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Date:	Sat, 12 Oct 2002 13:47:19 PST7
From:	"Steven Levine" <steve53@earthlink.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: config.sys

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In <3DA82A7F.B7E6C8DC@attglobal.net>, on 10/12/02
at 05:58 AM, Harry Chris Motin said:

>the Main Menu. Learn something NEW everyday. However, it is essential, I
>believe, that Butch load the CONFIG.SYS into an Editor without any word
>wrapping!!!! He wants to see each and every line as a single line, so
>that he knows where each one begins (at the far left-hand side) and where
>it ends (at the end of that line on the right).

This I agree with, although since almost all editors will wrap lines, I
would say that Butch needs to be sure that word wrapping is turned off.

FWIW, with EPM, there's no way to prevent word wrapping at character 1699.
Fortunately, I've never seen a config.sys line this long. I don't know
what E's line length limit is.

>Steven, I assume you also mean to copy the, CONFIG.SYS, OS2.INI and
>OS2SYS.INI files, too. Unless Butch has a backup program, perhaps the

These are included. To be able to fully restore the Desktop you need
copies of:

os2.ini
os2sys.ini
config.sys
scenter.cfg
dock*.cfg

as a bare minumum. It can be useful to back up additional files, even
though they are not part of the Desktop, per se. Svobi's list is a pretty
good one. I capture even more using Unimaint's Supplemental Backup. The
file compression is useful and the files retain their original names.
This make it easier to restore one or two, on demand.

>easiest way for him to make a backup of ALL the essential files is to use
>XCOPY with the options to copy subdirectories, empty directories, hidden
>files, system files and read only files. That way he will make an exact
>copy of "C:\Desktop\..."

True, but Unimaint does all this with less fuss, as does RoboSave.

Steven

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