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Recommendations\r\n 2. Questions and Answers\r\n 3. Hardware \r\n Tape Drives\r\n 4. Incompatibilities\r\n 5. Limitations\r\n\r\n\r\n R E C O M M E N D A T I O N S\r\n\r\n 1. Symantec strongly suggests after you do your first two backups, \r\n you use the Compare function from the main menu, to compare the \r\n contents of the backup diskettes or tape to the source data.\r\n \r\n You should also use the Compare function, if you have made a change\r\n to your hardware configuration. This will ensure the integrity of\r\n the backup set. Although we try to test on as many different\r\n computers and software as possible, we cannot test all possible\r\n combinations. This is why it is essential for you to perform at\r\n least two Compares. This confirms that Norton Backup is running\r\n properly on your computer. \r\n \r\n 2. If you have a computer with 386-33MHz or faster processor, use the\r\n following configuration:\r\n Program Level Advanced\r\n Compression Save Space High\r\n\r\n 3. Stacker and QEMM users see the software section.\r\n\r\n\r\n 4. If you do have problems, try booting your computer with a DOS\r\n system disk that doesn't have a CONFIG.SYS or AUTOEXEC.BAT file and\r\n see if the problem still occurs.\r\n\r\n 5. Check the Questions and Answers section of this file for a solution\r\n to the problem.\r\n\r\n If you are still having problems call Symantec Technical Support at\r\n\r\n (310) 449-4900.\r\n\r\n\r\n Q U E S T I O N S A N D A N S W E R S\r\n\r\n 1. Q: Norton Backup appears to lock-up during the backup, but it\r\n passed the Compatibility test.\r\n A: Try setting the compression to off or save space high these are\r\n Advanced Program Level options. This is sometimes an indication\r\n of a software conflict with a memory manager you have installed \r\n on your system.\r\n\r\n\f 2. Q: Why do I get the message \"Diskette in drive A is defective\"? \r\n A: This could be either a software or hardware conflict. On\r\n rare occasions a disk drive will not be able to handle the\r\n Norton Backup's proprietary format. Try the following things: \r\n 1. Deselect the Proprietary Format option in the Backup To\r\n menu. \r\n 2. Remove all TSRs and optional device drivers from memory\r\n by booting your computer with a DOS system disk that doesn't\r\n have a CONFIG.SYS or AUTOEXEC.BAT file and see if the\r\n problem\r\n still occurs. If these two things don't work--\r\n 3. Set Norton Backup to use low speed DMA. \r\n\r\n 3. Q: What do the messages \"Correcting Bad Disk\" and \"Cannot recover \r\n data from damaged diskette using Error Correction\" mean \r\n when attempting to restore or compare a backup set.\r\n A: There may be a software conflict, try removing all TSRs \r\n and optional device drivers.\r\n\r\n 4. Q: What can I do if I get the messages \"Files do not match\" or\r\n \"Incorrect checksum for file\"?\r\n \r\n A: Try setting Norton Backup to use low speed DMA. If this\r\n does not resolve the problem, then try removing all TSRs and\r\n optional device drivers.\r\n\r\n 5. Q: Why doesn't Norton Backup allow me to change any of the\r\n options in the program?\r\n A: You need to press the in order to select any of\r\n the options, such as Program Level, instead of the \r\n key.\r\n This will place a dot in the selection box next to the chosen\r\n option. You can also use the hot keys (highlighted letters)\r\n to select items.\r\n\r\n 6. Q: Is there an easy way to select/deselect All Files for either\r\n Backup or Restore without going into Select Files and doing it\r\n manually?\r\n A: With the logical drive highlighted in the Backup From/Restore\r\n Files window, press the or click the mouse\r\n (double-clicking with the left button or single-clicking with\r\n the right) to toggle between All Files and no files.\r\n\r\n 7. Q: I thought I backed up my files to floppy disk, however when\r\n I look at the floppy with DIR, the files that were backed up\r\n do not appear on the screen. Where are they?\r\n \r\n A: The files cannot be retrieved through DOS; this can only be\r\n done through the Restore function in the program. When Norton\r\n Backup writes to a floppy, it creates a component file on the\r\n disk. The filename of this file is the same as the catalog\r\n name, with the extension that corresponds to the number of the\r\n floppy in the backup set (e.g. CC10415.001 is the first\r\n diskette created on April 15). The actual files are packed\r\n into the data area of the component file.\r\n To verify that the backup was successful, use the Compare\r\n function from the main menu. You can run a compare immediately\r\n following the backup. \r\n\r\n\f 8. Q: Why did Norton Backup require fewer floppy diskettes for a\r\n backup than what the program indicated it was going to need?\r\n A: Norton Backup's estimate of how many disks are required for\r\n backup is a maximum based on the assumption of no data\r\n compression. It would take a long time to estimate accurately\r\n the amount of disk space saved with data compression, because\r\n it depends on the nature of the data being compressed.\r\n\r\n 9. Q: I told the program to back up drive D, but it keeps backing\r\n up drive C. What's wrong?\r\n A: The DEFAULT.SET file is defined initially to back up all files\r\n on the C drive. You will need to deselect the files for\r\n the C drive by pressing the on the line that says\r\n -C- All Files, in the Backup From box. Think of the Backup \r\n From box as a list of drives to be backed up. In this case,\r\n you will notice that next to the drive letter C it will be\r\n either All Files or Some Files. The highlight bar allows you\r\n to edit the list of your drives and therefore it does not\r\n choose the drive to be backed up.\r\n\r\n 10. Q: The Backup program doesn't seem to be accepting my Includes\r\n or Excludes. What am I doing wrong?\r\n A: You have selected some of the files/directories from the\r\n Select Files tree with the space bar or mouse. These are \r\n manual file/directory selections and will take priority over\r\n the Include/Exclude list. These directories should be in a\r\n different color than unselected directories (usually red). To\r\n use the Include/Exclude list, you need to tell Norton Backup\r\n that you do not want to manually override the Include/Exclude\r\n list. To do this:\r\n 1. Highlighting the red or yellow directory(s) on the\r\n Select Files screen and pressing the keys.\r\n Once this is done the Include/Exclude list is applied to\r\n all non-red or yellow directories.\r\n 2. Make whatever manual selections are necessary (these will\r\n override the Includes/Excludes if there is a conflict).\r\n Or\r\n 1. Start all over again by deselecting all the files on the\r\n drive by highlighting the drive letter in the Backup From\r\n list box, by pressing the on the appropriate\r\n drive letter.\r\n\r\n 11. Q: Why would Norton Backup indicate that a restore is complete\r\n when it did not restore any files (as shown by no check marks\r\n next to the filenames in the top right corner of the Restore\r\n screen) and it only took a few seconds for this entire process\r\n to finish?\r\n A: Norton Backup is probably trying to restore some older files\r\n over some newer files (for example, restoring to fix a\r\n corrupted database).\r\n 1. Configure Norton Backup to the Advanced Restore program\r\n level.\r\n 2. Choose Options followed by Overwrite Files.\r\n 3. Change this option to Always Overwrite\r\n Or \r\n Delete the unwanted files on the hard drive first.\r\n\r\n\f 12. Q: Why is there a dot to the left of the filenames in the\r\n Select Files window instead of a checkmark after selecting the\r\n files to be backed up or to be restored?\r\n A: The dot means the file has been deselected. If you are \r\n performing an incremental backup, the dot indicates that you\r\n have tried to select a file that has not changed since the \r\n last Full or Incremental backup. The file may have been\r\n deselected from backup or restore because of a special\r\n selection statement. To change the special selections choose\r\n Select Files followed by Special. You can exclude files by the\r\n attributes, date range, and/or copy protected files list.\r\n\r\n 13. Q: I'm trying to restore to a different computer and Norton\r\n Backup says there are no catalogs found, or it tells me\r\n that the incorrect disk has been inserted into the drive.\r\n Why would this happen?\r\n A: After performing a backup, a catalog will be created on both\r\n the hard disk where the backup was done as well as on the last\r\n disk of the floppy backup set, or at the end of the tape.\r\n \r\n In order to transfer this catalog to the new hard disk:\r\n 1. Choose Catalog from the Restore screen.\r\n 2. Select Retrieve\r\n Or\r\n Copy this catalog (file with extension .FUL,.INC, .DIF or\r\n .CPY) from the original computer into the Norton Backup\r\n directory on the target computer.\r\n\r\n If you have the incorrect catalog loaded:\r\n 1. Choose Catalog\r\n 2. Highlight the desired catalog and press the to\r\n select it.\r\n 3. Choose Load to make it the current catalog.\r\n\r\n You could also use the restore without a catalog feature to\r\n restore the data. This is easier and quicker than using a\r\n catalog, when you want to restore a whole backup set.\r\n\r\n 14. Q: Norton Backup is not using Norton Disk Doctor to scan the disk \r\n before backing up, even though I selected that option.\r\n A: Norton Backup looks for the NU environment variable to find\r\n the Norton Disk Doctor. You will need to add \"SET\r\n NU=C:\\NORTON\" to your AUTOEXEC.BAT file. Replace the\r\n \"C:\\NORTON\" with the correct path name to Norton Utilities on\r\n your hard disk. \r\n\r\n\r\n\f H A R D W A R E \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n T A P E D R I V E S\r\n \r\n 1. Norton Backup only supports QIC 117 interface Tape Drive and QIC\r\n 40 or QIC 80 tape drives.\r\n\r\n QIC 02 or other interface tape drives are not supported. Most high\r\n speed/compression adapters are not currently supported.\r\n\r\n 2. Supported Tape drives are listed below:\r\n\r\n Archive 5240 (XT only), 5540, 5580, 3580 (PS/2):\r\n Some 5240s have hardware incompatibilities. Norton Backup\r\n only supports tape drives that come with serial numbers\r\n starting with BB or above. Serial numbers starting with AA\r\n or AB are not supported.\r\n\r\n Core Light QIC 80:\r\n Some versions of the OEM software may not be compatible with\r\n Norton Backup. You should therefore verify that backups\r\n made with the OEM software can be restored with Norton\r\n Backup, in the event you may need to restore old backups\r\n that were not made with Norton Backup.\r\n\r\n Colorado DJ-10 or DJ-20:\r\n Also known as the \"JUMBO 120\" (40Mb) or \"JUMBO 250\" (80Mb)\r\n The FC-10 Speed Card is not currently supported.\r\n\r\n CMS Enhancement T2120/AT:\r\n The T2120/PS2 is not QIC117 compatible at this time.\r\n For T2120 (AT), you must change dip switch 5 at the back of\r\n the tape drive from OFF to ON.\r\n\r\n Irwin 40sx and 80sx:\r\n Archive is the OEM. These drives are identical to the\r\n Archive 5540 and Archive 5580.\r\n\r\n Mountain 4000, 8000, 4740(PS/2):\r\n This drive can be installed as a B-drive or you can use a\r\n \"third connector\" cable. \r\n \r\n Tallgrass FS120 & FS300:\r\n Mountain is the OEM for the FS300. The FS300 drive is\r\n identical to the Mountain 8000. Early Tallgrass FS120's were\r\n produced by Mountain. They were Mountain 4440s. These drives\r\n have a circuit board that extends past the chassis 1.5\".\r\n \r\n Recent FS120's are produced by Archive. They are referred\r\n to by Tallgrass as Irwin Hornet drives, which are really\r\n Archive 5540s. The circuit board on these drives are exactly\r\n the same length as the chassis. \r\n\r\n Tecmar QIC 40:\r\n Wangtek is the OEM for the Tecmar QT40i\r\n\r\n\f Wangtek QIC 3040F5 & 3080F5:\r\n These tape drives are frequently setup incorrectly for Norton\r\n Backup; the jumpers are factory set as B drive. If the tape\r\n drive is to be configured as the third device, you must change\r\n the jumper at the back of the tape drive.\r\n\r\n Wangtek documentation refers to a unique setting for using\r\n Wangtek drives (3080F5) as a third device on Compaq machines\r\n which will not work with Norton Backup. Use the phantom drive\r\n setting instead.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n I N C O M P A T I B I L I T I E S\r\n\r\n Accutrak \r\n Including IBM PS/2 internal tape drives\r\n\r\n DC6000\r\n Archive, Wangtek, Cipher, Tanberg, Sankyo Seiki\r\n\r\n Everex describes the 60F tape drive as QIC 40 compatible, however\r\n it is only QIC40 formatted and not QIC 117 interface compatible.\r\n Tapes can be interchanged between Everex Software and Norton\r\n Backup.\r\n\r\n The Northgate has an incompatible IDE hard/floppy disk drive\r\n controller. Only some systems are shipped with a League IDE\r\n controller card (IDE H/F disk drive). Norton Backup cannot run\r\n with this IDE disk drive controller. \r\n\r\n The Zenith Supersport has a DMA bus conflict condition with Norton\r\n Backup. Norton Backup is not certified to run on this platform.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n S O F T W A R E\r\n \r\n In order to have Norton Backup run with best performance, a minimum\r\n of 512K of RAM is recommended.\r\n\r\n Erase Protect or File Save (Norton Utilities)\r\n All of the files marked for deletion are placed in a hidden\r\n directory called TRASHCAN. If you would like Norton Backup\r\n not to backup these files then just deselect this one\r\n directory (manually or with exclude statements)\r\n\r\n PC-MOS is not supported.\r\n\r\n\f Desqview\r\n \r\n Desqview needs to assign 640KB for installation.\r\n The advanced settings should be as follows:\r\n\r\n close on exit N/A use own color YES\r\n allow close window command NO run background NO\r\n use math coprocessor NO keyboard conflict 0\r\n share CPU NO share EGA foreground zoom NO\r\n can be swapped out NO protection level 0\r\n\r\n ** other settings not mentioned are N/A.\r\n See notes in the scheduler section concerning Desqview.\r\n \r\n Running in different operating systems will force Norton Backup to\r\n reconfigure.\r\n \r\n QEMM\r\n \r\n You may get a message from QEMM to \"set DMA=xx\" where xx is a\r\n number. Just follow QEMM's instructions for adding this to the QEMM\r\n device line in the CONFIG.SYS. QEMM needs this line to handle\r\n Norton Backups use of the DMA channels.\r\n\r\n Windows\r\n\r\n Norton Backup must be running Full screen and be the only\r\n application running. See the note about Windows in the Scheduler\r\n section.\r\n\r\n Stacker\r\n\r\n Back up the Stacker drive instead of the STACVOL.xxx file (usually\r\n found in the root directory). If you backup just the STACVOL.xxx\r\n file then you will NOT be able to restore a particular file from\r\n your Stacker drive. You will be forced to restore the whole drive.\r\n If you lose or damage one disk containing this huge file then you\r\n will lose all the data that was on your Stacker drive.\r\n \r\n View\r\n\r\n Norton Backup View does not support graphic files.\r\n\r\n NSCHED.COM\r\n \r\n This TSR should be the last TSR loaded. In most cases it will\r\n detect if a TSR is loaded afterwards and will disable itself.\r\n The TSR program \"NSCHED.COM\" always loads itself in high memory.\r\n If there is no high memory or insufficient high memory. NSCHED.COM\r\n loads itself in low memory. Using QEMM to load NSCHED.COM to high\r\n memory will produce an error message \"cannot load high\". \r\n\r\n BACKUP\r\n\r\n If the Norton Backup directory is selected for backup, not all of\r\n the files in the directory are backed up. Some dynamic files are\r\n exempt from backup process; such as *.sav, *.bak, *.slt,\r\n nbackup.log, restore.tmp, backup.tmp and compare.tmp. These files\r\n do not need to be backed up, because they are temporary files that\r\n change during the backup and restore processes.\r\n\r\n The file system:\r\n \r\n NB_____.__$ This is a temporary file that Norton Backup swaps in\r\n and out of memory. This file can be deleted if it\r\n exists in the directory. \r\n\r\n nbackup.log: This is an internal picture of the logged drive.\r\n\r\n *.set files saves program setting in ASCII\r\n \r\n *.sav files when a .set file is changed, the old file is renamed\r\n from .set to .sav.\r\n \r\n *.slt files save current file selections\r\n\r\n *.cat files used by backup engine; saves chksum, count of files,\r\n count of directories.\r\n\r\n nbackup.tmp link between interface and backup engine in ASCII.\r\n\r\n dibmerg.tmp used by merging process; should be removed upon \r\n merge completion.\r\n\r\n fibmerg.tmp used by merging process; should be removed upon \r\n merge completion.\r\n\r\n nbackup.rst list of files to be restored out of catalog.\r\n\r\n ecc_file.tmp used while Norton Backup is doing ecc corrections.\r\n\r\n cat_file.tmp used while Norton Backup is doing ecc corrections.\r\n \r\n Norton Backup sets the DMA speed to low if the compatibility test\r\n is cancelled. Skipping the compatibility test will leave DMA\r\n speed set to HIGH.\r\n\r\n Setup Files, Tape Tools and Macros\r\n\r\n Macros are only supported in the backup portion of Norton Backup.\r\n Macros are not supported for the pull down menus.\r\n\r\n Do not use a macro to load a setup file or for file selection,\r\n the results are unpredictable.\r\n\r\n DOS Path\r\n\r\n A Backup made from a floppy disk drive through DOS path, can only\r\n be restored through DOS path.\r\n\r\n Scheduler\r\n\r\n The Scheduler cannot schedule an event on the last day of the\r\n month because there are 28 day, 29 day, 30 day, and 31 day\r\n months. If you want to schedule regular monthly backups, schedule\r\n them for the 1st day of the month. The following programs have \r\n been found to disable the scheduler: Paradox 3.5, Borland C++ 2.0,\r\n WordPerfect Office, and DOS PRINT. When running Windows or\r\n Desqview the scheduler will wait until you exit that environment\r\n before making a backup.\r\n\r\n Norton Antivirus\r\n\r\n Norton Backup does not backup \"NAV_.SYS\" and \"NAV&.SYS\". Norton\r\n Antivirus is protecting these files and must be disabled to allow\r\n backing up of these files.\r\n\r\n Solution #1:\r\n Add NAV_.SYS and NAV&.SYS to the Copy Protected Files list found\r\n in the Special box in the Select Files screen.\r\n \r\n This will tell Norton Backup not to attempt to backup these\r\n files. In the event you need to restore NAV_.SYS or NAV&.SYS you\r\n can do so from the original Norton AntiVirus disks. The benefits\r\n from this solution are that unattended backups are possible,\r\n Norton AntiVirus is active, and you do not need to remember to\r\n disable Norton AntiVirus.\r\n\r\n Solution #2:\r\n To temporarily disable Norton AntiVirus, reboot the computer, press\r\n and hold down the two SHIFT keys after you hear the first beep from\r\n the computer. A message should display stating that Norton\r\n AntiVirus has not been loaded. You may now release the keys and \r\n make your backup. Remember to reboot again to reactivate Norton\r\n AntiVirus. The benefit of this solution is that you have a backup\r\n that contains all of the Norton AntiVirus files that were selected\r\n for backup.\r\n\r\n The NAV.SYS contained in versions of Norton AntiVirus prior to\r\n 2.0 are not compatible with NSCHED. If NSHED interrupts the \r\n warning dialog box of Norton AntiVirus 1.5 or earlier, you will\r\n need to reboot.\r\n\r\n \r\n \r\n Q I C I N T E R C H A N G E \r\n \r\n Norton Backup is able to restore backup tapes made with the \r\n following OEM tape software: \r\n Archive (QSXL), CMS Enhancements (Rescue), Corelite (Core), \r\n Colorado (Tape), Irwin (Central Point 6.0), Mountain (Filesave), \r\n Tallgrass (Filesecure), Tecmar (QT), Wangtek (Central Point 7.0), \r\n and Central Point 7.1 (using the QIC format and no password)\r\n \r\n The following OEM tape software was tested and will restore \r\n Norton Backup tapes: \r\n Colorado (Tape), Mountain (Filesave), Tallgrass (Filesecure), and \r\n Central Point 7.1 \r\n \r\n The following OEM tape software was tested and will not restore \r\n Norton Backup tapes: \r\n Archive (QSXL), Corelight (Core), Irwin (Central Point 6.0), \r\n Tecmar (QT), and Wangtek (Central Point 7.0) \r\n \r\n \r\n\r\n\f LIMITATIONS:\r\n\r\n Ideally, Norton Backup can log drives having 2040 directories and\r\n 65000 files but the maximum number of directories and files\r\n depend on the system memory available for drive logging. If\r\n Norton Backup does not have sufficient memory for drive logging,\r\n end users need to use DOS \"SUBST\" or NETWORK \"MAP\" to partition\r\n the drive they want to backup. Norton Backup will allocate 64KB\r\n for logging 2040 directories. If there is insufficient memory,\r\n Norton Backup will allocate 32KB for 1020 directories. \r\n\r\n Each tape volume table can hold 256 entries. This means that\r\n Norton Backup can save 256 backup sets to a single tape, if the\r\n save catalog to tape option is turned off. If you turn on the\r\n save catalog to tape option, then the maximum number of backups\r\n to a single tape is 128." }