DISKX - The drive/partition tranfer tool  R0.03              November 4, 2002




## About DISKX ##

    DISKX is a data transfer tool to copy raw data between physical drives
  or partitions. It can be used for back-up/restore or system removal.
  The functions of DISKX are as follows:

   - Show partition information on each drive.
   - Copy raw data on the partition to any other partition.
   - Copy raw data on the physical drive to any other drive.
   - Erase all data on the physical drive.




## Operating envilonment for DISKX ##

    DISKX operates on the MS-DOS, PC DOS and MS-DOS mode at Windows 9X. If
  you don't have any of them, you can't use DISKX. DISKX supports only drive
  which can be accessed via extended disk BIOS.




## "status" command ##

  diskx status

    This function shows partition information on each drive. The drive number
  (D#) and the partition number (P#) shown in this function is used for any
  other functions to specify individual drive and partition.



## "copy" command ##

  diskx copy <src drive> <src partition> <dst drive> <dst drive>

    The raw data on the source partition specified by <src drive> and
  <src partition> is copied to the destination partition specified by
  <dst drive> and <dst partition>. Both partition size must be equal.

    If any file system of FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, HPFS or NTFS is detected,
  the parameters in BPB will be converted before written to destination.
  If any file system of them is not detected, the data will be copied
  without any conversion.

    When you create new partitions which have same number of cylinders,
  however, following conditions decrease the partition size by number of
  sectors per track.

  - A partition includes cylinder 0.
  - Any logical partition in extended partition.



## "copy_all" command ##

  diskx copy_all <src drive> <dst drive>

    This function copies all data on the drive <src drive> to drive
  <dst drive>. Drive space of destination must be equal to source drive
  or larger than source drive.



## "erase_all" command ##

  diskx erase_all <drive>

    This function erases all data on the drive <drive> completely. This will
  suitable for erasing data to prevent any leak out of secret information at
  recycling your PC or hard disk.




## Attention ##

  All files in this archive are freeware. There is no limitation for personal
  use, commercial use, reproduction and dsstribution. However, please keep
  roules about freeware at least.

  DISKX is a very dangerous tool because it is a lowest level disk operation
  tool. Any mistake on using the DISKX will result loss of all data on the
  hard disk. Therefore, if you don't have knowledge on the partition management
  and file system, you can't use DISKX.

  There is no suppportment for usage of DISKX.



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