Hello Ben,

    Responding to a post in the BATPOWER area:
    On Monday June 14 2004 at 21:44,
    Ben Ritchey [1:393/68] wrote to Gerald Miller,
    about: Re: Norton batch

 GM: >> NSW 2003 or NSW Pro 2003?  (I believe the Pro version has the
 GM: >> Norton Ghost program and a few other enhanced features.)
 BR> NSW 2003 Pro, with Ghost, etc. I installed it to get the DOS (NU &
 BR> Ghost) stuff then uninstalled it (picked it up on eBay real cheap).

Read the documentation _very_ carefully...  I _think_ there is some "blah
blah blah" about a reactivation should you crash your system and have to
reinstall the programs.  Symantec as been taking lessons from Microsoft in
an effort to boost sales -- buddy of mine was so disgusted with their
scheming that he took the software back to the retailer and got a full
refund.

I'm running with NSW 2001, with _NO_ reactivation, and it's working well
enough for me -- LiveUpdate ensures that everything is current.

 GM: >> Are you implying that I can copy DiskEdit, NDD, Unerase &
 GM: >> Unformat (from my Win98SE system) onto a diskette and put them
 GM: >> on my DOS system
 BR> Yes, they work great under MS-DOS 6.22 at least. Norton Disk Doctor
 BR> (NDD) is like an upgraded Scandisk, since it knows about LFNs . I
 BR> Defrag C: first, which orphans the LFNs, then immediately run NDD,
 BR> which deletes them .

I created the ten Rescue diskettes and copied the files onto the DOS box.
Haven't had an opportunity to try threm out yet....  :-(((

 BR> If I try to run ONLY NDD first, it complains about the LFNs and says
 BR> to fix things under Windows. :-)

 GM: >> _OR_ do I have to create a Rescue diskette from my Win98SE
 GM: >> system and then copy the files to the DOS system?
 BR> I *did* create the Rescue diskette(s) but I don't remember if I used
 BR> those or the originals (either should work, if they're uncompressed).

Well, I didn't have a CD-ROM unit in the DOS box until yesterday....

I'll have to try running some of the NSW proggies from the CD on the DOS
box.  I just now looked in the NSW Utilities folder on the Win machine and
I'm thinking that Speed Disk will only run in a FAT-32 environment because
I see a SD32.EXE....  I'll have to try to install NSW 2001 through WfW 3.11
and see what happens.

 GM: >> As a side note, I was finally able to get WfW 3.11 connected to
 GM: >> the network system.  I had to obtain a different NIC (Netgear)
 GM: >> with drivers that support WfW (my AOpen NIC was unable to do
 GM: >> the job
 BR> Aha, I had wondered how you fared.

It just took me a lot longer than I figured it would and I don't think I
could have done it without the Internet and the expertise of a fellow in
Scotland (he's got an excellent website with very detailed help of how to
setup a WfW 3.11 network).  It was certainly easier than trying to setup a
network with MSLAN....  

 GM: >> network setup and then look for help to find out how I can
 GM: >> transfer files from one machine to another across my network
 GM: >> instead of doing
 BR> Same here, though I have a CD Burner on one so that's half the battle
 BR> won .

I guess I could get a USB card for the WfW/DOS box and use my external CD
burner (that is, if the software will install to WfW)....  That all seems
like an unnecessary expense after a couple of people have told me that I
_should_ be able to transfer files through the network.

 BR> I was also given a 4-port Hub (made my own RJ45 cables for it) but I
 BR> only have one NIC so I'll have to dig up another one day. My old NICs
 BR> are all BNC connectors. :(

Hang on to all the BNC stuff -- my son may want to relieve you of that
hardware -- he won't upgrade to RJ45 because he can move a computer to any
room in the house and be on his network within two minutes (he's got two
cables into every room - former owner was a real television freak).

Did the AUTO_SPD.BTM do anything for you?

           Cheers ... Gerald

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