- Type "power" (without the quotation marks and without any parameters)
- at the MS-DOS command prompt to determine the current settings.
-
- Additional reference words: 6.00