NORTON DESKTOP for DOS - FAXBACK INFORMATION
Subject: TEMP FILE RESTRICTIONS

PROBLEM:

Not enough disk space for a swap file!

If Desktop reports that there is not enough disk space for a swap file, yet
there is plenty of free disk space, you probably have a TEMP or TMP
environment variable set to a drive that doesn't have enough FREE space. 
The Norton Desktop for DOS requires a minimum of 600K of free disk space to
swap to.

RECOMMENDATION:

Set the TEMP or TMP variable to a larger disk drive, or if the variable is
set to a RAM drive, then increase the size of the RAM drive to handle the
minimum requirements of 600K FREE space.

The TEMP and TMP variables are usually defined in AUTOEXEC.BAT with a line
that reads:

     SET TEMP=C:\TEMP

In this case, temporary files will go to C:\TEMP.  To see how much disk
space is available on the drive used for TEMP, type DIR C: (where C: is the
drive letter given in the SET TEMP= statement).  The last line printed out
by the DIR command will say something like:

     xxxx bytes free

The desktop requires 600000 bytes free as an absolute minimum.

PROBLEM:

Random crashes or lost sectors!

If you are using either Stacker or SuperStor, then the TEMP or TMP variable
MUST be set to an Un-Compressed drive or crashes and/or lost sectors may
occur.

RECOMMENDATION:

Set the TEMP or TMP variable to an Un-Compressed drive.  For example, if D:
is an uncompressed drive with at least 600000 bytes free, then edit your
AUTOEXEC.BAT and add the statement:

     SET TEMP=D:\

If there is more than one SET TEMP= line in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file, only
the last one will be used by the Norton Desktop.





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On systems that are running Windows, set Windows to use a TEMPORARY SWAP
FILE.  This allows ND to use the same disk space for its swap file when
Windows is not running.  A Windows temporary swap file is set up be default
in Windows 3.0 (unless you have created a permanent swap file by running
the SWAPFILE.EXE program).  In Windows 3.1, swap settings are accessed from
the Windows Control Panel | 386 Enhanced | Virtual Memory dialog.

Lost sectors are unique to Stacker and can be reclaimed by running
Stacker's SCHECK program with the /F option.














































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