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				System Commander 2000  Version 5.05
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Summary
    A. Installation
    B. Manual Issues
    C. Backup Your System
    D. Technical Issues
    E. Product Compatibility


A. Installation
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After running the self-extracting SC2000Z.EXE run the Setup.exe command to
complete the System Commander 2000 installation.


B. Manual Issues
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The manual is up to date.


C. Backup Your System!
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Extensive changes will be made to your hard disk as you add new operating
systems or use this product.  Remember to back up your system first.


D. Technical Issues
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For Systems with only Windows NT/2000 in NTFS or only Linux

   System Commander requires a FAT or FAT32 primary partition to install
   its files.  If the hard disk is blank, or formatted for NTFS or Linux,
   System Commander 2000 can create the partition for you.  For NTFS and
   Linux systems, if no free space is available, it will resize the
   existing partition slightly smaller and create a small FAT partition.

   Use the following instructions (please print to have handy):

   1)  Boot from the restart disk 2, and it will detect that no FAT/FAT32
       partition exists.  After confirming you wish to create a new
       installation partition, it will automatically perform the necessary
       partitioning steps.

       If you need to create a restart disk 2, run SCIN.EXE and select
       Special Options, Make Utility Diskettes.

   2)  Boot from a Windows 95/98 or DOS diskette that has CDROM support.
       At the prompt, type:
          dir c:
       and confirm there are no files yet (this ensures you are looking
       at the new partition).

   3)  At the prompt type:
          sys c:
       to transfer a base system.

   4)  Switch to the CDROM drive (typically E:). At the prompt type
          e:
       (use the drive letter for your CDROM).  Next switch to the
       install directory by typing:
          cd \install

   5)  Install System Commander by typing:
          setup


Linux Installations

   OS Wizard - If an extended partition exists, yet has no logical
   partitions, OS Wizard will only allow Linux to be installed into
   primary partitions.  If you have this scenario, please delete the
   empty extended partition first, and let the OS Wizard automatically
   create the extended partition and logicals for Linux.


Windows 95/98 and DOS

   A bug in these OSes can make some normal partitions (after C:) to
   appear as unrecognized by the OS (even through FDISK shows a drive
   letter for the drive).

   The normal sequence for the OS to find each drive is as follows:
    a) The first drive, bootable primary is C:
    b) If other drives exist, the first recognizable primary partition
       on each drive gets a drive letter.
    c) Going back to the first drive, recognized logicals are assigned
       drive letters.
    d) Each additional drives recognized logicals are assigned drive
       letters.
    e) Going again back to the first drive, any remaining recognized
       primary partitions are assigned drive letters.
    f) Each additional drive's recognized primaries are assigned drive
       letters.

   Should any extended partition end with a non-recognized partition
   (for example, OS/2 HPFS or Linux), then Windows 95/98/DOS will
   stop looking for any more drives, leaving them unassigned.

   If you encounter this OS bug, you can use OS Wizard's manual
   partitioning to get around the issue.  Resize the last logical
   partition (NTFS or Linux) to a slightly smaller value.  Then add a
   new small logical FAT partition into the newly created free space.


E. Product Compatibility
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Our testing with GoBack has shown that it is not compatible with any boot
management products including System Commander. If GoBack is installed
prior to System Commander, it will not let System Commander install.  If
System Commander is installed prior to GoBack, System Commander is
disabled.

The reason for these problems is that GoBack partly resides in the MBR,
where boot management products must reside.  While System Commander has a
special MBR boot feature that solves this obstacle, GoBack also alters
the FAT and FAT32 partitions into custom non-FAT partitions.  (which also
prevents partition resizing).

If you would like to have boot management and the ability to have
partitioning features like resize, optimize and FAT conversions, you
might consider an alternative product. One product, CoreSave, does not
change your FAT partitions and is compatible with boot management.
CoreSave is available at www.innovativesoftware.com.


Trademarks etc.
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(c) 2000 V Communications, Inc.;  System Commander is a registered
trademark of V Communications, Inc.  GoBack is a trademark of Wild File,
Inc.  CoreSave is a trademark of Global Telesis.
