Could I make a Zip file and then put it on my Zip Disk?
Sure can. A zipped file is just like any other binary file to the drive receiving it.
I spent all last evening, until 5:00 this morning with FDISK, FORMAT, and installing Win98. Seems an FTP program went berserk and caused some damage in my system. Couldn't fix it with DOS tools, Norton tools, Diagnostics that came with machine, or even with the help from DELL technical support. The answer, put it out of its misery and start from scratch. The thing wouldn't even shut down. I had to pull the battery out! Fortunately the trouble started less than an hour since my last backup. Unfortunately, backups didn't fix the system since I don't back up what I have on CD-ROM. Anyway, after getting Win98 loaded and stable, I zipped the system using:
"ZIP -Whs -rP E:MERGENCY.ZIP *.*"
-Whs to include hidden and system files
-rP to recurse and include Path(s)
(Capitalize the 'W' and 'P')
The results gave me an 89 meg file. Fits one zip nicely.
However, this was just Win98. No office, no data files, no upgrades, no other packages. It's just that the nine hours to run diagnostics, format the drive and get Win98 loaded and configured may not be needed if I can use this disk next time. Loading the rest took only an hour or two this morning.
I'm just thankful for that last backup, PW.
P.S. I use DOS version of PKZIP. |
