README FILE January 12, 1998 Jaz Tools Software, Version 5.51 Contents Section # Topic 1 Using the Jaz "tools" Disk 2 Using the Guest Program 3 Software Installation Troubleshooting 4 Electronic Manuals 5 Installing Jaz Support on DOS-Only Systems Iomega Driver for DOS Jaz Tools under DOS 6 Cautions Microsoft Disk Copy Utilities FDISK 32-bit Access Windows Format Utility Microsoft Backup Compression Installing Applications to the Jaz Drive Findit for Windows requires version 3.11. 7 Setting up a Jaz Boot Disk System Requirements for Booting Jaz Boot Drive Options Setting Up the Jaz Drive as the Primary Boot Device Using the Jaz Drive as a Backup Boot Device _________________________________________________________ Section 1 Using the Jaz "tools" Disk The Jaz "tools" disk included with your Jaz drive is a special dual-format disk which contains Jaz Tools software for BOTH Windows/DOS and Macintosh systems. Before you can write any files to the disk, the disk format must be set as EITHER Windows/DOS (IBM-compatible PC) or Macintosh (which allows you to store your files safely but eliminates the Tools software files stored under the other format type). Running the software Setup program under either Windows 95 or Windows 3.1 automatically sets the "tools" disk format to Windows/DOS and reclaims the Macintosh portion of the disk for use on PC systems. Similarly, running the Jaz Install program for Macintosh, sets the "tools" disk format to Macintosh and erases the PC portion of the disk. If you are installing Jaz software support on a DOS-only system, you need to run the Reclaim program from the DOSSTUFF directory on the "tools" disk to set the disk format and unlock the disk. If you use your Jaz drive on both PC and Macintosh systems and want to install Jaz Tools on both system types, you need to purchase an additional "tools" disk for installing Jaz Tools on your second system. (See your Jaz Accessory Guide for ordering information.) NOTE: The Jaz "tools" disk can be used to reinstall Jaz Tools software on the SAME system type (PC or Macintosh) as the initial installation. It is important to keep the installation files on the "tools" disk in case you ever need to reinstall your Jaz Tools software. (For a PC system, the installation files are located under W95Stuff, W31Stuff, WNTStuff, and DOSStuff.) If you need more disk space, you may choose to delete some of the Jaz Tools additions. _________________________________________________________ Section 2 Using the Guest Program The Guest program allows you to use a portable Jaz drive on another computer without having to permanently install either an Iomega driver or Jaz Tools software. There are versions of Guest for Windows 95, Windows 3.1/DOS and Macintosh systems: * For Windows 95, run Guest95 from the Windows/DOS Install disk. If you encounter any problems, see "Help for Guest95" on the Install disk. * For Windows 3.1/DOS systems, run GUEST.EXE from the Windows/DOS Install disk. Refer to the GUESTHLP.TXT file on the Install disk for additional information on using GUEST.EXE with IBM-compatible PC's. * For information on using Guest on Macintosh systems, refer to the GUESTHLP.TXT file on the Windows/DOS Install disk. NOTE: On Windows 3.1, DOS, or Macintosh systems, running the Guest program provides a temporary driver installation that is removed when the computer is shut down or restarted. Running Guest95 permanently installs the drivers needed to support Iomega hardware under Windows 95. _________________________________________________________ Section 3 Software Installation Troubleshooting Refer to the MANUAL.EXE file on the Windows/DOS Install disk for software troubleshooting information on computers running Windows 95, Windows 3.1, and DOS. Section 4 in this Readme file contains detailed instructions on accessing MANUAL.EXE. Note for users of Adaptec EZ-SCSI: For information on using Iomega software and Adaptec EZ-SCSI on the same system, refer to "Special Information for Users of Adaptec EZ-SCSI" in Appendix A of MANUAL.EXE. _________________________________________________________ Section 4 Electronic Manuals The Iomega software package for Windows/DOS includes two electronic manuals: * The "Iomega Installation Manual" (MANUAL.EXE) which contains complete installation and problem-solving information for Iomega software under Windows 95, Windows 3.1, and DOS. * The "User's Reference Manual" (REFMAN.EXE) which contains reference information on Iomega SCSI software, including the Iomega Driver, configuration program, and Iomega SCSI Utilities. To access the Installation Manual, insert the Windows/DOS "Install" disk in an appropriate drive (floppy or CD-ROM), go to the DOS prompt, and type: A: (or D: where D is your CD-ROM drive) MANUAL You can also run the Installation Manual from the Windows File Manager by selecting drive A: (or D: where D is your CD-ROM drive) and double-clicking on MANUAL.EXE. Under Windows 95, you can access the Installation Manual by double-clicking on the floppy drive in My Computer and then double-clicking on the "Manual" icon. The User's Reference Manual is located in the DOSSTUFF directory on the Jaz "tools" disk and installed with the Iomega SCSI software package. Use the following procedure if you want to access the reference manual before installing your software: 1. Insert the "Install" disk (floppy or CD) for Windows/DOS into the appropriate computer drive and the "tools" disk into the Jaz drive. 2. Go to the DOS prompt and type: a:guest.exe (Install floppy in drive A) or d:guest.exe (Install CD in drive D) 3. Note the drive letter Guest assigns to your Jaz drive and use it in place of "e:" in the following command line: e:\dosstuff\refman If you install Iomega SCSI software using the INSTALL program, you can access the User's Reference manual from the C:\IOMEGA directory after the software installation is complete. Go to the DOS prompt and type: c: cd \iomega refman _________________________________________________________ Section 5 Installing Jaz Support on DOS-Only Systems Many of the application programs included in the Jaz Tools software package require Windows 3.1 or Windows 95. If you do not have Windows on your computer, you can still use the Jaz drive, but you will not be able to use the Jaz Tools software that requires Windows. This section describes the software support for Jaz drives available for DOS systems that do not have Windows. ______________________________ Section 5.1 Iomega Driver for DOS Running the INSTALL program from the DOSSTUFF directory on the Jaz "tools" disk installs Iomega SCSI software to support your Jaz drive. The Iomega SCSI Driver installs as a device (SCSIDRVR.SYS) in the computer's CONFIG.SYS file, and because of the way DOS handles drive letter assignments, this can shift your existing drive letters. Iomega software for Jaz includes a TSR version of the Driver (GUEST.EXE) which will not cause drive letter shifts when it is installed. If you prefer using the TSR version of the Iomega Driver (GUEST.EXE), you can manually install it in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file. Refer to the electronic Installation Manual (MANUAL.EXE) for manual installation instructions. MANUAL.EXE also contains information on assigning specific drive letters with GUEST.EXE. (See Section 4 in this file for detailed instructions on accessing the electronic manuals.) ______________________________ Section 5.2 Jaz Tools under DOS Iomega SCSI software includes a set of utilities that run under DOS. You can use these utilities to set software protection options on your Jaz disks, copy data to or from Jaz disks, format Jaz disks, or lock the Jaz drive so that you can install software to a Jaz disk. You can run the SCSI Utilities in an easy-to-use menu mode or from the DOS command line. To start the Utilities in menu mode, go to the DOS prompt for drive C: (the drive where your Iomega SCSI software is installed) and type: cd \IOMEGA SCSIUTIL If you need help running the Utilities, press anywhere in the Utilities. Complete reference information on the Iomega SCSI Utilities is contained in the electronic "User's Reference Manual" (REFMAN.EXE). (See Section 4 in this file for information on accessing the electronic manuals.) _________________________________________________________ Section 6 Cautions and Technical Notes ______________________________ Section 6.1 Microsoft Disk Copy Utilities CAUTION! Do NOT use DISKCOPY.EXE or the Windows 95 right mouse CopyDisk utility with your Jaz drive. These utilities were designed for use with floppy drives and do not work correctly with other removable drives. Use an Iomega disk copying utility to copy disks (either Copy Machine or Iomega SCSI Disk Copy). ______________________________ Section 6.2 FDISK CAUTION! Do not use FDISK on any removable disk. FDISK is designed for partitioning fixed disks. Partitioning any type of removable media can lead to unexpected results. ______________________________ Section 6.3 32-bit Access If you are using Windows 3.11 or Windows for Workgroups and want to use Copy Machine, make sure that 32-bit disk and file access is turned off. (This option is available when changing virtual memory options under "386 Enhanced" in the Windows Control Panel.) NOTE: Windows 3.1 does not support 32-bit access for removable disks drives. If 32-bit access is not turned off, the hard drive will NOT appear in the Copy Machine window. ______________________________ Section 6.4 Windows Format Utility If you are using Windows 3.1, do not use the format utility available in Windows File Manager to format Jaz disks. Use an Iomega format utility (either Iomega SCSI Format or Format in Iomega Tools). ______________________________ Section 6.5 Microsoft Backup Microsoft Backup does not support removable disk drives other than floppy drives. You can use Copy Machine to copy files on your hard disk to the Jaz drive, or you can use the Windows File Manager to drag-and-drop files you want to back up to Jaz disks. ______________________________ Section 6.6 Compression CAUTION! If you are using a compression utility on a removable disk (for example, a Jaz disk), you should make that disk nonremovable (or lock the disk in the drive) whenever the compressed volume is mounted. Removing a disk while the compressed volume is mounted could result in lost data. To remove the disk, first unmount the compressed volume, then unlock the drive. Refer to the electronic "User's Reference Manual" (REFMAN.EXE) for detailed information on locking and unlocking drives. CAUTION! Do not use any disk compression software to compress removable boot disks. Iomega SCSI Utilities with Stacker 4.0 When using Stacker 4.0 and Iomega SCSI, mounted, stacked drives will not appear on the graphical user interface screen for the Iomega SCSI Utilities. In order to use an Iomega SCSI utility on a stacked drive, you must first unmount the drive. ______________________________ Section 6.7 Installing Applications to the Jaz Drive Certain applications and games will install only to a fixed disk. To install these programs to the Jaz drive, use the Iomega Tools "Make Nonremovable" or "Lock" utility to make the Jaz drive appear as a hard drive to the system. After the software installation is complete, use "Make Removable" or "Unlock" to restore disk removability. ______________________________ Section 6.8 Findit for Windows requires version 3.11. Findit will not work properly under Windows 3.0 & 3.1. During catalog of a drive the system may stop responding. The solution is to upgrade to Windows 3.11. _____________________________ Section 7 Setting up a Jaz Boot Disk _____________________________ Section 7.1 System Requirements for Booting You can boot your computer from a Jaz disk if your system meets the following conditions:  The computer does not have an IDE hard drive installed as drive C. (You cannot boot from a SCSI drive if an IDE drive is set up as drive C on the system unless the IDE drive is disabled in the system CMOS.)  The Jaz drive is connected to a bootable host adapter (ROM enabled). Check the adapter documentation for information on necessary switch or jumper settings.  You have a compatible version of DOS, Windows, or Windows 95. _____________________________ Section 7.2 Jaz Boot Drive Options You can use the Jaz drive as the primary (only) boot device for the computer or as a secondary (backup) boot device:  Using the Jaz drive as the primary (only) boot device: This procedure assumes that the computer does not have a C drive and currently boots from a floppy disk.  Using the Jaz drive as a secondary (backup) boot device: This procedure assumes that the computer currently boots from a fixed SCSI hard drive. _____________________________ Section 7.3 Setting Up the Jaz Drive as the Primary Boot Device If the computer does not currently have a hard drive, you can set up the Jaz "tools" disk to boot the system. Note that the procedure in this section assumes that the computer does not have a C drive and currently boots from a floppy disk. If you have access to a computer that has a hard drive, it is recommended that you use that computer to set up your Jaz boot disk (see the procedure in Section 7.4.1 for detailed instructions on setting up a Jaz boot disk); this will allow you to avoid having to use the "tools" disk as your boot disk. 1. Make sure your Jaz drive is connected to a bootable host adapter and that the ROM BIOS on the adapter is correctly enabled. (See the adapter documentation for specific instructions.) 2. Set the SCSI ID on the Jaz drive to 0. (Some bootable SCSI adapters will only assign drive letter C to the device at SCSI ID 0, and DOS permits booting only from drives A and C.) 3. Turn on your Jaz drive and boot the computer from a floppy disk. 4. After the computer boots (A:> will appear on the screen), remove the boot floppy and insert the Windows/DOS Install disk that came with your Jaz drive. 5. Type A:GUEST (or D:GUEST where D is your CD-ROM drive) and press Enter. This will load the Guest driver to provide access to the Jaz drive. (Guest should assign drive letter C: to the Jaz drive.) 6. Insert the Jaz "tools" disk into the Jaz drive and run RECLAIM.EXE from the DOSSTUFF directory on the "tools" disk. The Reclaim utility sets the DOS format on the "tools" disk, reclaims the Mac-formatted portion of the disk for use by the PC, and unprotects the disk so you can install to it. 7. Remove the "Install" disk (if using a floppy install diskette) and reinsert your boot floppy. Use the DOS SYS command to make the Jaz "tools" disk bootable. To use the DOS SYS command, type A:SYS C: and press Enter. (This will work only if your boot floppy contains a compatible version of MS-DOS.) 8. Remove the floppy boot disk and reboot the computer from the "tools" disk. 9. Install the operating system you plan to use (Windows 95, DOS/Windows 3.1, or DOS only) to drive C: (the Jaz "tools" disk). IMPORTANT: Do NOT remove the "tools" disk from the drive until you have installed Iomega software as described in the next step. 10. Install the Iomega software package needed for your system as follows: Windows 95 Users: Run Setup from the W95STUFF directory on the "tools" disk to install Tools 95 software to the "tools" boot disk. Note that Windows 95 will operate only in MS-DOS compatibility mode (Real mode) when the system is booted from a removable drive. This is a Windows 95 limitation for using a removable boot disk and is not affected by using Iomega Tools to make the Jaz disk nonremovable. DOS/Windows 3.1 Users: Run the INSTALL program from the DOSSTUFF directory on the "tools" disk and select the "tools" disk as the target for installation. After completing the Iomega SCSI installation, load Windows and run SETUP.EXE from the W31STUFF directory on the "tools" disk to install Jaz Tools software for Windows. Make sure the target of installation is the "tools" disk. When the software installation is complete, open the AUTOEXEC.BAT file on the "tools" disk and add the following line: C:\IOMEGA\SCSIUTIL Lock c: This will make the Jaz boot disk appear as a fixed disk, which is preferred for running Windows 3.1 and required for installing and/or running some Windows 3.1 applications. DOS Only Users: Run the INSTALL program from the DOSSTUFF directory on the "tools" disk and select the "tools" disk as the target for installation. 11. Install any application programs you want to be able to run from the Jaz boot disk. 12. To boot the system after the computer has been turned off, turn on power to the Jaz drive and insert the "tools" boot disk; then turn on the computer. _____________________________ Section 7.4 Using the Jaz Drive as a Backup Boot Device If your computer is currently booting from a fixed SCSI hard drive, you can easily create a backup Jaz boot disk. In case of some disaster to the primary boot drive, you can then boot from the Jaz disk and use it to restore the fixed SCSI disk. The first procedure in this section describes how to create a bootable Jaz disk. The second procedure describes how to set up the Jaz drive to boot the computer. _____________________________ Section 7.4.1 Creating a Jaz Backup Boot Disk This procedure assumes that the computer is currently booting from a SCSI hard drive and the operating system and appropriate Iomega software have already been installed on the primary boot drive. 1. Prepare a blank Jaz disk using the Iomega Format tool with the "Copy System" option turned on. This is the ideal way to place the basic system files on the disk. CAUTION! Do NOT format your Jaz "tools" disk as this will destroy your Iomega software installation files. 2. Install your current operating system (Windows 95, DOS/Windows 3.1, or DOS only) to the Jaz boot disk. 3. Back up your primary boot disk (C:) to the Jaz boot disk as follows: Windows 95 Users: RIGHT click on the Jaz drive icon in My Computer and select Copy Machine. Use "Two Drive Copy" to copy C: to your Jaz drive. Be sure to select "Don't Erase" files on the target disk before starting the copy. Windows 3.1 Users: Double click on the Copy Machine icon in your Iomega Jaz Tools group. Use "Two Drive Copy" to copy C: to your Jaz drive. Be sure to select "Don't Erase" files on the target disk before starting the copy. DOS Only Users: Use the Iomega SCSI Disk Copy Utility to copy all files on drive C: to the Jaz drive (D: in the following example). Go to the DOS prompt for the IOMEGA directory on drive C: and run the command line: SCSIUTIL Copy C: D: /A /V IMPORTANT: Use the drive letter for your Jaz drive in place of D: when using the Disk Copy command line. You can also run the Iomega SCSI Utilities in menu mode to carry out the copy. Make sure you select the Append option before starting the copy. BACKUP NOTE for All Users: Repeat the appropriate procedure described in step 3 regularly to keep your Jaz backup boot disk current. _____________________________ Section 7.4.2 Using the Jaz Boot Disk to Restore the Primary Boot Drive In case of disaster to your primary SCSI boot drive, use the following procedure to boot the computer from your Jaz backup boot disk and restore the fixed SCSI hard disk: 1. Make sure your Jaz drive is connected to a bootable host adapter and that the ROM BIOS on the adapter is correctly enabled. (See the adapter documentation for specific instructions.) NOTE: If the fixed SCSI hard disk is connected to a different adapter than the Jaz drive, disable the ROM on the other adapter. 2. Set the SCSI ID on the Jaz drive to 0. (Some bootable SCSI adapters will only assign drive letter C to the device at SCSI ID 0, and DOS permits booting only from drives A and C.) NOTE: If the fixed SCSI hard disk is connected to the same adapter as the Jaz drive, you must also change the SCSI ID on the fixed disk so that it is not 0. 3. Turn on power to the Jaz drive and insert the Jaz backup boot disk; then turn on the computer. 4. Reformat the fixed SCSI hard disk using your operating system's standard format procedure. Be sure you select the option to copy the system files or make the disk bootable. 5. Restore files from your Jaz boot disk (C:) to the fixed SCSI hard disk as follows: Windows 95 Users: RIGHT click on the Jaz drive icon in My Computer and select Copy Machine. Use "Two Drive Copy" to copy C: (your Jaz drive) to the fixed SCSI hard drive. Be sure to select "Don't Erase" files on the target disk before starting the copy. Windows 3.1 Users: Double click on the Copy Machine icon in your Iomega Jaz Tools group. Use "Two Drive Copy" to copy C: (your Jaz drive) to the fixed SCSI hard drive. Be sure to select "Don't Erase" files on the target disk before starting the copy. DOS Only Users: Use the Iomega SCSI Disk Copy Utility to copy all files on drive C: (the Jaz drive) to the fixed SCSI hard drive (D: in the following example). Go to the DOS prompt for the IOMEGA directory on drive C: and run the command line: SCSIUTIL Copy C: D: /A /V IMPORTANT: Use the drive letter for your fixed SCSI hard drive in place of D: when using the Disk Copy command line. You can also run the Iomega SCSI Utilities in menu mode to carry out the copy. Make sure you select the Append option before starting the copy. 6. Shut down the system and turn off power to the computer. Restore your adapter ROM settings and disk drive SCSI ID settings to the configuration needed to boot from the fixed SCSI hard disk.