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STACKER NOTE STACKER NOTE
Title: Using SREMOVE To Remove a Stacker Drive Completely
STAC FAX Index #2601 - 5/15/92
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Background.

All of the data, files, and free space for a Stacker drive are contained
in a file named STACVOL.xxx. Stacker's SREMOVE utility removes a Stacker
drive by deleting the STACVOL.xxx file associated with that drive. This
process will remove all data in the drive. Therefore, it is recommended
that you back up the data you wish to keep. See STAC FAX index #2404
"Backing Up Stacker Drives" for more information on backing-up
a Stacker drive.

Removing the Stacker drive.

Removing the Stacker drive is a two part process. First, you need to
remove the reference for the drive's STACVOL file from the Stacker
device driver in Config.sys. Then run SREMOVE to remove the drive.

For example, to remove Stacker drive D: first use the SEDIT text editor
to modify Config.sys. Type:

C:\STACKER\SEDIT.COM C:\Config.sys

You should now see a listing of the Config.sys contents. Locate the
Stacker device drivers. They will look similar to:

DEVICE=C:\STACKER\STACKER.COM C:\STACVOL.DSK D:\STACVOL.DSK
DEVICE=C:\STACKER\SSWAP.COM C:\STACVOL.DSK /SYNC
DEVICE=C:\STACKER\SSWAP.COM D:\STACVOL.DSK

Now remove the STACVOL.DSK file reference for drive D: The device drivers
will now be:

DEVICE=C:\STACKER\STACKER.COM C:\STACVOL.DSK
DEVICE=C:\STACKER\SSWAP.COM C:\STACVOL.DSK /SYNC

Press Z to save the Config.sys file.

The last step is to run SREMOVE to delete the Stacker drive. Type:

C:\STACKER\SREMOVE D:

NOTE: You must run SREMOVE from a drive other than the one you wish to
delete.

SREMOVE will produce a message similar to the following:

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SREMOVE - 2.0, (c) Copyright 1990-92 Stac Electronics, Carlsbad, CA

1637 files/directories found on drive C.

!!! ALL DATA ON DRIVE C WILL BE LOST !!!

ARE YOU ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN YOU WANT TO REMOVE DRIVE C? ["yes"/no]:
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Type "yes" to procede. Reboot for the removal to take affect.

What if I SREMOVE the drive, then change my mind?

Because the Sremove process simply deletes the Stacvol file for that
drive, it is possible to use an Undelete or Unerase utility to recover
the drive, (if none of the clusters used by the file have been rewritten).
For example, to undelete the Stacvol.xxx with DOS 5.0 type:

C:\DOS\Undelete

The undelete program will prompt for the first letter of the ?TACVOL
file. Enter 'S' (without the quotes). If the file is successfully
undeleted, the program will tell you.

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Copyright 1993, Stac Electronics


  3 Responses to “Category : Tutorials + Patches
Archive   : STAC0694.ZIP
Filename : 2601.TXT

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