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DOSLFNBKDOSLFNBK Backs up/restores Win95 long filenames in DOS. Version 2.7Copyright © 1995, 2002 D.J. MurdochDescriptionNew in this releaseDownloadingLicensePricingOnline Ordering Volumediscounts, site licenses, etc.Also online: an HTML version of the documentation.DescriptionDOSLFNBK backs up long filenames and file attributes, to allow you to useolder DOS-based backup and archive programs with Win95/98. It also makes itpossible to recover from a catastrophic disk crash without re-installingWin95/98 first. Runs on FAT file systems in DOS, Win95/98 or Windows NT. Microsoft's Windows 95 introduced long filenames (LFNs), and they are mostlycompatible with old software. However, there are some problems. Old backupprograms don't recognize LFNs, so they don't get properly backed up. Worse, theWin95 backup program didn't support a lot of common backup hardware (e.g.Colorado Memory Systems tape drives using accelerator cards) and wouldn't run inDOS mode, so recovery from a catastrophic disk failure could be reallydifficult.To address this problem, Microsoft put a program called LFNBK on the Win95CD ROM to back up your LFNs. However, it's very inconvenient to use. It requireschanges to your Control Panel settings before and after use, and it works bystripping all the LFNs off your disk---so you need to restore them again afteryou've done your backup to tape. It will only run after Win95 has booted, soagain you've got big problems after a catastrophic disk failure. If you've got a program that is completely incompatible with LFNs then youmight want to use LFNBK, but for routine system backups it's too much of a pain.I wrote DOSLFNBK to address these problems. It runs in any version of DOSthat can see your disk, and can both backup and restore your filenames there.During backup, it makes no changes to the names, so you can routinely run itjust before a tape backup and not have to undo the damage afterwards. It alsoallows partial backups and partial restores. Nowadays, backup programs are a lot smarter: you may well have a Windowsbackup that can do a full restore from DOS. Even if so, you might choose to useDOSLFNBK for setting up new PCs or in other situations where it's just notconvenient to work in Windows.Back to topNew in This ReleaseVersions 2.1 to 2.3 of DOSLFNBK fixed serious but fairly rare bugs in 2.0.Versions 2.4 to 2.7 fix some rare but irritating bugs, and add a few newfeatures, as described below. Version 2.0 fixed a few minor bugs, and added alot of new stuff. The main additions are the following:Version 2.7:Bug fix for rare directory corruption by DOSVersion 2.6:Bug fixes for very large directoriesVersion 2.5:Adds support for very large FAT16 disksThis version adds support for cluster sizes greater than 32K, as you wouldget on a FAT16 partitions that are bigger than 2GB.Version 2.4:Adds /q option for quiet runWon't print actions as it does a restore.Adds /h option for high level accessYou can now do a backup from a non-FAT disk, as long as Windows is running.This allows backup of a network drive, for instance.Fixes rare bugs on very large disksVersions 2.0 to 2.3:DOSLFNBK became sharewareI originally wrote DOSLFNBK for my own use, and since I had a lot of helpand suggestions from various people around the net, I released it asfreeware. However, I get a lot of questions and requests for help, and I canno longer afford the time spent answering those, so the new release is nowshareware. If you use it, you are required to obtain a license.Version 1.6 (still available) will remain asfreeware, but I will no longer be offering technical support for it. You'rewelcome to use it for free into the indefinite future, but please don't askme for help.Backup/restore/display of file attributesWin95/98 use some combinations of file attributes that confuse older backupprograms. DOSLFNBK can fix the errors caused by improper restore of theseattributes.Check for full restoreMany programs (e.g. XCOPY) will skip certain files during a backup orrestore operation, leading to bizarre errors. DOSLFNBK now compares the listof files on disk to the list in its backup file; if any files are missing,it prints a warning. (It would be nice if it could restore them, but it onlybacks up the name!) To help support this option, I've added the /alloption, which will make DOSLFNBK back up every filename on your disk.Integrity checks of disk structureA lot of old disk utilities (especially defraggers and directory sortersother than LFNSORT) will mess up your disk. DOSLFNBKnow detects this damage, so that it doesn't make things even worse. It willoptionally attempt repairs, but I strongly recommend using dedicatedsoftware for this.Optional overwrite of existing LFNsSome versions of DOS (e.g. Hebrew DOS) use LFNs for holding specialnon-ASCII characters in 8.3 filenames. DOSLFNBK can't tell the differencebetween these LFNs and real ones, so it needs to be able to overwrite nameson demand. Use this carefully: the base name of a file can change even whenyou copy the file from one directory to another, so it's often best just toskip over existing LFNs.Better display of special charactersLFNs store filenames using the 16 bit Unicode character set, but DOS onlyknows various 8 bit code pages. DOSLFNBK now does a better job of displayingfilenames using special characters. Restore from a different directorySometimes people need to restore filenames to a different directory thanthe one where they were backed up. The new /from option allows youto do this.FAT32 supportThe late releases of Win95 and Win98 support partitions on hard diskslarger than 512 Megabytes. They do this by making fairly substantial changesto the internals of the disk storage, including changing the File Allocationtable from 12 or 16 bit entries to 32 bit entries. DOSLFNBK now supportsFAT32.Support for non-IOCTL drivesSome older tape drives and ramdisks pretend to be a disk drive, but don'tsupport all the DOS services to provide information about themselves.DOSLFNBK normally takes a very conservative approach: if it can't get diskinformation confirmed from two sources, it won't touch the disk. New in thisrelease is the option to go ahead based only on partial information. Usethis carefully!Automatic operationSometimes you don't want to sit there answering prompts about questionablesituations. DOSLFNBK offers two choices: /auto tells it toautomatically give the safe response (which might be to abort the run, withan error code); /force tells it that you know what you're doing, andyou want it to go ahead, even if it doesn't look safe.Bug fixesThe following bugs in older versions have been fixed in version 2.7:Clusters larger than 32K would cause DOSLFNBK to crash.Some prompts were confusing or incorrect./L required the listed directory to exist.Versions 2.0 and 2.1 couldn't restore from version 1.x backups.Some special characters were displayed improperly.Filenames containing special characters were not restored if Windows hadcreated a new LFN record to hold the special characters.If you restored filenames to the directory where your Windows swap file waslocated, the swap file directory entry could be corrupted. You should rebootWindows after using 1.6 for this kind of restore.If you have very large directories (more than 2000 short filenames, or somesmaller number of long filenames) a few entries would not be backed up orrestored properly. This could result in corruption of your disk on arestore. If using version 1.6 for a restore, you should skip over any verylarge directories.If you changed some files between the time of the backup and the restore,and used the /force option to tell DOSLFNBK to restore the LFN withoutprompting, versions prior to 2.3 would also restore the old (incorrect) filesize.If your root directory was full of erased file entries (as Norton Utilitiesleaves it), versions prior to 2.3 would not be able to restore the LFNs.Fixed by deleting erased file entries if the space is needed.Very large disks sometimes caused errors; this is fixed in 2.5.Very large directories sometimes caused errors; this is fixed in 2.6.Back to topDownloadingDOSLFNBK version 2.7 is available by clicking here.The freeware version 1.6 is available by clicking here.Back to topLicenseDOSLFNBK is *not* public domain software. Releases up to version 1.6were freeware, and you may use them at no charge. However, the current releaseis shareware. You may use it at no charge for an evaluation period of 30 daysonly.You are free to distribute unmodified copies of the complete DOSLFNBKpackage, provided your total charge is no more than $1. The total cost of acompilation (e.g. a CD ROM) including DOSLFNBK must be no more than $1 perpackage in the compilation. To continue to use DOSLFNBK beyond the 30 day evaluation period, you mustregister it. Back to topPricingThere is only one kind of license currently available:$10 simple registrationThis registration fee gives you a license to use one copy of DOSLFNBKindefinitely. If you include an email address when you register I willnotify you of new versions and how to obtain them yourself. I'll alsoattempt to answer emailed questions about DOSLFNBK from registered users.DISCONTINUED $20 bonus program registration DISCONTINUED $45 source code registration Volume discounts, site licenses and custom versions are available asdescribed here.Back to topBack to other programs.Last updated 21 October 2004 Send comments todmurdoch@pair.com Do not use thisemail address for bulk email ("spam"). |
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