-------------------------------------------------------------------------- POINT & SHOOT BACKUP/RESTORE 1.0 -- BY AMST (MEMBER ASP) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- POINT & SHOOT BACKUP/RESTORE IS A COMPANION PROGRAM FOR THE POINT & SHOOT HARD DISK MANAGER BUT CAN ALSO BE USED AS A STAND-ALONE PRODUCT. POINT & SHOOT BACKUP/RESTORE IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE FAST, EASY BACKUPS OF YOUR HARD DISK DATA TO FLOPPY DISKS. USER INVOLVEMENT IS MINIMIZED IN THE BACKUP AND/OR RESTORE PROCESS. IF YOU OWN A HARD DISK, POINT & SHOOT BACKUP/RESTORE IS A NECESSITY. POINT & SHOOT BACKUP/RESTORE CURRENTLY SUPPORTS THE FOLLOWING FUNCTIONS: o UP TO 10 USER-DEFINED BACKUP CONFIGURATIONS, EACH OF WHICH MAY CONTAIN A LIST OF UP TO 10 SUBDIRECTORY BACKUP SOURCES. EACH BACKUP SOURCE DIRECTORY MAY INCLUDE TRAILING DIRECTORIES FOR COMPLETE FLEXIBILITY IN BACKUP DEFINITIONS. o EACH BACKUP DEFINITION ALLOWS SELECTION OF MATCHING FILE SPECS, MODIFIED FILES ONLY, AND OPTIONAL DISK FORMATTING DURING THE BACKUP PROCESS. A GRAPHIC DIRECTORY TREE DISPLAY ASSISTS IN THE SELECTION OF BACKUP SOURCE DIRECTORIES. o FILES REMAIN INTACT ON BACKUP DISKS (EXCEPT WHEN DISK BOUNDARIES MUST BE CROSSED) o REQUIRED NUMBER OF BACKUP DISKS ARE AUTOMATICALLY CALCULATED. o RESTORATION OPTIONS INCLUDE SOURCE DRIVE, RESTORATION TO OTHER THAN THE ORIGINAL PATH, PROMPTS FOR DUPLICATE OR MODIFIED FILES, AND SELECTIVE FILE RESTORATION. AGAIN, A GRAPHIC DIRECTORY TREE ASSISTS IN SELECTION OF RESTORATION PATHS. o CONFIGURATION OPTIONS INCLUDE COLORS, AN HOURLY CHIME, AND LAST DRIVE DESIGNATION. o SUPPORTS 360K AND 1.2M 5-1/4", 720K AND 1.4M 3-1/2" FLOPPY DISKS. POINT & SHOOT BACKUP/RESTORE REQUIRES THE FOLLOWING HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE TO OPERATE CORRECTLY: o IBM OR 100% COMPATIBLE COMPUTER o 256K MINIMUM MEMORY (640K IF RUNNING FROM WITHIN THE POINT & SHOOT HARD DISK MANAGER) o A HARD DISK AND 1 FLOPPY DISK o MS-DOS VERSION 2.0 OR GREATER o COLOR/GRAPHICS, MONOCHROME, EGA OR VGA DISPLAY ADAPTOR THE FILES CONTAINED ON THE DISTRIBUTION DISK ARE: CHANGES TXT REVISION HISTORY FILES TXT THIS FILE INSTALL BAT HARD DISK INSTALLATION PROGRAM PASBR EXE THE POINT & SHOOT BACKUP/RESTORE PROGRAM PASBRDOC TXT PROGRAM DOCUMENTATION READ ME LAST MINUTE CHANGES AND INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS