RestoreIT! Personal V3.04
README.TXT
February 2003

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Recent Information About Installing and Using RestoreIT! 3.04
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This document contains last minute technical information regarding the installation and use of this version of RestoreIT! 3.04.  

Please read the information here prior to installing and attempting to use RestoreIT!.

RestoreIT! is a personal backup tool. The applications restore capability relies on many factors such as the intensity of disk usage and the amount of disk space allocated for recording changes. RestoreIT! can restore data on your hard disk as long as the hard disk is still functional. If your hard drive is physically damaged, it can be assumed that the backup data available to RestoreIT! has been damaged as well. With this in mind, RestoreIT! is not intended to replace traditional backup devices such as tape drives.

The following are important issues relating to the use of RestoreIT!.


Before installation
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1.Close all open applications
2.Disable all anti-virus protection, software and BIOS (please re-enable after installing RestoreIT!)
3.Uninstall previous versions of RestoreIT! 
4.Run Windows Scan Disk to verify the hard disk integrity
5.Run Windows Disk Defragmenter to compact the free space on your hard disk


Operating System Compatibility and Upgrading
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RestoreIT! is compatible with the following versions of Microsoft Windows; Windows95 OSR2, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000 and Windows XP.

RestoreIT! is not compatible with other operating systems other than those listed above.

Some advanced features of Windows NT/2000/XP that are generally associated with servers are NOT compatible with RestoreIT!. Some of these features include multiple processors, volume sets, dynamic disks, and striping.

Prior to upgrading or changing operating systems, RestoreIT! should first be uninstalled. Afterwards, the new operating system should be installed. At this time install the edition of RestoreIT! that supports the new OS.  


Multi-booting
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Multi-booting is only supported for the following configuration:

1.The Microsoft supplied boot manager is the only boot manager. 
2.RestoreIT! must be installed once for each operating system, disabling (not uninstalling) RestoreIT! between installs. 

For complete information on installing RestoreIT! on a multi-boot system, please refer to RestoreIT!s online help.


Windows Me and Windows XP
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RestoreIT! is compatible with the Windows System Restore feature in Windows Me and Windows XP.
 
On Windows Me and Windows XP system when RestoreIT! is installed, Windows built-in System Restore will NOT be disabled.


Disk Compression Utilities
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RestoreIT! is fully compatible with NTFS compression built into Window NT/2000/XP.
RestoreIT! is also compatible with file-level compression mechanisms such as PKZIP, WINZIP, and ARJ. 


Further Reading
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We highly recommend reading the online Help information available in RestoreIT!. The User Guide is also a very good source for more information.

If you experience any problems or have other concerns, please contact our support department at support@farstone.com 
