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Colorado Backup for DOS Requirements

Installing Colorado Backup for DOS requires:

nDOS 5.0 or higher. To identify your version, type VER at the DOS prompt and press ENTER.

nA minimum of 512 KB of conventional memory. Performance is likely to improve with more available memory. To check free memory, type MEM at the DOS prompt and press ENTER. The value listed after “Largest executable program size” should be at least 524,288.

n6 MB of available hard drive space (1 MB for the software and an additional 5 MB of space for operations overhead). To check available hard drive space, type CHKDSK at the DOS prompt and press ENTER. “Bytes available on hard drive” should be at least 6 MB.

Colorado Backup for Windows Requirements

Installing Colorado Backup for Windows requires:

nWindows version 3.1 or 3.11 running in 386 Enhanced mode. To verify your version and mode, from the Program Manager, open the Help menu, then select About Program Manager. The software version is listed and “386 Enhanced Mode” must appear in the box.

n4 MB of RAM in Windows 3.1

8 MB of RAM in Windows for Workgroups

n10 MB of available hard drive space (5 MB for the software and an additional 5 MB of space for operations overhead). To check available hard drive space, double-click on the File Manager icon in the Main program group. Then click on the icon for the hard drive where Colorado Backup is to be installed (C: is the default). The amount of free hard drive space appears at the bottom of the window. It must be at least 10,000 KB.

In addition, the following is recommended but not required:

nYour computer might be running either the SHARE.EXE or VSHARE.386 (but not both). If either is running, you will find SHARE.EXE in either your CONFIG.SYS or AUTOEXEC.BAT file, and VSHARE.386 will be in your SYSTEM.INI file.

See your Microsoft Windows User’s Guide for more information.