fastmenu PLUS DOS/Disk Utility Module. =====================================:> You may access all options in either of two ways. 1)- Move the highlight bar to the option you want with the Up and Down arrow keys and then press . 2)- Point the mouse at the option and then press the left mouse button. Option Reaction to option ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Format Diskettes....... Use this option to format new diskettes or floppies. NOTE ! For reasons of compatability between computers, this program uses the standard DOS format program found in your DOS directory. For proper operation, your AUTOEXEC.BAT file must contain the path to your DOS files. Formating diskettes. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1>- After choosing the Format Diskettes option, you will be asked to choose whether you want to format a Non Systems Disk or DOS Systems Disk (Boot Disk). If you choose to format a systems disk, after the format process the necessary DOS files will be copied to it, creating a bootable DOS diskette. 2>- After choosing the format type you will be asked to choose the drive that you want to format from. NOTE ! This drive menu has three options: A: Drive, B: Drive or Other. If you choose the Other option you will need to manually enter the drive designating letter. Entering a 'C' here will be rejected. 3>- After choosing the drive you will be presented with three more options. The first option in this list will be used if you want to format a disk to the same capacity that is standard for your disk drive unit. The second option in this list will be used if you have a high density 1.2 Meg 5 1/4in. drive and you want to format a low density 360Kb disk. The third option in this list will be used if you have a high density 1.5 Meg 3 1/2in. drive and you want to format a low density 720Kb disk. 4>- After choosing the format density you will be asked to insert a disk in the chosen drive and press any key to begin formating. File Maintenance....... Use this option if you want to perform any of the following: Copy Files, Delete Files, Rename Files, View Files, Edit Files or Run a program not listed in the applications menu list. 1>- After choosing this option, you will be asked to choose the drive that you want to perform file maintenance on. 2>- After choosing the drive, fastmenu will check the drive to see if it has any directories. If no directories are found, you will be presented with the file list that was found on this drive. If no directories or files are found on this disk, you will be returned to the drive selection menu. 3>- If directories are found, you will need to choose the directory you want to work with. Choosing a directory is done by moving the highlight bar to directory you want with the Up and Down arrow keys and then pressing . 4>- After choosing the directory, you will be taken to the file list menu. At this point, if you need further help, a new help file can be accessed from the file list menu. DOS DiskCopy........... Use this option to make a duplicate copy of a diskette. Only diskettes of the same capacity and size should be used here. You will first be asked to choose the Source Drive. The Source drive will be the drive that you will be placing the original copy in. Then you will be asked to choose the Target Drive. The Target Drive will be the drive that you will be transferring your original to. NOTE ! the Source Drive and the Target Drive can be the same Drive. If so, you will be asked to switch diskettes back and forth until the copying process is complete. Create Directory....... This option is needed if you want to create a directory on a disk that does not presently have any directories. After choosing this option, you will be asked to choose the drive that you want to work with. After choosing the drive, you will be given a place to enter the name for the new directory. Creating a new Directory from the Directory Tree screen. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NOTE ! If you need to create a directory on a disk that does not have any existing directories or files, you will need to do this from the DOS/Disk Utility Menu. If a disk has any existing directories you can create or delete them from the Directory Tree Screen. After choosing the File Maintenance option, you will be asked to choose the drive that you want to work with. After choosing the drive you will be taken to the Directory Tree screen. From the Directory Tree screen, you will move the highlight bar to the location that you want this new directory placed. You can do this by moving the highlight bar up or down the directory tree and then pressing . NOTE ! To place a new directory from the root directory, you will want to highlight the ROOT option on the directory tree and then press . If you want to place a new directory off from an existing directory, just highlight that directory and then press . 3>- After choosing the directory location, you will be asked to enter the name of the new directory and then press , after which you will be asked to verify this entry. Deleting Existing Directories from the Directory Tree screen. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This option can be reached from the Directory Tree screen, after choosing the File Maintenance option from this menu and the drive from the drive menu that you want to work with. NOTE ! A Directory cannot be deleted without first deleting all files from it. 3>- Choose the directory you want to delete by moving the highlight bar to that directory and then press . You will be asked to verify your choice. Help With Options...... This Help File.