LFN Backup And Restore
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Feature:
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LFN stands for Long File Name. Since DOS doesn't recognize
long file names and If you loose long file names then your computer
could get in serious trouble that could require you to uninstall
every program that you have and reinstall it. Or could corrupt
the registry with no way to restore.
Unless you know the LFN for every SFN (short file name), which
is impossible to know because:
Let us say that you have two directories that have LFN names,
Program Files and Program Storage, the SFN name for both would

be Progra~1, unless they are in the same directory then they
will be called Progra~1 and Progra~2.
Its impossible to guess what the original Long file name is unless
you have a backup that have converted these names into DOS SFN
and knows what the original name and path, then it can be restored from
backup to the original path.
You could loose LFN in many ways in Win95/98 or NT, if running in Real
DOS mode or you have restored from backup from DOS, are common 
ways to loose LFN. Or Windows got corrupted and you had to copy
your personal data to another drive from DOS so you can format the
hard drive.

Backup:
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Select the drive or directory that you would like to backup and click
the Backup LFN button.
It is very important that you read the Restore section below.
Run backups at least two to four times a month, depending
on how often you change the directory structure.
In addition to LFN backup, always backup your Start Menu,
Favorites or Bookmarks by copying them to a Floppy.
Empty your Temp, History, Temporary Internet Files and cache
before making a backup on LFN, that will save you about 3
to 6 minutes in backup time.

LFN can backup up to 9000 files and about 6000 folders in long 
file names. 
If you have about 20,000 files and folders and under normal use
of LFN then you could have about 25 to 30% of it in LFN, but
if you use LFN too much then its better to do partial backups
rather than a whole drive backup.
LFN backup limitations could be increased in the future if you send
me an Email and say that you do have more than 9000 files and
6000 folders in LFN.

Restore:
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When you backed up, 11 rich text files (rtf) are created in the
Backups folder in this program LFN directory to restore from.

Let us say you backed up the C drive then automatically the backups
are named:
C_Drive1.rtf , which is the file names backup holds the first 2000 files.
C_Drive2.rtf , file names backup holds the second 2000 files.
C_Drive3.rtf , file names backup holds the third 2000 files.
C_Drive4.rtf , file names backup holds the fourth 2000 files and over.

C_Drive5.rtf , which is the folder names backup for 3 directories path or less.
C_Drive6.rtf , which is the second folder names backup for 4 and 5 directories path.
C_Drive7.rtf , which is the third folder names backup for over 6 directories path.
C_DriveA.rtf, C_DriveB.rtf, C_DriveC.rtf and C_DriveD.rtf which are backups
of the files only, to restore from if you didn't loose the directory file names,
each holds 2000 files.

Auto Restore:
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Got confused, simply select any of the folders name and click Restore LFN,
it will restore automatically, starting from #1 to #7.
You don't need to restore C_DriveA.rtf, C_DriveB.rtf, C_DriveC.rtf, and C_DriveD.rtf
unless you lost the LFN on files only, it is an extra protection and you can run manually.
(you can loose LFN files only if you restored a directory of files only
from DOS).
You notice that the names of the backups are in DOS 8 letter names, 
because if you lose LFN then you will loose the LFN on the backup file 
names too which could make it hard track and auto restore.

So if you backed up  the Program Files directory then it will pickup
the first 7 letters and adds a 1 through 7 and A to D.

Restart LFN after each backup or restore to free memory, it will run more
efficient that way.

If you loose LFN then most shortcuts in the Start Menu will become 
white in color because the links are lost, so you may need to look for
Lfn.exe where you installed it and run it from there, it will run and 
restore OK. (read the Setup section)


Manual Restore:
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Be very careful here, restore #1 then #2 then #3 then #4 then #5 
then #6 then #7, if you restore #7 before #6 or #6 before #5 then the 
restore will not work any more and restore will not restore LFN for 
you any more, unless windows is able to distinguish SFN and the
LFN backup

Select the Manual Restore Check Box then select the file you would
like to restore, again DON'T ever restore #7 before #6 or #6 before #5.

#A, #B, #C and #D are backups of the files only, that if you lost the files

LFN but the directory LFN structure is still in LFN and has not been altered.


SETUP:
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LFN backup and restore needs the VB5run to be installed for it to run.
Simply double click the Setup.exe and select to install.
Better to install it in the C directory so its shortcut will be accessible 
in the Start Menu if you lost LFN.

Reinstall:
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If you have downloaded the LFN without the VB5run then there is an option
to Reinstall LFN, be sure to select the same directory as previously installed.

LFN backup and restore:
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LFN is still in beta, please come back and download the latest.

For Windows 95/98/NT
Copyright  1998. All Rights Reserved.
Theodore Fattaleh author, programmer and publisher.
All Program Names are Registered Trademarks of their 
Respective Owner.

http://www.mslm.com
same as
http://www.multisyslaunch.com
My Email addresses:
2000@msn.com
2000ted@gte.net
2000ted@compuserve.com

LFN Backup and Restore is free for ERS and MinuteMan registered users.

The shareware version will stop from backing up after 10 times of opening
the Lfn.exe.
Buy ERS and MinuteMan data backup, they are a must have don't go without it
and get the FloatMenu for free too.