ERS32pro V 6.43 Mar 8, 1998
Readme is a brief description of ERS32pro, please read contents of Help.
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Emergency Recovery System 32pro for Windows 95 and Windows 98.
Where Win95 is mentioned it applies to Win98 too.
ERS does not make any modifications or entries to the W95 Registry, 
nor  to any Win95 System files files. It will simply make the new ERS 
directories  and copy the necessary ERS files into the appropriate
directories, while adding an ERS Shortcut to  the Start menu.


To Install, Reinstall and Unistall:
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Read the Setup.txt included with this archive.


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 CREATING BACKUPS
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  3Day Rotating:
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 This is a three day rotating backup. If you are using the seven day  rotating
 backup this will overwrite day 1, day 2 and day 3 of the 7 day backup routine.
  {if you are indeed using the seven day rotating backup}.
 Once you execute the backup,
 backup in day 3 will be deleted, backup in day 2 will transfer to day 3, 
 backup in day1 will transfer to day 2 and a fresh backup will be placed in Day 1.

 In other words , once you execute3 Day rotating, today's backup will be placed
 in Day 1, yesterday's in Day 2 and the day before yesterday will be
 placed in Day3.

 7Day Rotating: (Recommended)
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 This is a seven day rotating backup, if you are using the three day
 rotating backup and decide to go to the seven day rotating backup, this will
 overwrite the routine Day 1, Day 2 and Day 3 of the 3Day Backup.

 Once you execute this backup
 backup in day 7 will be deleted, backup in day 6 will transfer to day 7,
 backup in day 5 will transfer to day 6, backup in day 4 will transfer to day 5,
 backup in day 3 will transfer to day 4, backup in day 2 will transfer to day 3,
 backup in day 1 will transfer to day 2, and a fresh backup will be created in Day 1.
 hope I didn't confuse you.

 Day1>to>Day2>to>Day3>to>Day4>to>Day5>to>Day6>to>Day7>gets>Deleted,
 then creates new backup in Day1.
 All above backups are made in C:\Ers32pro\D1, D2, D3..through...D7 . folders.
 If you don't understand the above, just click on 3Day Rotating then 7Day Rotating
 and notice the movements of the backup dates moving from top to bottom.

 BackupA, BackupB and BackupC:
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 BackupA, BackupB and BackupC are manual backups of System files that are
 made independent of each other.
 These backups are made in C:\ERS32pro\BackupA, BackupB, BackupC folders.

 All the above are System files backups.

 Vitals1 and Vitals2: 
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 Are backups of about 136 Win95 essential files which are most likely 
 to get over written or corrupted, backing up these files could save you a 
 Win95 re-install or a format of the hard drive, keep them current and keep only
 one backup, after you install a new program do another backup in Vitals2.
 wait few days then delete the older one.
 You will find these backups in C:\ERS32pro\Vitals1, Vitalw1 and Vitals2, Vitalw2
 and uses about 12mb of hard disk space.
 The letter S in Vitals1 stands for files backed up from Windows\System 
 directory.
 The W in Vitalw1 stands for files backed up from the Windows directory.
 The 1 stands for backup #1 and  2 stands for backup #2.

 Startup1 and Startup2 backups:
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 These are the  Win95 startup files, if Win95 does not start and a restore
 from System files backup did not help then hopefully this restore will restart
 your computer.
 These backups are kept in C:\Ers32pro\Startup1, Startup2, Wincom1 and 
 Wincom2.

 User define:
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 You can select to add up to three files to ERS System files auto backup, 
 BackupA, BackupB and BackupC.
 Deselect Check box, if you don't want these files restored with ERS.

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RESTORING
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Please print this section and save it.
To Restore:
Restart computer and quickly press F8 when you see the line "Starting Windows 95",
appear on the screen, and select the "Command Prompt Only" from the menu.
TYPE ERS at the command prompt to execute ERS.bat, by doing so it automatically
changes directory to the 1ers folder which will then show you all the notes you have 
previously written, and the dates of all the backups, while producing a list of the
required restoration commands, so all you need to remember the word ERS.
If for some reason typing ERS didn't function then type,
CD 1ers.
there :

Type BackupA to restore from BackupA
Type BackupB to restore from BackupB
Type BackupC to restore from BackupC

Type Day1 to restore from Day1 backup( today's backup.)
Type Day2 to restore from Day2 backup (yesterday's backup.)
Type Day3 to restore from Day3 (day before yesterday's backup.)
so on down the line through Day4, Day5, Day6 and Day7 that if you backup daily.

Type vitals1 to restore from vitals1 backup.
Type vitals2 to restore from Vitals1 backup.

Type startup1 to restore from startup1 backup.
Type startup2 to restore from startup2 backup.

Note: If the Autoexec.bat, Config.sys and the Dosstart.bat size are equal to
zero 0 bytes (or empty) then MS-DOS will give you "file not found" while restoring.

If you are restoring in Windows 98, then while restoring you will get a
message that System.da0 and User.da0 not found, don't worry about
the message, Microsoft discontinued the use of these two files in Win98.
 

There could be up to four instances of MS-DOS in Win95.
In case of a clean Windows' 95 install there are only three.
Restore from ERS backups works only with one:

That one is the "COMMAND PROMPT ONLY" 

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AUTO BACKUP
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There is two ways to backup using Auto backup.
3 Day or  7 Day, refer to the Backup section to read about 3 Day and 7 Day
backups,.
By Selecting 3 Day  or 7 Day,  ERS will backup daily automatically upon
startups , it will show up only once every 22 hours and will pause for 30 seconds
before commencing backups giving you a chance to Cancel backup it if necessary, 
also you can bypass the 30 second pause by clicking on the "Bypass timer, backup
now" (for other options send me an Email)

You can select only one automatic rotating backup, 3 Day or 7 Day .
When you select 3Day then 7Day gets deleted from the Startup folder and when 
you select 7Day then 3Day gets deleted from the Startup.


If you have ERS installed in a non English Win95 you will need to make a shortcut
to the Sched7d.exe or Sched3d.exe to the Startup folder manually, don't copy or move
sched7d.exe or sched3d.exe but make a shortcut and copy or drag and drop the
Shortcut. Let me know if you want customized version for your native language.

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PROFILES
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Select the Configure Profiles check box, click the Browse button, select Profile Name
then double click the Profile window to transfer profile.
If you should change the profile name all backups of the older name will be deleted.

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REMEMBER REMEMBER REMEMBER
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Just type ERS while restoring, typing ERS will guide you and remind you how to
restore and will guide you on how  to restore.
Also it will change directories to C:\1ers where all the restore batch files are stored.
Just type ERS  at the "Command Prompt only"
If you see an ERS.bat in the root directory don't delete it.

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OTHER FEATURES
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WARNING: All backups has to be present and made in orde to transfer the 
ERS restore batch files to the bootdisk.
To Make ERS Bootdisk
{CAUTION... Always make bootdisks in the boot floppy drive, not in a secondary 
floppy drive} 
Click Options\Make ERS bootdisk and select the Floppy boot drive that
applies to your computer.
Format the floppy with Win95 formatting tool, don't use 3rd part formating tools.

WARNING: If you are using overlays use the boot disk supplied and 
select from options, using this bootdisk will damage your data.
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CLICKING
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You will find a Snap shot ers32pro.gif in the Ers32pro directory that explaines
all the controls of Ers.exe, view it with your gif viewer.


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TROUBLESHOOTING
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 Please don't have the restore batch files opened when making a backup,
or the ERS.bat open when closing ERS.exe.
 Where Win95 is mentioned it applies to Win98 too.
 Note: If you have a command line in the Autoexec.bat  to  delete 
 Win95 temporary
 files in the C:\Windows\Temp upon startup then the VB5run update 
 will not take affect if it prompts  you to restart computer because the 
 computer DLLs are outdated.
 Remove the line from the Autoexec.bat when you are installing 
 programs that requires a reboot.

 REGARDING Exit, and .dat files:

 On Exit ERS feeds back all the information into:
 ers.dat
 ers1.dat
 ers2.dat
 and profiles.dat,
 it also creates ers.bat in the root  directory C.

 ERS.dat, keeps track of the first 7 notes you write with the backups 
 (Day1 through  Day7). And keeps track the Date\Time stamp of backups.

 Ers1.dat, keeps track of the second 7  notes you write with the backups.
 And keeps track the Date\Time stamp of backups.

 Ers2.dat , keeps track of the Add 3day/7Day check box.
 Profiles.dat, keeps track of profile names and settings.
 Reg.dat, Keeps track of your registration and enables settings.
 Help.dat is some of  the help txt for help.exe.

 When you open ERS.exe, it will gather information from the above .dat
 files, and before closing ERS it will feed information back into them
 (.dat stands for data ).
 Should  Reg.dat or  ers.dat  or ers1.dat or ers2.dat or profiles.dat get 
 corrupted then ERS will not start, copy  all .dat files to a temporary
 directory, delete all .dat files in the Ers32pro directory then add them 
 back  one at a time to see which is the corrupted one. If you just 
 delete then and you will loose Profiles settings and have to enter the 

 registration code again also you will loose all notes.
 ERS creates new .dat files if none are found, so when you do move 
 back the .dat files as explained above, you need to over write those  
 already there.
 In normal use, you should have no problem with the DAT files.

 The program has been tested and proven to work very well.  Always 
 look the view windows to see if files are backed up, its also is a good 
 habit to physically check through the backup folders in the ERS32pro 

 directory and be sure all files are backed up, you should have at least 
 10 files plus the Autoexec.bat, Config.sys and the Dosstart.bat if you 
 didn't delete them.

 GENERAL INFORMATION

 Please do not move, change, or open any of the ERS files. Nor open 
 any folders named  "Date". These folders are used to check the date/time
 stamp when backup was made. If you should move any of those folders, 
 the information will be changed and they will then reflect the wrong 

 date/time stamp.
 
 If you should double click one of the .dat files in the ERS32pro folder,
 and you selected to open it with Notepad, it's icon may change to an 
 Notepad icon. how do I restore it?

 If that happens, backup the Registry FIRST, then open Windows Explorer, 
 selecting View\Options\File types. Scroll down to the "Dat file" listing, and
  click the "Remove" button.

 Be very careful while in the File types dialog, don't delete other files
 unless you know what you are doing. 

 Be sure you don't have ERS.bat or any of the restore batch files open when
 making a backup or closing ERS.
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 http://www.mslm.com
 Mar 5, 1998
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