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Date:	Tue, 27 Jul 2004 09:58:33 PDT7
From:	Tom Brown <thombrown@san.rr.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: UniMaint help needed

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Harry Motin wrote:
> On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 23:34:31 PDT7, Tom Brown wrote:
>
>>The big question: How do I restore the data? I have looked at all of the
>>.TXT files that I can find in the UniMaint directory without finding any
>>answers.
>
> Tom,
> Can you run UniMaint from your maintenance partition? If you can, why don't you use the
> online help from UniMaint and get your answers there, instead of from a text file. Also,
> the UniMaint online help should be available from the file, UNIMAINT.HLP, which
> should be in the UniMaint main directory.
>
> My user's manual states that you cannot use the restore CMD file from the WPS. It
> states that you have to boot from utility diskettes. That statement may be true, even for
> UniMaint on your maintenance partition (i.e., it will not restore as long as the WPS is
> operative)????
> HCM

I can run UniMaint from my maintenance partition, and can view the help
from there. It says that you have to run a restore when the WPS is NOT
running, either from boot diskettes or via Alt-F1. I expected that. What
I found that is disturbing is a section that talks about setting a
parameter to create the restore command. Apparently that is *NOT* done
automatically, so I don't have a restore command. If I want to restore
one of the backups, I will have to do it manually. The general procedure
is described in the help text: 1) removal of the Desktop tree 2) erasing
the .ini files 3) unzipping the backup 4) unzipping the Desktop and .ini
file backups to the appropriate locations and 5) ensuring that the .ini
files are NOT R/O. I guess I will try that later when I have a block of
time.

Thanks for your suggestion to run UniMaint from the maintenance
partition. In my fog, I hadn't thought of that!

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Tom Brown
thombrown at san dot rr dot com
Member SCOUG, V.O.I.C.E. & SDAA
running eComStation GA + FP 3
eCS system uptime is 0 days 00:42 hours

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