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Arcada Backup for Windows® 95, Version 1.1
  

Copyright 1996 Seagate Software, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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This Readme.txt file provides late-breaking information that supplements
the Arcada Backup for Windows® 95 user's manual and on-line help.
If information in the user's manual or help file conflicts with
information presented here, the information in this Readme.txt file
should be considered correct and the most recent.


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The following subjects are discussed:
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     1.   What's new in Arcada Backup 1.1
     2.   List of supported devices
     3.   Installing Arcada Backup for Windows® 95
     4.   Uninstalling Arcada Backup for Windows® 95
     5.   Formatted tapes for QIC backups
     6.   ATAPI tape devices
     7.   NetWare Bindery
     8.   Reporting
     9.   Restoring the Registry
    10.   DMA conflicts using internal QIC devices
    11.   Device configuration
    12.   Floppy disk access while using internal QIC devices
    13.   Power management conflicts
    14.   Adaptec AHA-1510B SCSI controller
    15.   Loading Arcada Backup for Windows® 95 for scheduled jobs
    16.   Delay after tape erase or canceled backup
    17.   Automatic tape naming
    18.   High speed controllers
    19.   Reading QIC-80 backup Sets
    20.   Tape capacity
    21.   Known incompatibilities
    22.   Lost selections
    23.   Archive bit

   1.  What's new in Arcada Backup 1.1
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Welcome to Arcada Software's version 1.1 of Arcada Backup for
Windows 95!  We believe you will find this new version more robust
and containing the features you the end-user, have most asked for!
Arcada continually strives to develop superior data protection
software and the input of our users is greatly appreciated.

 1) Unattended backup support
 2) View Catalog by backup sets
 3) Enhanced reporting
 4) Selectable registry restore
 5) Default registry backup
 6) Reset file access date
 7) Selectable compression
 8) Additional device support
 9) Enhanced error handling
10) Resumable window sizes
11) Read compatible with Microsoft Windows 95 Backup applet


   2.  List of supported devices
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A file called Devlist.txt is provided in the Arcada Backup folder.
This file can be viewed in Notepad and includes a list of tape devices
and controllers that are supported by Arcada Backup for Windows® 95.
Any special considerations concerning specific devices are found in
Devlist.txt as well.


   3.  Installing Arcada Backup for Windows® 95
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Run the "setup" utility in the folder containing the compressed
files.  This utility will launch InstallSHIELD® which will take you
through the process of creating folders and uncompressing the files
that comprise Arcada Backup for Windows® 95.


   4.  Uninstalling Arcada Backup for Windows® 95
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To uninstall Arcada Backup for Windows® 95, follow these steps:

1) Ensure that Arcada Backup for Windows® 95 is not running.
2) Close all folders.
3) Go to Start menu -> Settings -> Control Panel, click Control Panel
4) Double click on "Add/Remove Programs" icon.
5) Select "Arcada Backup" from the list of programs.
6) Click on the "Add/Remove" button to uninstall, confirm by clicking
   the "Yes" button.

Note:  The uninstall feature only deletes files installed by
Arcada Backup for Windows® 95, not files created by the program such
as the catalog file.


   5.  Formatted tapes for QIC backups
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Before performing a QIC tape backup operation, make sure you have
enough formatted QIC tapes to accommodate the data.


   6.  ATAPI tape devices
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ATAPI tape devices (IDE interface) are not supported.  Contact your
hardware vendor for more information.


   7.  NetWare Bindery
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The NetWare Bindery and extended attributes are not backed up.  Only
native file attributes and file data are backed up on NetWare volumes.
Please refer to Help for more information.

Note: NetWare bindery data cannot be restored from DOS/Windows 3.1
      backup sets using this release of Arcada Backup for Windows® 95.


   8.  Reporting
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After scheduled jobs complete, a report for each job will appear on
the screen.  To avoid viewing the reports, uncheck this option in the
Preferences dialog in the Tools menu.  Reports for jobs that are run
by pressing the Start button can be viewed when the job is complete.
The five most recent reports can be viewed or printed using the Report
option in the Tools menu.


   9.  Restoring the Registry
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If the Registry is selected for a restore job, a dialog box will come
on screen requesting verification.  A check box is provided allowing
you to enable or disable restoration of the hardware and system
settings.  This option should only be checked if you are certain
that your system's hardware configuration and settings have not
changed since you last backed up the Registry.  Please refer to the
Help or User Guide for more information.


  10.  DMA conflicts using internal QIC devices
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If a DMA conflict error message occurs during a restore job while
using a QIC tape device having a floppy disk controller interface,
try modifying the tape device settings and attempting another restore.
To modify settings in Windows 95, follow these steps:

1) Go to Start menu -> Settings -> Control Panel, click Control Panel
2) Double click on "System" icon.
3) Click the Device Manager tab.
4) Highlight the tape device in the device tree and click Properties.
5) Click the Settings tab.
6) Unselect the following check boxes one at a time in this order and
   retry the job until no DMA conflicts occur:

    a) High speed burst transfers
    b) Concurrent hard disk access
    c) Concurrent video update


  11.  Device configuration
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If you receive a "No Devices Found" message when starting
Arcada Backup for Windows® 95 or you're having configuration problems,
follow these steps.

1) Configure the high speed tape controller if you have one.
2) Exit Arcada Backup for Windows® 95.
3) Right click on My Computer.
4) Click on Properties.
5) Click Device Manager tab.
6) Verify that the "TAPE" icon is present in the hardware tree.

    a) If the TAPE icon is present, double click the icon and verify that
       your drive is correctly identified.  If an '!' or '?' appears in
       front of the device, you have an IRQ, DMA or I/O Address conflict.

    b) If the TAPE icon is not present in tree, shut down the computer,
       check the power and data cables, power up, repeat steps 4-7.
       If the TAPE icon is still not present in the hardware tree, go to
       Add Hardware utility in the Control Panel.  If it is still not
       detected by Windows 95, call the device manufacturer.

On rare occasions when the tape device is recognized by Windows 95 in
the tree, but Arcada Backup for Windows® 95 is reporting
"unknown device found", follow these steps to run the Plug and Play
tape utility:

1) Click Start on the Toolbar.
2) Click Run.
3) Enter the path C:\Arcada Backup\SYSTEM\PNPWTAPE and run it.

Try loading Arcada Backup for Windows® 95 again and see if the problem
is solved.  If not, contact technical support.


  12.  Floppy disk access while using internal QIC devices
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Floppy access through the Windows 95 Explorer is blocked by
Arcada Backup for Windows® 95 when the Floppy Disk Controller is being
used to control a tape device.  A message will be posted by Windows 95
indicating that floppy access is currently not possible.

Don't use your floppy drive when performing QIC tape operations.


  13.  Power management conflicts
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Computer systems having power management features may conflict with
the backup program. If the computer system activates its power
saving mode during a backup or any other tape operation, you may
experience any of the following symptoms:

1) The video screen may turn black and you won't be able to return
   the system to normal operation.
2) The tape drive may continually run or "shoeshine".
3) The keyboard may be active, but the monitor will not.

If you experience any of these problems, reboot the system, turn all
power management features OFF (use AC power with laptops), and start
the tape operation again.


  14.  Adaptec AHA-1510B SCSI controller
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The Adaptec AHA-1510B SCSI controller may cause sluggish performance.
If you experience this problem, contact Adaptec for the latest
mini-port driver.


  15.  Loading Arcada Backup for Windows® 95 for scheduled jobs
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Arcada Backup for Windows® 95 may be loaded automatically when Windows 95
is started by selecting a checkbox in the Preferences dialog in the
Tools menu.  The checkbox is labeled as follows:

   Run at Windows startup if scheduled jobs exist.

This box is selected by default.  If it is not checked and backup jobs
are scheduled, Arcada Backup for Windows® 95 must be started prior to a
job's scheduled run time.


  16.  Delay after tape erase or canceled backup
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A delay of a few seconds to several minutes will result after canceling
a backup job or after using the Erase Tape tool.  Hard disk activity will
occur while information is removed from the catalog.  Longer delays occur
if the tape contains a large number of files.


  17.  Automatic tape naming
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There are times when it is necessary for Arcada Backup for Windows® 95
to generate a unique name for a tape.  This occurs if the tape has not
been previously named and must be overwritten during a scheduled backup
job, or logged during a restore job using the view from tape.  The
application will use the "job name" if it exists, or the words
"Backup Tape" followed by a three digit number from 001 to 999.  If a
tape has a name, it will always be preserved.


  18.  High speed controllers
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Windows 95 does not allow sharing of DMA and IRQ lines between a high
speed controller and the standard floppy disk controller.  If you
have conflicts, make sure you make these settings unique.

If you receive an "interrupt not received" error message while using
the 2 Mbps FC-20 high speed controller, try another IRQ other than
IRQ 10 and IRQ 11.


  19.  Reading QIC-80 backup sets
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Version 1.1 of Arcada Backup for Windows® 95 is unable
to read data that spans from a QIC-80 WIDE tape to a normal width
QIC-80 tape if the data was originally written using Version 1.0.

This is not a problem if the tapes were written with Version 1.1.


  20.  Tape capacity
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Remaining tape capacity is not indicated for all tape drives.
This function is hardware dependent.


  21.  Known incompatibilities
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The following incompatibilities exist between Arcada Backup for Windows® 95
and other programs:

1) Arcada Backup for Windows® 95 is incompatible with all
   Norton Utilities™. Make sure that these programs are not
   running during backup and restore operations.  Additionally,
   the Norton file FSVUNDO.DAT is not automatically excluded by
   Arcada Backup for Windows® 95 during operations and may
   cause an error during file verify.

2) Installing Arcada Backup for Windows® 95 on to a disk drive
   that has been compressed with Stacker95™ may cause the system
   to lock up.  The program should not be installed on hard drives
   using this compression.


  22.  Lost selections
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If file selections have been made for a drive that is no longer
available when Arcada Backup for Windows® 95 is launched,
those selections will be lost.


  23.  Archive bit
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The archive bit on a file is removed immediately after it is backed up.
If the user cancels a backup operation in mid-progress, the archive bits
for some files will be removed even though they are not backed up.
If a backup is canceled, it is recommended that a full backup be
performed immediately to guarantee that all files are safely stored.

