@DATABASE NEWGUIDE @$VER: 1.00 @(C) © 1999 @AUTHOR Arvid Pedersen @REMARK Edited with Guided by Linus McCabe @NODE "Main" "Main" @{JCENTER}@{B}WinBack III@{UB} © 1999 by Arvid Pedersen @{" Disclaimer " LINK "Disclaimer"} @{" Background " LINK "Background"} @{" Introduction " LINK "Introduction"} @{" Installation " LINK "Installation"} @{" Usage " LINK "Usage"} @{" IMPORTANT " LINK "Important"} @{" Bugs " LINK "bugs"} @{" History " LINK "History"} @{" Todo " LINK "Todo"} @{" Author " LINK "Author"} @{" MUI " LINK "MUI"} @ENDNODE @NODE "Introduction" "Introduction" @WORDWRAP WinBack III restores backup-files made with Windows Backup. WinBack III gives you a nice MUI-gui where you can select which files to restore from the backup-sett. WinBack III is tested with DD(720k) and HD(1.44M) disks and backups from Windows 95 & Windows 98. I haven't had an opportunity to test it with backups from Windows NT, so I don't know if the standards are different, e-mail me... @ENDNODE @NODE "Author" "Author" @{JCENTER}WinBack III is © Copyright by: Arvid Pedersen Stjordal Norway @{B}WinBack III is e-mailware.@{UB} If you are using this program you should send me an e-mail. Suggestions and bug-reports are welcome... My e-mail address: @{B}arvped@writeme.com@{UB} @ENDNODE @NODE "Disclaimer" "Disclaimer" @WORDWRAP This program is released '@{B}as is@{UB}', i e the programmer takes @{B}no responsibility@{UB} whatsoever to any damage, loss of data or other disasters the program might cause. @ENDNODE @NODE "Important" "Important" @WORDWRAP @{U}@{B}Important:@{UU}@{UB} @{B}WinBack III @{U}cannot@{UU} restore compressed backups:@{UB} - Turn compression @{B}off@{UB} (options menu) in Windows Backup before making your backups ... @{B}WinBack III doesn't restore directories@{UB}, it only restores files... - if you want to keep the directory-tree your files are in (on the PC), you have to pack it using WinZip (or another similar tool) and backup the compressed file. Restore the file on the Amiga (using WinBack III) and unpack it. You dir-tree is intact... @{B}Using volume names instead of device names for source paths may cause problems:@{UB} see @{" bugs " LINK "bugs"} @ENDNODE @NODE "Bugs" "Bugs" @WORDWRAP Known bugs: Using volume names when specifying the source file will cause problems in a multidisk backup when the disks have different names... Solution: don't use volume names, use device names (PC0: - PC1: - ...) @ENDNODE @NODE "Background" "Background" @WORDWRAP For years I've been downloading megabytes of stuff from Aminet at work, and for years I've been using Mikael Nordlund's PC-Restore to backup those gigantic files that didn't fit the 720k PC-formatted disks. Then one day I accidentally deleted the old MS-DOS backup-program, and I was stuck: PC-restore could only restore files from this backup-program and didn't support the backup-program supplied with Windows 95. I surfed the internet to find an Amiga-program that could restore those Windows-backups, but I couldn't find one... Well, there was only one thing to do: write it myself... @ENDNODE @NODE "Todo" "Todo" - fix bugs e-mail me, see @{" Author " LINK "Author"} - include compression-support @ENDNODE @NODE "History" "History" @WORDWRAP Version 1.10: - Bugfix: 0 byte filesize no longer craches the system. - New feature: double-clicking on a file in the listview displays some information about the file. - New feature: Windows 98 backup supported. - Added an abort-button. - Reworked the GUI. - did some "housekeeping". Version 1.00: First public release. @ENDNODE @NODE "Installation" "Installation" @WORDWRAP WinBack III need no special assigns, just copy it anywhere. But, you need CrossDOS and MUI installed... @ENDNODE @NODE "Usage" "Usage" @WORDWRAP Read @{" important " LINK "Important"} now! @{U}Start-up:@{UU} @{B}From Workbench:@{UB} Double-click the icon... @{B}From CLI:@{UB} WinBackIII [SOURCE] [DESTINATION] SOURCE - your backup file example: WinBackIII PC0:MYBACK.QIC DESTINATION - destination directory example: WinBackIII PC0:MYBACK.QIC Ram: @{U}The GUI:@{UU} @{B}Info-box:@{UB} Errors and warnings are shown here. @{B}Source:@{UB} Here you enter your backup-filename, or use the popup-button and select the file from the ASL-requester. Important: see @{" bugs " LINK "Bugs"} @{B}Destination:@{UB} Here you enter the destination directory where you want your files restored, or use the popup-button and select the file from the ASL-requester. @{B}Filelist:@{UB} Here you can select which file(s) you want to restore, either by selecting them with the mouse/keyboard or by using the ALL/NONE/TOGGLE buttons below the filelist. Doubleclicking a name in the list displays some information in the info-window: file name, file size and the backupdisk-number the file starts on. @{B}Restore-button:@{UB} Press it to restore the files you selected. @{B}Abort-button:@{UB} Press it to stop the restoring. @{B}Tip: Insert the last disk of the backup-set first, this way you'll get a complete file-list.@{UB} WinBack III will display a warning if the disk does not contain a list of all the files in the backup. @ENDNODE @NODE "MUI" "MUI" This application uses MUI - MagicUserInterface (c) Copyright 1992-97 by Stefan Stuntz MUI is a system to generate and maintain graphical user interfaces. With the aid of a preferences program, the user of an application has the ability to customize the outfit according to his personal taste. MUI is distributed as shareware. To obtain a complete package containing lots of examples and more information about registration please look for a file called "muiXXusr.lha" (XX means the latest version number) on your local bulletin boards or on public domain disks. If you want to register directly, feel free to send DM 30.- or US$ 20.- to Stefan Stuntz Eduard-Spranger-Straße 7 80935 München GERMANY Support and online registration is available at http://www.sasg.com/ @ENDNODE