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With HDCOPY you can create an Image of a Harddisk on a Backup Media
of your choice (PD/ZIP/HDD/Network). The Image can be restored on
other hard disks, which makes
Please notice capital "Special remarks" (WIN NT)
HDCOPY 1.1
- copying Hard disks of any size
- supports long file names
- supports Windows 95 and OS/2 HPFS filesystem
- runs with any DOS Version
- Backup and Restore from
- Commandline Input for batch programming
- backup on multiple destination media's with adjustable filesize
HDCOPY Pro 1.1
- all features of HDCOPY 1.1
plus you get a wide range of additional features
- ultimate service tool
- easy to reconstructure hard disks
- together with the image you can create a restore program that
allows you to
- combining different partitions from different source hard disks
- quick partitioning of Harddisk, of all known structures and
formating
- copying partitions from one Harddisk to another and being able
to vary the partitionsize at the same time
- data compression for a minimum of resource utilisation and
quick execution
In make
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- HDCOPY with full OS/2 structure, creating and resizing of
HPFS partitions
- HDCOPY with full Windows NT structure, creating and resizing of
NTFS partitions
- resizing DOS partitions with no loss of data
List of Files
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if you do not have all files according to your version and the list
below, please contact us, or download a new version from your Web
Site listed below.
File Explanation Version
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HDCOPY.EXE main program all
HDCOPY.OVR overlay file for HDCOPY all
HDCOPY.BIN necessary for enhanced restore of HDCOPY Pro
HDCOPY Pro
HDCOPY.CFG Configurationfile for HDCOPY, to all
save several informations
HDCOPY.DAT necessary for enhanced restore of HDCOPY Pro
HDCOPY Pro
HDCOPY.CMP Informationfile for compression HDCOPY Pro
HDORDER.TXT ordering form all
HELP.TXT This Text all
BACKALL.BAT example backup batch file for command
line input all
RESTALL.BAT example restore batch file for command
line input all
RESTALL.MAK Make file for RESTALL.BAT all
Special remarks
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1. In general
We recommend using scandisk (DOS) or other programs that examine the
harddisk, before using HDCOPY.
2. Using HDCOPY with Windows NT
Due to the security level C2 from Windows NT, the direct disk
access is limited, therefore we recommend using a DOS bootdisk,
to reinsure all data is saved, copied or restored.
3. Writing the backup into the same partition that is being saved
If the backup is written to the same partition that is being saved,
it is possible, HDCOPY reports Cluster failure. This error is caused
be the Image file which is still open, but not completed. In most cases
you will only have to retry this action. You can avoid this mistake by
changing the "buffers" entry in the CONFIG.SYS (BUFFERS=32,0). Should
the mistake still accure, please run scandisk.
4. Using HDCOPY with Windows 95
There are no known problems using HDCOPY with Windows 95. We still
recommend using single MS-DOS mode, because of the Windows swap
file and it also will run faster, because no other processes can
disturb.
5. Panasonic Laptops with Hibernation partition
Please notice that the hibernation partition of Panasonic (Type 132)
must be in second place of the partition table.
User Manual
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List of contents
1. Start-up Screen
1.1 Programstart
1.2 License number
2. Main Menu
2.1 Working Mode
2.1.1 Backup
2.1.2 Standard Restore
2.1.3 Enhanced Restore
2.1.4 Copy Partition
2.2 Options
2.2.1 Harddisks
2.2.2 Backup Mode
2.2.3 HD Protection
2.2.4 Last Track
2.2.5 Image File Size
2.2.6 Datacompression
2.3 Help
2.3.1 HDCOPY Information
2.3.2 Ordering Form
2.3.3 Command line mode
2.3.4 HDCOPY Shareware
2.3.5 HDCOPY Address
2.4 End
2.4.1 End Program
2.4.2 Command Shell
1. Start-up Screen
-----------------
On the Start-up Screen the Version and the License number is displayed.
Please have these information's at your finger tips, if you have any
questions. We can only make correct and precise statement, if we have
these information's.
In some cases a "usage period" is also displayed.
1.1 Programstart
To start the program, you only need to press the "ENTER" key. The Main
Menu will be displayed.
1.2 License Number
The license Number allows the change of the program status.
By entering the License Number, that you received from us, the program
will now let you do all actions you are registered for. The same
procedure with Updates, you can receive from the HDCOPY Homepage
(listed below).
2. Main Menu
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Use the cursor keys to navigate through the menu and the "ENTER" key to
select specified action. In the screen "actual preferences already
chosen options are displayed. This allows you to confirm the settings
immediately.
In every menu the "ESC" key will bring you back to the Main Menu or at
least one screen back.
2.1 Working Mode
2.1.1 Backup
a.) Selecting the partition
The current Harddisk structure is displayed in a screen. Within this
screen you will find all Harddisks listed from 0 to 7 and the partitions
on every harddisk numbered from 1 to 8. This method is used to display
all found Harddisks and all partitions. (When using DOS or Windows 95,
NTFS or HPFS partitions are not shown as logical drives) by using the
cursor keys you can either choose all partitions of one Harddisk or a
single partition of one Harddisk.
Notice: Only one selection at a time is possible
b.) Choosing the destination directory for the Image
You can enter the destination directory in the screen. Creating new
directories is also supported. By pressing the "F5" Key, a Screen with
existing directories and logical drives is shown. The current directory
and total number of image files in this directory is show in the first
row. The "F10" key will take you back to the previous screen, using the
selected directory. A new directory can be created be pressing the "F7"
key.
c.) Description of the current Backup
After choosing the destination directory, you are prompted to enter a
description with a maximum length of 20 characters. This description is
shown when restoring from an Image File.
d.) Backup Screen
In this screen, the current process of the backup is displayed.
The backup can be stopped, be pressing the "ESC" key.
e.) Creating the Restore program (Only HDCOPY Pro)
The Pro Version has the feature to create a restore program. You can
give the restore program away with the Image you have created, as often
as you want to. Other people will now be able to restore the Image
without having a HDCOPY license.
Notice: The restore program is only capable of
"Standard Restore Features"
f.) Creating the Batch and Make file for the restore. (Only HDCOPY Pro)
The Pro Version can automatically create a Batch and Make file for the
standard restore
After the backup process a information screen appears. You are brought
back to the Main Menu.
2.1.2 Standard Restore
a.) Choosing the Harddisk for restore
The destination Harddisk is chosen by entering the physical Harddisk
number (0=first, 1=second)
b.) Choosing the Image directory
In the Screen, you have also the possibility, to create a new directory
With the F5 key you open a Screen were the already existing directories
are displayed. In the first row, the current directory and image files
are shown. Use the cursor keys, to select the desired file. To make the
selection, press the F10 key.
c.)
The shown information refer to the made backup. Type, size date of
backup and description are displayed. If it was a complete Backup,
type 0 is shown with the comment "complete" and date of backup. All
included partitions are shown without the date of backup.
Use the cursor keys to choose, or if you want to change the directory,
use the F5 key. (explained in chapter 2.1.2 a). To make your selection
complete, use the ENTER key to confirm.
When a complete backup is chosen, your are asked if the existing data
can be overwritten. You can only restore single partitions, if the media
can be erased or there is sufficient space on the destination media.
d.) restore Screen
In the now following restore screen, the progress and action of the
restore process is displayed. Use the ESC key to stop process.
Caution: If the restore process is stopped, the data is not completely
restored and the media can not be used.
After the restore has successfully been completed, a notice screen
appears. The computer must now be restarted. This automatically happens,
when you leave the program.
Do not write data to the restored media before restarting, because the
operating system does not know the new partitioning.
2.1.3 Enhanced Restore
Choosing the new partition structure
The new partitioning of the Harddisk can completely be made in this
screen. Creating, erasing, repartitioning, deleting of single partitions
can be made in this screen.
a.) F2 deleting single partitions (only HDCOPY Pro)
After pressing the F2 key, you are prompted to select the partition you
want to delete. Use ESC to abort.
b.) F3 Erase all partitions
All existing partitions are erased and all free disk space is shown as
one area.
If no partitions are selected, there are no changes made to the harddisk.
c.) F4 Change Drive
By choosing this point, you can read a new disk or restore the default
settings of the previous disk. To choose the destination harddisk you
must enter the physical disk number (0=first harddisk, 1=second harddisk)
d.) F5 Source
In this screen you can select the data which you wish to restore. The
key control is explained under 2.1.2 a-c. The size of the restore
partition can also be fitted and the location within the free area can
be selected. Partitions that are created using the restore function are
marked with a "R".
e.) F7 Creating new partitions (only HDCOPY Pro)
It is possible to create new partitions by selecting this menu. You must
enter type, size in MB, the location within the free area and weather it
is a primary partition or a logical drive within a enhanced partition.
Up to now it is only possible to create MS-DOS 16 Bit FAT (FAT16)
completely. Other partition types can only be created using size and
location of the partition. The partition must be formatted from the
operating system.
List of known partition types
Partitions where the structure is unknown can be backuped and restored
without a loss of data.
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Type NR. naming explanation
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0 free variable for free partitions
can not be created using HDCOPY
1 12 BIT (DOS) little DOS partition (up to 10 MB)
2,3 XENIX UNIX, structure unknown
4 16 BIT (DOS) FAT16 partition smaller than 32 MB
5 extended DOS This is automatically created if
extended partition exists.
6 BIG DOS DOS partition (FAT16) larger
than 32 MB
7 NTFS Microsoft's New technology file
OS/2 HPFS system, or IBM's High performance
file system structure unknown
8,9 AIX UNIX, structure unknown
10 OS/2 Bootmanager Is created using OS/2,
structure unknown
11,12 VFAT 32 new 32 BIT format from Microsoft
for big partitions,
structure unknown
18 Compaq Service Service partition for Compaq
Computers
22 BIG DOS covert BIG DOS Partition covert by
Bootmanager from OS/2
23 HPFS covert HPFS (high performance file
system), covert by BootManager,
structure unknown
100 Novell structure unknown
132 Panasonic Hibernation save partition for hibernation
mode, either FAT12 or FAT16 struc-
ture depending on size and model
number
f.) F8 activate bootpartition
You are prompted to activate the partition which is used to boot the
computer. Only select partition that can be started.
g.) F9 change partition size
The size of FAT16 partitions (type 4 and 6) can be changed during the
restore process. This means you can enhance the size of the source
partition. The maximum size of the partition depends on the size of the
source partition and the free space on the destination media.
h.) F10 start restore
After pressing F10 the restore process is started. The partitions are
processed one after another. After the process is completed the new
partition structure is created and the mark for the start partition is
set.
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REMEMBER !!! If the restore process is cancelled the data is
not complete and the partition or harddisk can not be used.
*************************************************************************
After successfully finishing the restore process, a notice screen is
shown. The computer must know be restarted. This automatically happens,
when you leave the program.
2.1.4 copying partitions
This option allows you to copy your harddisk. You do not have to create
an image and you don't need additional hardware. Just buy a new harddisk
with larger capacity and copy your installed programs and data to your
new harddisk.
A split screen is displayed, the source is shown on the left side, the
destination is displayed on the right side.
a.) F1 Source
The screen as explained under 2.1.1 appears
If the complete source harddisk is chosen, the structure is automatically
created ion the destination media. All partitions are copied separately.
b.) F4 destination disk
You are prompted to enter the destination disk. Normally the destination
partitions is the first one.
c.) F5 creating destination partition
If you wish to partition the destination disk before you start copying,
you have the possibility to do this with this feature. Proceed the same
way as explained under 2.3 enhanced restore. The only exception is that
you can not restore data.
d.) F6 destination partition
You are prompted to enter the destination partition.
e.) F10 Start
After pressing the F10 key, the copy process is started.
After successfully finishing the restore process, a notice screen is
shown. The computer must now be restarted. This automatically happens,
when you leave the program.
*************************************************************************
REMEMBER !!! If the restore process is cancelled the data is
not complete and the partition or harddisk can not be used.
*************************************************************************
2.2 Options
2.2.1 Harddisks
The screen is explained in chapter 2.1.1. It only displays the structure.
2.2.2 backup mode
You can change the backup mode, so that partitions were the structure is
known, are also copied 1:1. If you select this feature, you can only
restore the partition without changing the size or structure.
2.2.3 HD Protection
To prevent an unwished write to a Harddisk can set here a write protection
for HDCOPY to the harddisk. This Flag will written in the Partitionsector
at position: 187h.
------------ This Write Protection is only for HDCOPY --------------
Until this time are no incompatibilties known. If you have any problems
with a program, please contact us.
2.2.4 Last Track
Under DOS the last track from a harddisk is not used. (Displayed in
HDCOPY as free partition)
New operating systems uses this track and also under DOS or FAT16 and
FAT32 partitions this trak can be used. The using of the last track with
HDCOPY can here switched. It will spend up to 8 MBytes more space on the
Harddisk ( 256 heads, 63 sectors).
Some Harddisk tools (like Norton Disk Doctor) will diplay an error with
those partitions, but works normaly.
2.2.5 Image file size
Sometime it is useful to limit the filesize of the image, for example to
bring the files on a CD-R. Therefor the filesize can adjust here.
The maximum filesize under DOS is 2047 MBytes.
The image will dispence to several files with counted extensions, up to
149 files.
(HDIMAGE1.IMG, HDIMAGE1.000, HDIMAGE1.001 ... HDIMAGE1.148)
2.2.6 Datacompression
This point switch the datacompression for Backup on/off. At the Restore
the compression is get from the imagefile.
2.3 Help
Here you can find Help to most program parts.
2.3.1 HDCOPY info
A screen is displayed with this text. You can scroll the text using the
cursor keys. To print the text to LPT1: just press F1.
2.3.2 Ordering form
The ordering form is displayed and can be printed by pressing F1.
2.3.3 Command line
The command line mode allows you to automate the backup process, without
having to enter any additional answers.
a.) Backup
For the automated process you need to enter four parameters
1. -B for backup
2. LW:0 to LW:7 to select source media
3. PA:0 to PA:8 to select partition, PA:0 means all partition
4. destination directory where should the data be saved to
The order of parameters can be made as wanted . If one parameter is not
logically, the backup process can not be completed, the main menu is
shown.
Example: HDCOPY -B LW:0 PA:1 D:\
The first partition of harddisk 0 is backuped into a file in the root
directory of drive d:. The file HDIMAGEx.IMG is created. (x is replaced
by a number between 1 and 9, the smallest number is used, if it doesn't
already exists.
b.) Restore
To run an automatic restore it is necessary to create a "make" file.
After you have created the "make" file, you start HDCOPY with two
parameters.
1. -R for restore
2. filename complete path and file name of the make file
The structure of the make file can include following command lines.
1. line HDCOPY make file to restore
(recognition of the make file, by the command)
last line HDCOPY make end
Beginning with the second line, following commands are possible. The
order of appearance can not be changed. Remark and empty line can NOT
be included.
Line Description
Drive=x Drive to be restored, x must be replaced by 0-7
In every make file you can only place the drive
command once
Keyboard=x x is replaced by either 0 or 1. If this parameter is
set to x=1, the program will stop when a mistake
accures.
Aktion=x Copy harddisks, with batch commands, it is only
possible to copy complete harddisks
Sourcedrive=x Sourcedrive=0 to 7
Destinationdrive=x Destinationdrive=0 to 7
Aktion=L delete partitions
Number=x number of the partition to be deleted
Aktion=R A restore is done from a backup
File=xxxx File to be restored with complete path
Index=x position of the partition on the source drive
(x=0..8)
Index = 0 : no additional information's are needed, complete
restore
Index > 0 single partitions need following parameters
partition=x x must be replaced by 1...8, replace the specified
partition
Where=x x=1 partition is created at the beginning of the
free area
Size=x size of the partition in MB
Boot=x Set boot partition
; Remark lines
In a make file you can include a any number of commands.
2.3.4 Info Shareware Version
A screen is displayed with the difference between the shareware and
commercial Version.
2.3.5 HDCOPY address
A screen with the address, where to order HDCOPY is displayed
2.4 End
Here you will find program parts that are needed to end the program
2.4.1 Program End
The program ends.
If the restore process has been chosen, the computer will restart.
2.4.2 Command Shell
With this menu, you can start a new DOS prompt. With this option it is
possible to start another program while you run HDCOPY. It is not
possible to select this menu, if restore has been processed.
More information and orders
To order, please print order form and send it via Fax, mail or E-mail.
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Tel: +49/40 700 120 91
FAX: +49/40 700 120 92
Office Hours Mondays to Friday
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