INSTALLING WATCHETBURN! ON WINDOWS
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Version 2.4.2.1
Last update : 14 July 2002

Dear WatchetBurn! user,

This readme file is intended to get you started and to help you iron out
any problems which may occur with the installation.

So if you're using Windows 95 or NT to run WatchetBurn! - which uses Microsoft compiled help
(chm) and buttons with icons - you may need to obtain upgrades to certain aspects of Windows.
Your copy of Windows 95 may already have been upgraded.  If not, please follow the instructions in
Section C below.

You can obtain these upgrade files from the Watchetsoft website at www.watchetsoft.co.uk 
or from the Microsoft web site.

LATEST ADDITIONS
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For further details please consult the Stop Press file from the Help menu or the Version History in the Contents section of the Help file..
	
1)  Enhanced installation - offers desktop icon, program menu and/or start menu links

2)  Invert selection option when defining a backup project

3)  Improved hints, menus and icons

4)  Version history in Contents section of help file

5)  Option to display warning message re continuing multi-session disk

6)  Unattended backup will issue warning message and wait if disk not available

7)  Improved compliance with Joliet standards

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This document is divided into the following sections :

A) Terms and Conditions
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	A1) Using Quick WatchetBurn!  - free of charge - no registration for 15 days 
		- free 30 day trial of all features
	A2) Purchasing Easy or Professional WatchetBurn! - licence types
	
B) Features & Getting started
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	B1) Features
	B2) Installation & Getting Started
	B3) Archival
	B4) Backup Projects
	B5) Scheduling Backup Project(s)
	B6) Restoring Files
	
C) Installation Issues/Problems
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	C1) Windows versions other than 95 & NT
	C2) Windows 95 & NT installation issues/upgrades
		If you can't see the buttons
		If you can't use Microsoft compiled help files
	C3) CD/DVD writers

	
If you experience any problems with WatchetBurn! then please contact us by
email at support@projcom.co.uk.  Alternatively you may care to use our newly-established
support and discussion forum which is available from the WatchetSoft web site.

WE HOPE YOU ENJOY USING WatchetBurn!  And don't forget that there are lots of
new features - and new editions - arriving all the time so visit the website
to see the latest !

Kind regards,
Watchetsoft Support

email : support:projcom.co.uk
websites :  www.watchetsoft.co.uk
            www.projcom.co.uk
            
Watchetsoft Division
Project Computers Limited
Palmers Castle
Luxborough
Watchet
Somerset
TA23 0SR
United Kingdom


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A) Terms & Conditions
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A1)  Using Quick WatchetBurn!
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Quick WatchetBurn! is both a :

    * trial version of Professional WatchetBurn! for 30 days
    * full version of Quick WatchetBurn! in perpetuity
    
If you have downloaded your trial version of Quick WatchetBurn! you don't need to register at all
for the first 15 days - you merely use the trial code which comes with the program.

After 15 days you will need to visit our website at www.watchetsoft.co.uk to obtain a personal registration
code and we ask you to tell us what you think of the product. This is still FREE of charge 
for a total of 30 days from your original installation date.

After 30 days the extended features of Easy / Professional WatchetBurn! will be removed.  You
can reinstate them at any time by visiting the web site and purchasing a licence.  
Or if you don't wish to provide credit card details over the web then you can print 
out the order form in the help file and post this with your cheque or international
money order (see help file for details).

     
Features which will be removed after 30 days
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See the next section for details of the features included in Easy WatchetBurn! and Professional
WatchetBurn!

	* Archive/backup from networked drives
	* Use of backup projects & scheduled backup projects
	* Dynastic backups to backup only new/altered files while seeing single dynastic view
	    of all files
	* Retrieve multiple file versions across sessions - seen in a single view 
	    (these can still be retrieved using Quick Watchet! but you have to visit
	     each session to locate the files)
	* Use of SQL searchable database to locate/manage backups
	* Workgroup backups

You will still be able to use the remaining features of WatchetBurn! including creating and retrieving from
multi-session archive disks.  

You will continue to be able to see across all valid sessions on disks created using WatchetBurn! 
- and in many cases those created using other software.  And you still get the revolutionary 
"see-through" view showing latest files across all sessions.

A2)  Purchasing Easy or Professional WatchetBurn! & Licence Types
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You have full use of all the features of these editions for 30 days.  Thereafter you
may reinstate them by purchasing the software via the web site or by post/mail using the order 
form in the help file.

Easy WatchetBurn!
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Single-user version of the full product.  You may use ALL features except the ability to archive or
backup from networked drives or to create workgroup backups across a network.

Professional WatchetBurn!
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Workgroup version of the full product.  You may use ALL features.

Professional WatchetBurn! licensing is as follows :

First 5-drive pack includes : 	archive/backup from unlimited number of drives on local PC
				+ archive/backup from up to 5 additional networked drives
				
This means that if you have a network of 6 PCs you can use WatchetBurn! to backup the C:
drive on all PCs.  If you use it from a server with multiple drives you can backup from all drives on 
the server PLUS the C: drive on 5 user PCs.

Additional 5-drive packs are available at reduced cost.  If you have a larger requirement
please email us at sales@watchetsoft.co.uk or, if its urgent, by telephone - the numbers are shown
on the website at www.watchetsoft.co.uk and in the help file.				


B) Features & Getting Started
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B1)  Features
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You'll find more detail on the features in the WatchetBurn! Help and there's
a PDF file called WatchetBurn! features on the web site.  However, here are 
a few notes to give you a very brief overview :

	* simple easy-to-use CD and DVD burning 
	* unique dynastic backups - inherit information from previous sessions to
		create view of the whole disk as a single visible session
	* "see-through" retrieval allowing restoration of multiple file versions
	* handles CD-R and DVD-R directly with no need for additional packet-writing
		software
	* project management
	* full automation and logging
	* exclusion of folders/file types
	* backup from local and networked drives (*Professional workgroup edition)
	* searchable SQL database (including choice of database)
	* full roll-back
	* create own SQL queries for retrieval of files

See the help for more !

B2)  Installation & Getting Started
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STEP 1 - Run the installation program SETUP.EXE

STEP 2 -  From the Program menus select Project Computers / WatchetBurn!
	  If you have either no disk or a blank CD/DVD in your writer then you will see the message :
    
    "You have asked to continue a multi-session disk
     but this disc appears to contain no sessions.
     You must insert the disc containing the session to continue.
     
     If this is a new disk then just hit the No button
     and WatchetBurn! will continue
     
     Do you wish to import the previous session ?
     If you do please insert the appropriate disk and then hit Yes."
     
    JUST HIT THE 'No' BUTTON TO CONTINUE.
    
STEP 3 -  Now you can use WatchetBurn! to create either :

	* a simple archive disk (where you control what is written to disk each time)
or
	* to start a backup project to backup a set of folders/files on a regular basis
	
You may wish to check out the capabilities of your writer using the Device capabilities
option from either the menu Disk / Device capabilities or the Tools icon.

Please note that any reference to an output disk means either CD or DVD - depending on
your writer.	
	
B3) Archival
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REASON - You just want to write a series of files/folders to an output disk.  You don't
      	 want to backup the same folders/files each time - this is either historical
      	 or you have new folders/files each time.
      	 
      	 (See also Backup Projects in B4) below - intended for incremental backups of 
      	 the same files/folders each time.)

STEP 1 - Highlight in 3rd pane from right any folders/files you wish to write to the
	 output disk - shown in the 1st & 2nd panes.
       	 If this is a new disk the program will have disabled "Continue multi sessions".
       	 Once you've selected all files/folders, hit the Burn button (picture of a CD).
       	 You can see the progress bar as the program writes the data.  On completion
       	 the program will (by default) eject the disk.
       	 That's it !  Easy isn't it !
       	 
       	 If you want to see/check what you've written to disk, re-run the program.
       	 Hit the Load disk (closed box) button to re-load the disk (*if you have a laptop
       	 you will have to push the door closed manually) and then use the Restore /
       	 Sessions option to view the session on disk.
       	 
STEP 2 - If you want to add further files/folders to that output disk (you will still
	 be able to view/restore any files you've written so far) you should use the
	 Preferences button (smiley face) and set "Continue multi session" true.
	 Now follow the same steps as in Step 1 to select files and folders - then
	 hit the Burn button to write to the output disk.
	 
	 Note that the next time you run the program - with this multi-session disk
	 loaded you will see the same message you saw at the beginning - namely :

	    "You have asked to continue a multi-session disk
	     but this disc appears to contain no sessions.
	     You must insert the disc containing the session to continue.
	
	     If this is a new disk then just hit the No button
     	     and WatchetBurn! will continue
     	     
	     Do you wish to import the previous session ?
	     If you do please insert the appropriate disk and then hit Yes."
     
   	But this time you should hit the "Yes" button and it will retain your
   	"Continue multi session" option.  Now if you view the disk through Restore/
   	Sessions you will be able to see in Session 02 not only all the files you
   	selected on the 2nd burn but also those which were written in the 1st session too !
   	
   	Congratulations !  You have your first dynastic view of the disk !  It makes
   	restoring files really easy.  See Restoring files in B6 below.

B4)  Backup Projects
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REASON - You want to backup a set of folders/files on a regular basis - this is your
	 work in progress and you want to create a complete backup with all versions
	 and to save time and disk space by not replicating unchanged files
      	 You may want to run the backup manually or automatically using the scheduler.
      	 
      	 (See also Archival in B3) above - intended for one-off copies where you
      	 may write different folders/files to the disk in each session.)

STEP 1 - Select menu option Backup / Define/modify backup project.  Drag-and-drop
	 folders/files from pane 3 (My Computer) to panes 1 / 2 (View of output disk).
	 
	 * Note that the method used by WatchetBurn! to allow a restore or complete
	 rollback to original folders means that the directory structure of the 
	 original disk is replicated.  So if you select only a sub-folder it will
	 have a green OK tick against it although its parent folders or sister folders
	 which are unselected will be shown with a red X.  For more info please
	 look at the help file.
	 
	 Save the project using the green Ok button and giving the project a name
	 (max 30 characters).
	 
STEP 2 - Prepare new backup disk - select this option from the Backup menu.  Choose
	 the name of the project you've just created.  Hitting the OK button will
	 write a small session to the disk enabling WatchetBurn! to identify this
	 as part of a project.  It will eject and re-load the disk, and close the 
	 program.  This is so the disk is ready for the next write.
	 
STEP 3 - Re-run WatchetBurn! from the Program menu.  Now select the menu option
	 Backup / Run Backup.  Select the project and hit the OK button.  Your
	 backup is now in progress and you should see the progress bar and statistics
	 at the foot of the window.  On completion it will eject and re-load the disk.
	 
	 * Note that you can schedule a backup to run daily at a given time.  See the next 
	 section.
	 
STEP 4	 To check the disk, to find/restore files or to run another backup you will need
	 to restart the WatchetBurn! program.
	 
	 If you use the menu option Restore / Sessions to view the disk you will see
	 2 sessions on disk - Session 01 contains only the "backid" folder for disk
	 management.  Session 02 will show all files written.
	 
	 And if you run another backup later when new files have been created or files
	 changed then Session 03 would appear to contain ALL files you wrote in Sessions
	 1 and 2.  In actuality it will physically contain only the latest but for
	 ease of locating/retrieving files the latest session will always show the
	 latest versions of ALL files on the disk.

   	
   	Congratulations !  You have your first dynastic backup !  It makes
   	restoring files really easy - see Restoring files in B6 below.
   	
   	AND it allows you full recovery of multiple versions.
   	
   	You can also use the SQL searchable database to locate and
   	manage your backups.  See B6 below and the help file for details.

B5)  Scheduling Backup Project(s)
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This version of WatchetBurn! allows you to schedule one or more projects to run at
a given time each day.  When you create a project the details of the selected writer will
be written as part of the project.  In practice most PC users will write to a single writer but
if you're running workgroup backups you might have a server or PC with more than one writer.
Then you can initiate several backup projects to different writers.

STEP 1 - Initiate the scheduler - once you have run this from the Program menus
	 it will appear in your desktray whenever you reboot the PC so this is a one-time step.
	 Select WatchetBurn! Scheduler from Start / Programs / Project Computers.  It will
	 appear in the desktray as a CD icon (like the Burn icon in WatchetBurn!).
	 Double click on the icon to display the WatchetBurn! Scheduler.
	 
STEP 2 - Choose the project(s) by drag-and-drop from the left pane - Available projects -
	 to the 2nd pane - Selected projects.
	 
	 Choose the time at which you wish the project to run.  It will be initiated within
	 a minute or two of the time selected.
	 
	 * Note 1 - if your drive isn't burnproof or using Just Link technology a write might
	 fail if you are working on the PC at the same time.  Refer to the Drive capabilities option in 
	 WatchetBurn! or check your drive details.  
	 
	 * Note 2 - you can check the log produced by selecting the menu option - 
	 Backup / Logs which will highlight the latest log - you can check any problems,
	 excluded files etc.
   	
B6)  Restoring Files
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To locate or restore files you have 2 methods available :

	* view Sessions (remember if you're using Continue multi session its easy
	    to see the entire contents of a disk) - applies to archival and backup
	* using the searchable SQL database - this is optional - the SQL database
	    is free of charge or you can use an existing one.  This option applies
	    only to backups.
	    
	* Note - the installation sets up a Paradox database.  If you want to use a 
	different database please refer to the help before starting your backups.

Session Restore
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STEP 1 - Select menu option Restore / Sessions.  
	 View the sessions and contents, remembering that if the disk was created with
	 "Continue multi session" set true the dynastic backup technology will offer
	 a "see-through" view of the disk where the latest versions of all files will
	 appear inherited in the latest session.
	 
STEP 2 - Highlight the files/folders you wish to restore in panes 1 and 2 (output disk)
	 Open a folder on pane 3 (My Computer) 
	 Drag-and-drop to pane 4 - into the folder on the hard disk.

	 All done !
	 
Restoring via the database
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This feature is very powerful offering a full SQL implementation, including the ability
to create/modify queries to suit your own requirements.  It also offers :
	
	* selected file/folder restore
	* full roll back to a given time line	 
	
Each can be to a new destination or to the original.

So this description is brief - just the simplest way of finding/restoring files.
If you would like more detail then please see the Tutorials available from the help.

STEP 1 - Optional - enter a whole or partial file name (as is, not with the *.* terminology)
		Partial match is the default option
	 Optional - enter/modify date range
	 Hit Search button (binoculars) to view all files matching criteria
	 
STEP 2 - Highlight one or more files.
	 Hit Recover selected files button (red arrow to disk symbol) - you will be prompted
	 	to specify restoration to the original folder(s) or to choose an alternative
	 	destination.
	 	
ALTERNATIVELY - To rollback a complete snapshot of your backup select the session (backup session)
	 to rollback from the drop down list.	 	 	 		 	
	 	

C) Installation Issues/Problems
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C1) Windows versions other than 95 & NT
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To the best of our knowledge installing under Windows 98, ME, 2000 or XP will not
cause you any significant problems - although there are many flavours of each which may
affect the result.  Please check the forum or email us at support@watchetsoft.co.uk if you 
do experience problems.

SOME MENU OPTIONS GRAYED
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In some instances and with some versions of 98, ME, 2000 or XP you may find that the 
initial registration process for the trial version does not immediately enable the menu options.

ACTION : Close program and restart.  This should enable all options - until the expiry
of the 30-day trial period.  If not, please contact us via email at support@watchetsoft.co.uk.  
Note that we have always found that running the program again solves this immediately so it 
should do for you too.



C2) Installing under Windows 95 & NT
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This includes :

	* Buttons not visible - needs later version of common controls library
	* Microsoft HTML help needs upgrade file and (NT) later version of
     		Microsoft Internet Explorer


IF YOU CAN'T SEE THE BUTTONS 
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If the buttons are not enabled then you should see the message :
"WatchetBurn! has determined that the common controls library on your computer has a
version number of 4.70.  Normally a version of at least 5.0 is
required.  This may mean that the buttons on the launcher are blank."

If you're installing WatchetBurn! you should see buttons beneath the menus.

This you don't see the buttons it means you need to update your Microsoft 
Common Controls library.

ACTION : Obtain 50COMUPD.EXE from www.watchetsoft.co.uk or 
from www.microsoft.com - or if you received WatchetBurn! on CD you may find
it in a folder called MS_UPDATES or something similar on the CD.
Run the executable to upgrade


IF YOU CAN'T USE MICROSOFT HTML HELP
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If you don't have the correct files to run Microsoft html help you may see the message :
"WatchetBurn! could not find the help display program on your computer.
You will need to download the file HHUPD.EXE from the Watchet! or 
Microsoft web sites.  If this program is not present Watchet! will still
run but the help system will be unavailable."

Alternatively, when you start WatchetBurn! you will see WatchetBurn! Help on the Program menus.
If this doesn't have the yellow query icon next to it then you probably won't
be able to use Microsoft compiled help (.chm) files.

Check this when you enter the WatchetBurn! program.  From the Tips screen
you'll see that most tips have a link to the help file (.chm).  
The open book icon shows those tips which have links to the help file.  If nothing
happens when you click on the open book then you should try the following steps :

i)  Windows '95 and NT 

ACTION : Download the file HHUPD.EXE from the WatchetSoft or Microsoft web sites
and install by running this executable.

ii)  Windows NT
You may find on attempting to use the help that you get a message saying the file
SHLWAPI.DLL cannot be found.  This normally indicates that you need to install a later
version of Microsoft Internet Explorer e.g. IE 5.


C3)  CD and DVD writers
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WatchetBurn! uses a built-in ASPI layer so you should find that your CD or DVD writer
is usable with WatchetBurn!  The only exception we know of with very early CD writers.
However, no-one's perfect so please try WatchetBurn! free for 30 days.  If you experience
problems please contact us either via the forum (accessible from the website at 
www.watchetsoft.co.uk) or by email to support@watchetsoft.co.uk.

DVD-writers are a newish and fast-growing breed.  Most of the commonly available ones
can be used via WatchetBurn!  If you find yours doesn't work with WatchetBurn! although 
it does work with the software issued with the drive then again, please check the forum
or contact us at support@watchetsoft.co.uk.


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