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        PWare of programmers who carry screwdrivers.  - Christoph Pieper 



ReadMe-File for My Saver98 Pro
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My Saver98 is FREEWARE, stays as Freeware and is not under further development.
My Saver 98 Pro V3.0 complies with My Saver98, but has enhanced features, 
which can be enabled, for all time, by registering at pware for 20 US$.
You get here a 21-day-trial-version with the fully functionality of 
My Saver 98 Pro. After this time (21 days) My Saver 98 Pro will only resume
working for you, when you enter a valid registration name und serialnumber.
To register see below !


Features
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* My Saver 98 Pro saves your system files on a scheduled day, day of a week,
  or day of a month.
* It also has autostart capabilities,  with the command-line option /A,
  so your system files will be saved every start of windows, (if you wish so).
* All saved system files can be restored.
* All saved files can automatically be deleted after 'X'-days.
* Not saved files, due to a day off, will be done the next time the computer
  starts
* If windows will fail to start, but you can gain access to your hard-disk,
  you can manually restore your system files from the MySaver98-directory
* You can choose between the German and English version.


New Features of My Saver 98 Pro
-------------------------------

* The backuped-files can now be compressed, meaning, that your backup folder  
  will shrink (e.g. the registry from 4.5MB to 1MB).
* The compressed format complies with the PKZIP(c) by PKWARE(c), which means,
  that you can get access to your backups thru a variety of programs.
* Now, you (the user) can define files/folders, like your addressbook or 
  your documents folder, to be saved together with the system files.
* Now, you can also backup to a floppy, but only in compressed format,
  and only the system-files, not the user-defined !
* Compress to disk also with file splitting for big archieves.
* You can define where to backup your files/folder.
* You can comment on your backups.
* You can define where to restore your files/folders.
* You can choose which files to restore.


System requirements:
-----------------

Visual-Basic 5 Runtime Module must be installed.
Soundcard, a 'must be '
Memory usage: program, less than 1MB, files: depends on the size


Installation
------------

Very Easy. Unzip files in a directory, run setup.exe, follow instuctions.
Please start now the program from "Start-Programs-MySaver98Pro.
>From Options, choose "Create Autostart-Link" and english as your language.
The next time you start your computer, your system files will be 
automatically saved. Now define the options, and files/folders to be saved !


Program-Status
--------------

After the program starts your system files

  Autoexec.Bat
  Config.sys
  Msdos.sys
  Win.ini
  System.ini
  and the Registry

will be copied into a directory in My Saver 98 Pro.

Declarations:

Directory-name	explanations:

D01.10.98		Save at once-files

M01.10.98		Monthly saved files

W01.10.98		Weekly saved files

T01.10.98		Daily saved files



Menu SAVE AT ONCE
-----------------
Here your files will be saved as choosen from the option 'Save at once'. 
In the Pro version: here will also your user-defined files/folders be saved.

Menu OPTIONS
------------

Here you choose all options

Pre-Options:

Choose on which day a monthly save and a weekly save will be scheduled.
Choose if you wish that on every start, or only on the first start of 
windows a daily save will be made.
Monthly and weekly saves will only be done once.
Here you can create/remove the shortcut for the autostart-folder.
You can choose your language and if you wish MySaver98 Pro to be quiet on 
startup.
On the tabs monthly, weekly, daily you can choose the system files to be 
saved.
The tab for deleting gives you a choice, after how many days a backup will
be deleted.
If you register the 'Pro' version you can 'Organize' your user defined 
files/folders (how, see below) and add a comment to your backups. You also 
can choose now to compress the backups and how My Saver98 Pro handles the
floppy-disk.
Choose if you want My Saver to be quiet or make sound, if so define your 
own sound files.

Organize User-Defined Files/Folders
------------------------------------

After you press the 'organize' button a new screen will appear.
Description:
		Name : 'Neu' if you enter a new file
		        This will be the name for the files/folders you
		        associate with them, like 'docs' for your
		        document folder.

		Path : The path where the file/folder can be found.	
		       Don't worry, you don't have to type yourself
		       see next description.
		
		Browse for: Here you can search for file/folders. Just
			  choose right from that button, what you want
			  to search for.
		Options: Let's see

		Active : Means: is active for backup, if not, the path
		         information will be stored in the ini-file
			of mysaver for further backups.

		Monthly, Weekly, Daily, Save at once, is for you to
		choose at which given event your file/folders will be
		saved with the system files that mysaver saves.

		Button 'Apply': Take any changes or new entry
		Button 'New Item': Create new file/folder to save
		Button 'Delete Item': Delete shown file/folder from
				further backup
		Button 'Saving': Important ! Don't forget to save any
			     changes/new entries before you leave !!
		Button 'Cancel': Exit without changes.




Menu Rescue-Mode
----------------

Choose type and date for the files to be restored, check every file you wish,
check computer restart or not, and do it (or not). In the 'Pro' version you 
can also specify where to restore your files/folders.


Menu About
-----------

Something about me and my program, including a link to my homepage and
 e-mail adress.


Menu Readme.txt
----------------

Shows this files here.


De-installation
--------------

Can be made through Windows Add/Remove in Control Panel and don't 
forget to remove the autostart-shortcut.


Errors ?
---------

If you ever encounter a bug or a errormessage, please email me the 
full contents of the error/bug windows (the best would be a screenshot).


How to register ?
------------------

The registration fee for My Saver 98 Pro is 20$ USD.
Follow the links at http://www.pware.de to My Saver and registration.
After you successfully have registered and I have a confirmation that your 
money arrived, I will send you an email with your licence name and number.
After you received that, you can register My Saver 98 Pro thru the
'Register Me' button.
Enter the neccessary data and enjoy My Saver 98 Pro.




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This program is very easy to handle, but if you've got questions, remarks
or complaints, my address is:


Name:	Christoph Pieper
Email:	pware@pware.de
Homepage: http://www.pware.de

(also see About-Dialog)
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Disclaimer:

THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL OTHER WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS, 
EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, 
IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A 
PARTICULAR PURPOSE, CONFORMANCE WITH DESCRIPTION, TITLE 
AND NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS


(c) 1998 PWare, Heike Pieper
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NOTE: My Saver 98 Pro is using Info-ZIP's compression utility.  
      Info-ZIP's software (Zip, UnZip and related utilities) is
      free and can be obtained as source code or executables from various
      anonymous-ftp sites, including ftp.uu.net:/pub/archiving/zip/*.

