--------------------------- F M T ---------------------------- FMT is a utility to format 360KB, 1.2MB, 720KB and 1.44MB diskettes. Features include no keyboard operation, serial number and label assignment. The serial number and label can be assigned incrementally with a text file which stores the serial number and label for the next diskette to be formatted. You can keep more than one text file for this purpose. Before exit, FMT will update the file automatically. You type the program name at DOS prompt to start and press the ESC key to end, no keystroke in between! --------------------------- F 2 H -------------------------- F2H (FLOPPY TO HARD DISK) is a utility to copy a diskette to hard disk or RAM disk at very high speed. Testing results show that using DOS command XCOPY to copy the whole floppy takes 90+% longer than using F2H! The saving of using F2H will be even more when the directory structure is more complicated or if there are more fragmented clusters on the floppy. On a diskette with 21 sub directories and 13 files with 1 fragmented cluster, the time to make copy is 8 seconds for F2H and 20 seconds for XCOPY, that's 150% saving! --------------------------- H 2 F -------------------------- H2F (HARD DISK TO FLOPPY) is a utility to copy recursively from current directory on hard disk or RAM disk to a diskette at very high speed. This program combined with F2H is ideal for backing up a small directory. For a testing case with 21 sub directories and 14 files (total size about 300 KB) the time to make copy for H2F vs XCOPY is 18 vs 53 seconds. In another testing example with no sub directories and 36 files totaling about 300 KB, the time to make copy for H2F vs XCOPY is 17 seconds vs 56 seconds. --------------------------- C L N -------------------------- SMART CLEAN is a utility to make full use of cleaning kits sold by 3M, Memorex and other companies. Without SMART CLEAN, all you can do is to use commands such as DIR to get the disk drive moving and bring head into contact with the cleaning disk and the cleaning solution on it. However, there are two problems that only SMART CLEAN can help you. Firstly, how many DIR commands you need to keep typing to keep the disk head in contact with the cleaning disk for 30 to 60 seconds? SMART CLEAN "reads" both sides of diskette which means when you see the track number SMART CLEAN shows on screen changes from one to another it is the same as you type the DIR commands twice. Try SMART CLEAN once and you will know how many keystrokes it saves for you. Secondly, since there is no data on the disk DOS will stop after it fails to access the first track. This means you may only be using 0.625% of the surface of your cleaning disk! (There are 80 tracks on a high density drive. Each track has two sides and you are only using one side on the first track.) SMART CLEAN not only forces your system to keep on "reading" different tracks on the cleaning disk and thus clean the head more thoroughly but also provides you simple and easy ways to verify that it does what it claims. Your will have the confidence that you give your diskette drive the best care possible. ---------------------- C H D K ------------------------- CHDK (CHECK DISKETTE) is a utility which gives detailed information about a diskette. It shows you the information contained in the system area of the diskette, check the integrity of the system area, gives you detailed layout of system area, root directory and data area and then give you a report of the fragmentation on the diskette. The program also shows you other important or interesting information about a diskette. For example, it shows you the sectors, clusters and tracks with active data, the software who formatted the diskette, maximum number of root directory entries. NOTE: 1. Performance varies on different system. The benchmark results in this file is provided as examples, NOT guarantee. 2. The benchmark results in this file were measured on a 33 MHz 386 compatible system with Maxtor 7213AT hard disk.