============================================================================= Restore Card User's Manual ============================================================================= NOTE ============ 1.Before entering in the Supervisor Mode, install new software, or execute backup function, please make sure it is virus free. 2.The Restore Card will use at least 5KB of main memory when using [Instant Restoration] under User Mode (depending on actual conditions), and 1KB in other instances. [Backup Restoration] and [No Restoration] use absolutely no memory at all. 3.After installing the Restore Card, anti-virus programs are not necessary. You need to make sure there are no viruses when you are managing or updating the partition in [Supervisor Mode]. Some anti-virus programs operate much like viruses and may cause conflicts with the Restore Card. (Making the Restore Card think there is a boot virus.) ================================================================================ Contents ========================== 0. PC System Requirements 1. First time installation Useful Hotkeys 2. Express Installation 3. Custom Installation 3.1 Steps of Custom Installation 3.2 Hard Disk Partitioning 3.3 Install OS 3.1 Boot menu 3.2 How to Install DOS and Windows 1. System partition for Instant Restoration (A) 2. System partition for Backup Restoration (B) 3. System partition for no Restoration (C) 3.3 How to install Linux 4. SETUP 4.1 Password Setup 1. Supervisor Password 2. Restore Password 4.2 Option 4.3 Disk 4.4 Tools 5. SNCOPY Instruction 5.1 How to use SNCOPY (Server less Network COPY) 5.2 LOGIN 5.3 SEND DATA 5.4 SEND COMMAND 6. FDISK 7. UPGRADE 8. UNINSTALL 9. ABOUT 10. FAQ (Frequency Asked Questions) ================================================================================ 0. PC System Requirements ==================================== l.80386 and above IBM compatible PC. 2.Minimum 500 Mega bytes of free HDD with LBA support. 3.32MB of Memory 4.One free PCI slot. 5.Color monitor Operating System Support ------------------------- 1.Instant Restore Mode (support DOS/Win3.1/95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP) 2.Backup Restore Mode (support DOS/ Win3.1/95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP/LINUX, FreeBSD, Venix, Amoeba, BBT...) 1. First time installation ==================================== The Restore Card Extra version may be installed three different ways. 1)Express Installation: Express Installation supplies an instant restore for OS Win95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP. All of the original data on the HDD may be preserved. 2)Custom Installation : Custom Installation supports multi-boot functions by using the built-in FDISK utility. Each partition may be setup with the preferred restore type and restore schedule. When choosing this installation type, if original data is not preserved, all data and partitions will be destroyed and the hard disk will need to be re-partitioned and formatted. 3)SNCOPY : SNCOPY is a built-in feature of the Restore Card. It enables you to image partitions, install software and to maintain an entire network of computers all at once. (TCP/IP network required) Useful Hotkeys --------------- (1) [F10] Enters "Setup Menu" (2) [CTRL]+[ENTER] Enters Instant Recovery Partition's "Supervisor Mode" (3) [CTRL]+[B] Executes the boot partition's "Backup" Function. (4) [CTRL]+[R] Executes the boot partition's "Restore" Function. (5) [K] Enters "Keep Mode" and saves the changes temporarily in the next boot when the card is set to Instant Restoration Mode. 2. Express Installation ===================================== Express Installation can keep the original Operating System Win95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP and all data partitions on the hard drive. Note: Before installing, please run the SCANDISK and DISK DEFRAGMENTER utilities provided by Windows for best performance. Also disable any anti-virus programs to avoid any possible conflicts. 2.1 Steps of Express Installation ---------------------------------- 1.Turn the Power off the computer and then open the case. Plug the Restore Card into a free PCI expansion slot. 2.Turn the Power on. As the computer boots, you will see [Restore Card initialize...\ ] on the screen. Next, the Restore Card menu with hardware version and hard disk information appears. If the hard disk information, insert the Restore Card and install diskette into Floppy Drive, then press [ENTER] to continue. 3.Select [Express Installation] and press [ENTER] to start the install. 4.When [Install completed] shows up, press any key to restart the computer. (Be sure to remove floppy disk) 5.Computer should restart with [System] shown on the boot menu. Press [CTRL]+[ENTER] to go into Supervisor Mode and continue to load operating system (Default Password is [ENTER]). 6.Once operating system is up, insert Restore Card install diskette into the Floppy Drive and run Setup.exe. 7.Restart the computer to complete the installation. 3. Custom Installation ==================================== Custom Installation is designed for advanced users who wish to install more than one operating system and data partition on one hard disk. It provides different restoration modes and operating surroundings for flexible use of each workstation. 1.System Partition for Instant Restoration (A): By restarting the computer, all changes will be instantly restored to the original status. Various restore schedules are provided in this partition type, including every reboot, daily, weekly, monthly, at any given date, and manually. Supports Dos, Win95, 98, NT, ME, 2000 and XP. 2.System Partition for Backup Restoration (B): Setup this partition type and you can manually backup or restore the original data by preset schedule. Supports almost all OS's on the market. 3.System Partition for No Restoration (C): No protection or backup functions are provided in this partition type. Any changes to this partition will remain. Supports almost all OS's on the market. Used more in network surroundings. 4.Shared Data Partition (S): This partition will be visible no matter which boot partition you choose to boot from. Excellent for sharing data among different operating systems. (Documents, etc.) 5.Private Data Partition (P): This partition will only be visible if it was the partition booted from. It will be invisible when booting from any other partitions. Excellent for constantly changing data exclusive to one operating system. (Logs, etc) 6.Supervisor Mode: Press [CTRL]+[ENTER] in the Restore Card boot menu to run in Supervisor Mode. The Supervisor Mode is where the Restore Card is not active and is allowing full Read/Write access to all partitions on the Hard disk drive. All of the changes are permanent. This Mode is only accessible from MIS or administrators. The supervisor Password will be required to enter in this mode. 7.User Mode: Press [ENTER] in the Restore Card boot menu to enter the User Mode. The User Mode is where the Restore Card is active and is governing the access writes to the partitions on the disk drive. Any changes under this mode will be restored to its original settings after the PC is re-booted by the preset schedule. 3.1 Steps of Custom Installation --------------------------------- 1.Turn the Power off the computer and then open the case. Plug the Restore Card in a free PCI expansion slot. 2.Turn the Power on. As the computer boots, you will see [Restore Card initialize...\ ] on the screen. Press [Enter] to continue thru the welcome message screen. 3.Next, the Restore Card menu with the hardware version and hard disk information appears. If the hard disk information is correct, please insert the Restore Card install diskette into the Floppy Drive and press [ENTER] to continue. 4.If the hard disk information is incorrect, restart the computer and enter the BIOS to re-configure hard disk size and information. 5.After [Reading...] is completed, select [Custom Installation] and press [ENTER] to continue to the FDIKS setup menu. 3.2 Hard Disk Partitioning --------------------------- The Restore Card supports Multiple Operating Systems installed on one Hard Drive when utilizing the feature. Each Operating System is in a different physical partition, allowing multi-booting up to 40 partitions. Continue to follow the instructions by moving the light navigator bar to [Custome Installation] and press [Enter]. You will have two options, either to keep driver C only or destroy all partitions and create new ones. 1.Keep data on drive C only: All data (FAT16/FAT32/NTFS) in drive C will be kept. All the extended partitions (D, E..) will be destroyed. The remaining free space can be userd for further partitioning if needed. 2.Destroy all partition: You can re-arrange the space of your Hard Drive and create the desired partitions. Note1: All data on the Hard Drive would be destroyed. Please backup important data in advance. Note2: Restore Card doesn't currently support multiple physical hard drives. Two or more physical hard drives would be regarded as data disks, and are not under control by Restore Card, but are still seen in the OS. FDISK Menu Details 1. Attribution(Partition Type): 1)System Partition for Instant Restoration (A): Within this partition type, all changes will be instantly restored to its original state by a simple re-boot. Various restore schedules are provided including every reboot, daily, weekly, monthly, a given date and manually. Supports Dos, Win95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, and XP. 2)System Partition for Backup Restoration (B): Within this partition type, you can backup data manually, or restore the original data with preset schedules. Supports almost all operating systems in the market. 3)System Partition for No Restoration (C): No protection or backup function is provided for this partition type. Any changes done in this partition are permanent and will remain. Supports almost all operating systems in the market. Mainly for networking enfironments 4)Private Data Partition (P): This partition type will only be visible for the boot partition with the same name in the setup menu. It will be invisible when booting from any other partitions. This is excellent for constantly changing data that is exclusive to one operating system. (Logs, etc.) 5)Shared Data Partition (S): This partition type will be visible with every partition you choose to boot from. Excellent for sharing data between different operating systems. (Documents, etc.) 2. EXPRESSION 1)Name: Identify of the partition in Restore Card boot menu. Maximum length is 10 characters. 2)Size: Setup preferred partition size Press [SHIFT]+[PGUP] or [PGDN] to adjust. 3)File System: Choose appropriate file system for each Operating System FAT32: Support Win98/ME/2000/XP (Recommended) FAT16: Supports Win95/NT hard disks under 8.4GB. Total partition size cannot be more than 2000MB. NTFS/HPFS: Supports WinNT4.0 (SP 5) / Win2000/XP. The boot sector of WinNT4.0 cannot be located over 2000MB. Win2000/XP does not have such limitations. EXTEND: Enable further hard disk partition thru FDISK (MS-DOS). OS/2 BOOT: Supports hard disks under 8.4GB and partitions under 2000MB. LINUX: Supports LINUX file system. LINUX/SW: Supports LINUX Swap file system. 4)Restoration Schedule: For Instant Restore of partition. Disable: Shuts down Instant Restore function Every: The system will be instantly restored to its original state with every reboot. Manually: Every access writes to the hard disk will be kept temporarily. The system will be restored to its original status by pressing [CTRL]+[R] and the restore or Supervisor Password. Weekly: The system will be auto restored to its original state at the first boot of specified date every week. Monthly: The system will be auto restored to its original state for the first boot of specified date every month. Auto-Clear: Data partition will be auto cleared with every re-boot. Only supports FAT16 and FAT32 file systems. 5)Buffer: For Instant Restoration type: Maximum buffer size is 1004MB and Minimum is 0MB. Default value is 502MB. For Backup Restoration type : It requires a buffer zone that is equal in size to the protected partition. The buffer zone will be auto reserved within the remaining unpartitioned hard disk space. Move the cursor to the selected option and adjust the size by [PGUP]or[PGDN]. 3. Other Setup Options: 1)[Fl]: partition description or remarks. Describe the partition within 50 characters. Displays on boot menu. 2)[F2]: Password feature. Password setup for boot partition. 10 characters are available for Password setting. [ENTER] Key is the default password. 3)[ESC]:Save/Exit Note: When the settings in FDISK menu are saved, the partition size will not be able to change. Please think twice before Saving and Exiting. 3.3 Install OS --------------- 3.3.1 Boot menu After completed FDISK setup, press [ESC] to save and exit. PC will auto restart and will show Restore Card boot menu. 3.3.2 How to Install for DOS and Windows Move the light bar to the selected partition and follow the steps below to start OS installation. Note: Please prepare a boot CD or Diskette and format all system and data partitions. 1. System partition for Instant Restoration (A) 1)Install Operating System: After rebooting your computer, the Restore Card boot menu will appear showing all the partitions you setup. At that time you can choose a partitions you setup. At that time you can choose a partition and install the operating system. Follow the steps listed below. Step 1. Start PC with boot diskette or boot CD. Step 2. Select the desired partition with [CTEL]+[ENTER] and login Supervisor Password (default Password is [ENTER] key) You are now in Supervisor Mode Step 3. Format C: Step 4. Start installing desired operating system. Note: During installation, windows will reboot several times; make sure all the install procedures are done in the Supervisor Mode. 2)Install 32bit Restore Card Driver in Windows Make sure you are still in Supervisor Mode first. Step 1. After OS is installed, reboot into windows by Supervisor Mode. Step 2. Insert Restore install diskette in Floppy A. Step 3. Click [Start\Run] and type A:\Setup.exe Step 4. Choose correct hard disk type (IDE or SCSI) to install the driver Step 5. When finished, a [ShowBuff] icon will be added into the Windows program file menu. Note:When the buffer gets lower than 10%, the system will warn you with a beeping sound. Please save important files ASAP and restart the computer to release the new buffer zone. 3)Installing other Applications and programs: To install other applications and programs (Office 2000..etc.), please press [CTRL]+[ENTER] to go into desired partition in Supervisor Mode to begin installation. 2. System partition for Backup Restoration (B): Operating System installation steps: Step 1. Start PC with boot disk or boot CD. Step 2. Select the desired partition with [ENTER] key. Step 3. Format C: Step 4. Start installing OS. Step 5. Reboot computer. Step 6. Select the same partition again with[CTRL]+[B] keys and login with backup or Supervisor Password (default Password is [Enter].) This will backup the current partition's data Note: To restore the Backup Restoration partition, please select the partition with [CTRL]+[R] keys and login with restore or Supervisor Password. It will restore the system state to it's current backup. 3. System partition for no Restoration (C) : In this partition, the Opearting System installing procedure is the same as if no card were installed. No protection is provided under this partition. Step 1. Start PC with boot disk or boot CD. Step 2. Select this partition with [ENTER] key Step 3. Format C: Step 4. Start installing OS. Step 5. Reboot computer. Done. 3.3.3 How to install for Linux Linux can only be installed in a partition less than 2000MB. Step 1. Create two partitions for Linux by choosing Custom Installation. One is the Linux file system, and the other is the Linux/SW file system. Step 2. With the Disk Druid partition program, put the Linux partition under root (/, Mont point), and set SWAP to LINUX/SW partition. Step 3. Start the installation. 4. SETUP =================================== In the boot menu, press [F10] and login with your Supervisor Password. Enter Option SETUP. All the setting in this menu go into effect after saving the changes and restarting the computer. 4.1 Password Setup ---------------------- 1. Supervisor Password The default Password is the [ENTER] key. Up to 10 characters are available. The Supervisor Password will be used to enter , , or executing and functions. Please REMEMBER to write this Password down and NEVER lose it or you will need to reinstall everything! Note: The Supervisor Password can be used for all functions of Restore Card. So remember this when you give someone this password. 2. Restore Password Up to 10 characters are available for setup Restore Password. If you need to restore a system partition's data to the earliest state (Instant Restore Manually) or the last backed up state (Backup Restore), you will need to enter this Password. (Entering "Supervisor Password" is fine as well). 4.2 Option --------------------- 1.Boot Sequence: BIOS (default) / C only / A, C BIOS: the boot sequence will follow the setting in the BIOS. C only: Prompt PC boot from C. Enable this setting will protect your hard disk information from being destroyed in case the Restore Card is removed without being uninstalled first. If the card is removed, the system will warn you by beeping and the computer will be unbootable. A, C: Computer can boot from A or C. 2.Auto Restore CMOS data: Disable (default) / Enable Disable: Default Value Enable: Once CMOS DATA is modified, press any key to restore. 3.Safety Enforcement: Disable (default) / Enable Disable: Default value Enable: Enhance the security level Note: Enable this option might lower the compatibility. 4.Boot menu hotkey hint: Enable (Default) / Disable Enable: Show hotkeys on boot menu Disable: Do not show hotkey. 5.Show brand name: Enable (default) / Disable Enable: Show brand name [Restore Card] on boot menu Disable: Do not show brand name. 6.Default select: Last select (default) / Boot Partition name Last select: When booting, the light-bar will automatically select the partition that the user last booted from. Boot Partition Name: Administrator can set the Restore Card to choose the desired partition at boot. 7.Force select: Disable (default) / Boot partition name Force select: Do not force select partition. Boot partition name: This function enables the administrator to preset the Restore Card to boot only from a predetermined partition. 8.Auto select: Disable (default) / 1~99 seconds Disable: Do not auto select partition. 1~99 seconds: Count down the predefined time, and then automatically boots to the partition that the light-bar is on. Note 1: This function is normally used in conjunction with [Default select] Note 2: Anytime during the count down, if any key press other than [Enter] is pressed, the count down will be stopped. 9.Auto Power off: Disable (default) / 1~60 minutes Disable: Do not auto power off computer 1 to 60 minutes: Select the idle time of the boot menu. When the boot menu reaches the predetermined time without entering any boot partition, the computer will be shut down automatically. 10.Title:blank(default) Enter the title of this computer within 40 characters. 4.3 Disk --------------------- The size setting CANNOT be changed after you Save and Exit. To change the partition size requires you to use FDISK again in Setup menu. All data in hard disk will be destroyed if FDISK is used. Changing File Systems is also not recommended unless you are installing a new operating system in that partition. All other fields can be changed at will. Note: All recovery mode partition types can be changed at any time, but all partition and buffer sizes will remain the same. 4.4 Tools -------------------- There are several advanced utilities, and innovated features (i.e. SNCOPY, Hard disk copy) provided in this Tools selection. 1.Save CMOS data Saves the current CMOS data in the hard drive. (If CMOS data is changed the Restore Card will remind you to restore or backup when rebooting, even if you did not run this selection manually) 2.Analyze CMOS data Make a comparison of current CMOS data and the saved CMOS data in the hard drive for differences. You can run this selection when some settings or peripherals have been changed or replaced. 3.Hard disk copy When the administrator has thoroughly prepared the hard disk, he/she can use this function to duplicate or mirror hard disks by utilizing IDE pipelines. However, all target HDDs must be 100% identical in Size, Cylinder, Head, Sector, and Mode. In regards to the parameters of [Copy (2) to (1)], you can copy pre-installed hard disks without first analyzing them. You can use a finished hard disk to install a second Hard disk on the IDE line, then directly select this parameter to run [Parallel Hard disk copying]. This way you can save the trouble of adjusting the pipelines. Note: When copying hard disks of different capacity, you can only copy from the smaller Hard disk to the larger Hard Disk, as long as they both are the same model. 4.SNCOPY(serverless network copy) With the WOL Restore Card, the administrator can take advantage of our Fast Ethernet 10/100mbps feature to manage up to 300 computers at the same time with just a click of a button. All the computers must have the WOL Restore Cards in the surrounding TCP/IP network. The computers will be controlled by preset [SNCOPY Receive Connect Instruction] for simultaneous maintenance. For detailed operation, please refer to section [SNCOPY Instruction] 5.SNCOPY Setup Serverless Network COPY Setup functions. A.SNCOPY Receive connect: ENABLE / DISABLE ENABLE:Restore Card auto detects the connection when powering on the machine. DISABLE:Disable auto connect. B.SNCOPY Group: Group name used during login. Up to 2 characters. Only computers in this selected Group can LOGIN. Many Groups can be set for separation purpose. C.SNCOPY name: Sending machine login name while running SNCOPY. Up to 5 characters. If you leave it blank, the LOGIN NAME will show [?] while running SNCOPY. D.Computer Name: Computer Name after SNCOPY E.User Name: User Name after SNCOPY F.IP: Local IP Address setting Example: SNCOPY Group: A SNCOPY Name: B Computer Name: Class User Name: A-User IP: 192.168.1.1 After Auto IP Configuration, you will find: SNCOPY Group: A SNCOPY Name: B1 (B2, B3.etc) Computer Name: Class1 (Class2, Class3..etc) User Name: A-User1 (A-User2, A-User3..etc) IP: 192.168.1.2 (192.168.1.3...) 6. Schedule (WOL Card Only) A.You can setup 5 different schedules to maintain your lab computers during the specified time. Use any computer in your lab as a sending machine and SNCOPY will copy partitions and data parameters from the sending machine to the receiving machines at the same time. B.This feature can work with Wake On LAN. Power on the computers before executing the maintenance schedules. The sending machine will wake up every computer in the lab and maintain the network automatically. Schedule Mode: Disable(Execution Cycle: Disable/Just 1 time/Every Day) Start Time (Hour): 0-23 Setting Execution Hours (0-23) Start Time (Minute): 0-59 Setting Execution Minutes (0-59) SNCOPY Delay: 99 {SNCOPY response time. (99 means auto analysis)} Login wait time: XX min Wake up On LAN: Enable System LAN Off: Disable Auto IP Configuration: Enable Date/Time Adjustment: Enable (Reset data/time in the labs) Entire HDD: Disable Parameter Data: Enable Partition: 1st sending partition Partition: 2nd sending partition Partition: 3rd sending partition Partition: 4th sending partition Partition: 5th sending partition 5. SNCOPY Instruction =============================== 5.1 How to use SNCOPY ------------------------------- 5.1.1 PCI Version Please follow the step-by-step guideline to maintain computers over a TCP/IP Network. 1.Select SNCOPY, and system will request you to reboot and put packet drive in the A drive. 2.Boot from the A drive. 3.Run NIC Card Packet Driver with the following commands. This packet driver is easily found in the NIC Card install/driver diskette. (E.g.: E2000.COM, PKTDRV.COM, DLKPCI.COM, DE22X.COM, RTFPKT.COM, etc) E.X. A:>E2000 0x60 4.Run A:>SCxx.EXE from Restore Card install diskette. 5.1.2 WOL version: Please follow the step-by-step guideline to maintain computers over a TCP/IP Network. [F10]->SETUP->Tools->SNCOPY. 5.2 First time to use SNCOPY & Auto-IP Configuration ------------------------------------------------------- 1.If the system boot partition is setup for Instant Recovery, make sure the Restore Card has been installed successfully. Please refer to the instant restoration setup. 2.If the partition is setup for Backup Restoration or No Restoration, please access Windows directly. 3.In Supervisor mode, run X-user.exe in all OS. Note: If you have more than one bootable partition, you must install X-User respectively in each OS. 4.Reboot the sending computer after X-User has been run. In the boot menu, Press F10-> type supervisor password and press Enter. Go to Tools->SNCOPY->SYSTEM LAN OFF. The system will then reboot and enter each boot partition one by one to disable the Network function. 5.After network function has been disabled, system will return to SNCOPY main menu. Select [Sending] to enter Login Menu 6.Power on receiving computers for first time installation. Select SNCOPY for auto Login to the sending computer. 7.Press [F1] in sending computer when all receiving computers are finished with their login. 8.Press [F2] in sending computer to enter [Send Command] menu. Select [Collect ID for Wake Up on LAN]. System will return to login menu when completed. 9.Press [F1] in sending computer to enter [Send Data] menu. Select [Parameter Data and All Partition]. System starts sending data to receiving computers. Note: Multi-casting will take a few minutes to hours depending on the physical data capacity. Generally, 100MB will take one minute to finish. A beeping Sound will remind you when multicasting is finished. Press any key to get back to the login menu 10.In the login menu, press [F2] to enter [Send Command] menu. Then select [Allocate Name/Group/IP] and set the value for IP address. Example: SNCOPY Name: A SNCOPY Group: B Computer Name: Class User Name: A-User IP: 192.168.1.l 11.After IP setting completed, Press [F10] to save and exit. 12.In sending computer, run [Auto-IP configuration]. All Receiving Computers will auto-reboot and start to update IP address by entering each partition separately. System will then auto power off. All the Receiving Computers have been completely updated with new IP address allocation. 5.3 LOGIN --------------- Once a computer's hard disk has been prepared, the administrator can run the [SNCOPY] function to multi-cast to other computers easily. For the Receiving computers, please choose function for the first time installation. This function will support up to 300 computers simultaneously. For Sending Computer, press [F10] and get into setup menu. Go to . The select menu appears. 1.Receiving: Target computer for receiving data from Sending Computer. 2. Sending: Source Computer used to send data to receiving computers. 3.Wake up On LAN(WOL): Used by sending computer to wake up or turn on receiving computers for maintenance or copying. Can be used with schedules for automatically maintaining networks or labs. Notes before using Wake up On LAN (WOL) function: A.Machine must have ATX style POWER and motherboard. B.The motherboard must support WOL function. C.Need to be using WOL Restore Card, or an Ethernet LAN Card or LAN chipset with WOL. D.You must plug the wire connector of the WOL Restore Card or Ethernet LAN Card into the designated area of the motherboard. E.The first time when running this function from Restore Card, you must run -> -> to record all receiving Ethernet LAN Card ID's to the Sending Computer. 4. Help: Shown SNCOPY help message 5. Exit: Exit SNCOPY select menu Function Keys 1.[F1]: Send Data Send data, partition, or parameters to Receiving Machines. 2.[F2]: Send commands to receiving computers.(i.e. power on/off, data, etc...) 3.[+-]: Delay Adjust the transmission speed of Ethernet LAN Card for best performance. Please leave this value untouched if the default value is running normally. 4.[UP][DOWN][RIGHT][LEFT]: Move Move light bar to selected function. 5.[F10]:EXIT Exit from SNCOPY function. 5.4 SEND DATA ------------------ Menu will be shown as follow after pressing [Fl] function key. 1.Parameter data and all Partition: Copies and sends all data and the Restore Card information to Receiving computers. Highly recommend for first time installation. 2.Parameter data: Copies only the Restore Card information to Receiving computers. Recommend usage: Restore Card software version upgrades. 3.Partition: Only copy selected Partition to Receiving computers. Recommended usage: when data of a selected Partition been updated(Time saving) Time Saveing feature: Run Disk Defragmenter before transmitting. Screen will show the disk information while transmitting. Advanced users may adjust the transmitting speed with [+][-] keys for better performance if needed. Or to press [ALT]+[ESC] to abort transmitting. 5.5 SEND COMMAND ------------------- Menu will be shown as follow after pressing [F2] function key. 1.Collect ID for Wake up on LAN: Record the Ethernet LAN Card ID of standby Receiving Machines. This function is for the following two purposes: (1)Auto IP utility (2)Wake On Lan by remote control Allocate Nam/Group/IP Auto IP Configuration 2.Allocate Name/Group/IP 3.Auto IP Configuration 4.Data/Time adjustment: Match the Receiving Computers data and time as the Sending computer. 5.Keyboard lock: Lock keyboards of all the Receiving computers so nobody can access them during transmission. 6.All computer Reboot: Restart the standby Receiving Computers along with the Sending computer. 7.All computer Power off: Power off the standby Receiving Computers along with the Sending computer. itself. 6. FDISK =================================== You can find FDISK in [Restore Card Boot Menu]->F10->FDISK. This feature is for re-partitioning hard disk space without uninstalling Restore Card. Note: All the data in the hard drive will be deleted permanently. Please think twice before using this function. 7. UPGRADE =================================== 1.Get to the Restore Card boot Menu 2.Place new Installation Disk in floppy drive 3.Press F10->Setup->Upgrade 4.System will reboot 5.Go into Windows in Supervisor mode 6.Place previous installation disk in floppy drive. Run A:\setup.exe to uninstall the previous setup in Windows. 7.The System Reboot 8.Go into Windows in Supervisor Mode again 9.Put new installation Disk in floppy drive. Run A:\setup.exe to install the new drivers into Windows. 10.The System will reboot once more 11.Finished upgrading to the new version When you see [Upgrade completed, press any key to continue], that means you succeeded in upgrading. If you see [Hardware error] or [Data read error], please check install diskette, that means you applied incorrect software for your Restore Card. Please visit our web for downloading correct software. 8. UNINSTALL ==================================== To uninstall Restore Card functions from this computer. 1.Run A:\>setup.exe in supervisor mode 2.Complete Uninstall 3.The System Reboot 4.[Reboot Card Boot Menu]->F10->Uninstall 5.Power off the system 6.Remove Restore Card 7.Finished After the uninstall is complete: All data and partitions will be restored to their original state if you selected Express Installation when you first installed the Restore Card. All data and patitions will be gone permanently if you selected Custom Installation when you first installed the Restore Card. 9. ABOUT ==================================== Information about Restore Card hardware and software versions. 10. FAQ(Frequency Asked Questions) ==================================== 1.If the Restore Card is not active or bypassed by the Machine, please press [Ctrl+H] to go into the Restore Card hardware settings to change modes after . The default Password is [Enter] key. A.Hardware Mode: The different modes are Normal, Mode1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or selection to meet all different type of computers once the Restore Card is not active. Disable: Disable all Restore Card functions. B. Hardware Password:Setting Restore Card hardware Password. Default Password is [ENTER] key. Up to 10 characters for login. C. Hotkey Hint: To enable or to disable Restore Card hardware [Ctrl+H] message Default value is enabled. 2.Q. Why is their an exclamation mark ( ! ) on the IDE Controller of Device Manager of Win 95/98/ME in Instant Restoration Mode under User Mode? A. It is mainly because you forgot the "Setup.exe" installation in Windows under Supervisor Mode. You can find this file on the Restore Card install diskette. 3.For better performance while running Windows operating system, please run DfgXX.com under Dos 6.x right after SCANDISK utility. 4.Q. Why can't Windows NT 4.0 boot up after installation? A. Due to the limitation of DOS, and NT 4.0, if there are several operating systems that are installed, please set DOS, and NT 4.0 system partitions to boot up before 2 GB. And the partition size must be limited in 4.3 GB. =================================================================================== END