The Graham Utilities for OS/2 - Version 2

SavePart - Save partition information

Summary

SavePart saves the partition tables and boot sectors of all of the hard disks in your system. If the drive is a HPFS partition, then the super and spare blocks are also saved.

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Command Line Format

Usage: SavePart {Switches} Drive Spec

Switches

-v

Verbose mode

Description

SavePart forms part of the disaster recovery of The Graham Utilities for OS/2. It saves the partition tables and boot sectors of all local hard disks on your system onto the Crash Recovery disk. If the drive is HPFS then the super and spare blocks are also saved.

If you should accidentally FDISK your system and remove some partitions, or an errant program has destroyed your partition tables, your machine will be unusable. If you have saved this information, then RestPart can be used to restore it. SavePart is called as part of the installation process.

It is recommended that you run SavePart BEFORE and AFTER you change your partitions.

SavePart is designed to save all of its information on the Crash Recovery disk which is supplied. The Crash Recovery disk should be in the drive which you specify. If it is not in the drive, then you will be prompted with the following dialog box:

-v Verbose mode

This switch forces SavePart to display the drives which it is saving. By default, it only displays the initial copyright line.

Examples

SavePart A:

SavePart A: -v

[SavePart, V1.00 - 03/04/95 - (C) Chris Graham - WarpSpeed Computers]
Saving to: A:\401563B6.DAT
Saving C: SYSTEM DISK      70Mb (FAT)
Saving D: APPLICATION     150Mb (FAT)
Saving E: DEVELOPMENT     150Mb (HPFS)
Saving F: COMPLIERS       150Mb (HPFS)
Saving G: WINDOWS NT      150Mb (FAT)
Saving H: SPARE           637Mb (HPFS)