AST Advantage! 6033s
(250-0403)          Restoring System to Factory        Faxback Doc. # 14987
                     Configuration (Alternate)

NOTE:  THIS PROCEDURE IS PROVIDED AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE OFFICIAL MEANS
       OF RESTORING THE HARD DRIVE TO FACTORY CONDITION.  This procedure
       has been tested on a 6033 only.  AST will provide a new drive in
       factory condition.  This is available by returning the machine to
       any Radio Shack repair facility.  

If an individual has not made the master floppies for the AST 6033
(25-0403) and needs to restore the hard drive, the computer may be restored
if another AST 6033 is available (and unmodified from original condition, 
e.g., fresh-out-of-a-box at the local Radio Shack). MS-DOS 6.x includes a
utility to link the two computers via a null-modem serial cable. Procedures
follow. In these instructions, "client" refers to the "down" computer whose
keyboard you will be using. "Server" refers to the "good" computer to which
the client is connected and from which you will be restoring the hard
drive.

Requirements: 

    Free serial port on each computer 

    Null-modem cable (or serial cable with a null-modem adapter) 

    MS-DOS 6.x on one computer and MS-DOS 3.x or higher on the other
    computer

    16K free RAM on the client and 130K free RAM on the server 

Setting up the Server 

1.  Make sure that INTERSVR.EXE is located on the hard drive in a directory
    listed in the PATH. 

2.  Type INTERSVR. 

3.  As soon as the client has rebooted and connected, information about the
    client is available on the server's screen. 

Setting up the Client 

1.  Make sure INTERLNK.EXE is located on the hard drive in a directory
    listed in the PATH. 

2.  Edit the CONFIG.SYS and add a device statement referencing the 
    INTERLNK.EXE file. This statement follows the following model (other 
    command line options can be seen by typing HELP INTERLNK). 

        DEVICE=C:\DOS\INTERLNK.EXE /DRIVES:5 

3.  Reboot the client. 

4.  Type INTERLNK. 

5.  The client will log onto the server. From here, the client is able to 
    access the server's drives, printers, etc. until the server's INTERSVR
    is terminated with ALT-F4. 

Once connected and "logged on", the server's hard drive will be seen on the
client as the E: drive. To restore, simply XCOPY the files from E: to C: in
their respective directories. 

Examples: 
To restore the AST Works directories and files, the command would be: 
        XCOPY E:\ASTWORKS\*.* C:\ASTWORKS /S /E 
To restore the entire hard drive, the command would be: 
        XCOPY E:\*.* C:\ /S /E 

Upon completion of the restoration, be sure to remove the Interlnk device 
line in the client's CONFIG.SYS and reboot. INTERSVR can be terminated on 
the server by pressing ALT-F4. 


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