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               MAKING A STACKER-AWARE WINDOWS 95 STARTUP DISK
      (Applies to Stacker 4.0 for Windows & DOS with Windows 95 Preview
                                  Program)
      STAC FAX  5301 (04-14-1995)
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      WINDOWS 95 & STACKER 4.0
      
      Stacker 4.0 for Windows & DOS runs on Microsoft Windows versions
      3.0 and 3.1 and most versions of DOS (see system requirements in
      documentation).  Microsoft is developing a new operating system
      called Windows 95 and is offering a beta version of that
      operating system called Windows Preview Program to the general
      public.  Because Windows Preview Program is a beta operating
      system and subject to change, Stac Electronics makes no
      warranties or claims as to the compatibility of Stacker 4.0 for
      Windows & DOS, or earlier versions of Stacker, with Windows
      Preview Program. The procedures in this document are provided for
      your information only. And, as always, when making any system
      changes, remember to make a backup of your data.
      
      BACKGROUND
      
      Windows 95 offers to make a Startup Disk during installation.
      Its a good idea to make the disk so that you can do repairs to
      your drive, or run other utilities that dont work when the
      Windows Graphical User Interface (GUI) is running. But the disk
      wont mount your Stacker drive. So you must make a disk thats
      Stacker-aware if you wish to use it to perform repairs or other
      operations on the Stacker drive.
      
      Also, the Startup disk does not use Windows 95's memory managers.
      It only makes use of memory in the way the older versions of DOS
      did. Some of the utilities you may wish to run may need more
      memory than the default Startup disk provides. An example of this
      is Stacker's Optimizer, SDEFRAG. If you run it when booted from a
      Stacker-aware Startup disk, you may get an Error 101,
      Insufficient Memory. This document will show some basic steps to
      make more memory available.
      
      SOLUTION
      
          - Make a Stacker-aware Startup disk.
          - Configure the Startup disk for additional memory.
           
      Make a Stacker-aware Startup disk
      
      To create a Startup disk while in Windows 95:
      
       1.  Locate Control panel and double click on it.
       2.  Once in the Control panel locate, select and double click on
           the ADD/REMOVE PROGRAM Icon
       3.  There will be three selections; INSTALL/UNINSTALL, WINDOWS
           SETUP and STARTUP DISK. Select STARTUP DISK
       4.  Place a HIGH DENSITY floppy into the A: Drive
       5.  Click on the button labeled Create Disk
      
       When finished you will find the following files on the disk
        DRVSPACE.BIN   70,279
        COMMAND.COM    92,156
        FORMAT.COM     40,135
        SYS.COM        13,207
        FDISK.EXE      58,888
        ATTRIB.EXE     15,252
        EDIT.COM       69,838
        REGEDIT.EXE   119,296
        SCANDISK.EXE  130,523
        SCANDISK.INI    7,270
        10 file(s)    616,844 bytes
      
       6.  Also copy the following files to the disk so that you can
           perform some memory management later:
           HIMEM.SYS, EMM386.EXE and MEM.EXE. Copy SETVER.EXE also.
           The easiest way to copy these files is to open a Command
           session and issue several copy commands. This is because
           HIMEM.SYS does not show in the Explorer unless you modify
           the options to allow showing SYSTEM files. The COPY commands
           are as follows:
           COPY C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS A:
           COPY C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE A:
           COPY C:\WINDOWS\SETVER.EXE A:
           COPY C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\MEM.EXE A:
      
      Configure the Startup disk for additional memory
      
      Now you are ready to create a CONFIG.SYS file on the Startup disk
      with some memory management features.
      
       1.  Choose NOTEPAD from START/PROGRAMS/ACCESSORIES and type
           this:
      
           DEVICE=HIMEM.SYS
           DEVICE=EMM386.EXE NOEMS
           DOS=HIGH,UMB
           DEVICEHIGH=SETVER.EXE
           Files=10
           Buffers=10
           FCBS=1,0
           Stacks=0,0
      
       2.  Choose to Save As "A:\CONFIG.SYS" and do a proper Windows 95
           shutdown. Leave the Startup disk in drive A, and use CTRL-
           ALT-DEL to restart the system.
       3.  After you get to the A: prompt, go to drive C and change to
           the STACKER directory. Type the word CONFIG and press enter.
           The CONFIG program will offer to update both the STACKER.INI
           and the A:\CONFIG.SYS files. Allow it to make the changes.
       4.  Change back to drive A. Type EDIT A:\CONFIG.SYS <enter>. The
           CONFIG.SYS on the Startup disk will now look like this:
           DEVICE=HIMEM.SYS
           DEVICE=EMM386.EXE NOEMS
           DOS=HIGH,UMB
           DEVICEHIGH=SETVER.EXE
           Files=10
           Buffers=10
           FCBS=1,0
           Stacks=0,0
           DEVICE=C:\STACKER\STACKER.COM
           DEVICE=C:\STACKER\SSWAP.COM
      
       5.  Change the line DEVICE=C:\STACKER\STACKER.COM to read
           DEVICEHIGH=C:\STACKER\STACKER.COM
           and save the file. To save the file once you have made the
           changes press the ALT key then the F(ile) key and then X for
           eXit, which will prompt you to save the file. To do so press
           the Y key.
       6.  Restart the computer with the Startup disk in drive A. You
           will see the Stacker device as you startup. If there is an
           error message, go to the next step. Otherwise, at the A:
           prompt type MEM to see your free memory. You should expect
           to see 610K or larger as the largest executable program
           size.
       7.  On larger drives you may get an error message that Stacker
           could not be loaded high, and the installation is aborted.
           If so, start your system to the hard drive as usual. Open an
           editor such as Notepad. Insert the Startup disk in drive A
           and open the file A:\CONFIG.SYS. Remove the "HIGH" from the
           Stacker line. It should now read
           DEVICE=C:\STACKER\STACKER.COM
           Save the file. The next time you start your system with the
           Startup disk, it will mount your Stacker drive. But Stacker
           will be loaded in "conventional" memory, and some programs
           may not run.
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      Copyright 1995 Stac Electronics
