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Un-zip and run the .exe file from the DOS prompt.
The following very comprehensive test program requires at least: MS-Windows 3.1x !
Tufflite - a comprehensive hardware test software for our target group (FREEWARE)
Please read the README file first:
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#1-PC Diagnostics Company, the ESD Division of Windsor Technologies,
Inc. 130 Alto Street, San Rafael, CA 94901
phn (415) 456-2200 - fax (415) 456-2244 http://www.tufftest.com/54
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Dear PC User,
Thank you for downloading #1-TuffTEST-Lite, our FREE PC Diagnostic Software
product. Once made, the #1-TuffTEST-Lite Program Diskette is self-booting
with its own proprietary operating system. #1-TuffTEST-Lite is very
unique in that it will "automatically" boot and rigorously test your
PC's basic hardware in only 10-15 minutes.
It is strongly recommended that you read the INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS shown below before you attempt to install it. Also see the "whatsnew.txt" file for a review of the new features, enhancements and fixes since the last release.
#1-TuffTEST-Lite is the FREEWARE version of our #1-TuffTEST PC Diagnostic
product. There are absolutely no time limits, restrictions or limitations
on its use or distribution.
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
Please carefully review and print the following instructions on how to successfully create a #1-TuffTEST-Lite Program Diskette.
1. Check the file name and size of the #1-TuffTEST-Lite Installation
Wizard. The file name should be "ttlsetup.exe" and the file
size should be "245 KB (250,036 bytes)". If for any reason you need
to download ttlsetup.exe again, you can download it at no charge (onto
your hard drive or floppy disk) from:
http://www.tufftest.com/tt01-lite-dwnld.htm
2. The #1-TuffTEST-Lite Installation Wizard, ttlsetup.exe, is a self-extracting Windows program that you "run" under Windows 3.1x, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT or Windows 2000.
3. The Installation Wizard creates a Program Group with 2 icons. One
icon, the Make #1-TuffTEST-Lite Diskette Wizard, is for making a self-booting
#1-TuffTEST-Lite Program Diskette whenever needed. And the other icon,
#1-TuffTEST-Lite USE INSTRUCTIONS, is for viewing and/or printing the #1-TuffTEST-Lite
Use Instructions file (1ttlread.wri). The
default directory is C:\Program Files\TT-Lite.
4. During operation the Make #1-TuffTEST-Lite Diskette Wizard will automatically
open a DOS Window, create the #1-TuffTEST-Lite Program Diskette and then
automatically return to the Make #1-TuffTEST-Lite Diskette Wizard.
Therefore, it is very important that your operating system is configured
to allow running a DOS program under Windows.
NOTE 1 - This is the default Windows setup, however, some Windows NT
"workstation" setups and some optimized Windows For Workgroup (WFWG) 3.1x
setups do not allow writing to a diskette and/or shelling to DOS. If this
is
the case with your operating system, simply re-configure it prior to
running the #1-TuffTEST-Lite Installation Wizard. If this
is not possible, you can put the #1-TuffTEST-Lite Installation Wizard,
ttlsetup.exe, on a floppy diskette and make
your #1-TuffTEST-Lite Program Diskette on another PC running Windows.
NOTE 2 - The Make #1-TuffTEST-Lite Diskette Wizard will not run properly
on systems that are using "alternative" autoexec.bat and/or config.sys
files. These files may have been modified (by the user or a program) to
run
something like 4-DOS over MS-DOS or to accommodate running DOS games/programs
that can't run under Windows in a DOS window. In the latter case, Windows
will not let you run a DOS program under Windows. It will put up a
dialog box asking you if you want to re-start your system in DOS mode.
If you answer yes, all Windows programs, including our Windows-based installer,
are shut down and the system is re-started in DOS mode. You can then
run your DOS game/program under DOS. In order to run the Make #1-TuffTEST-Lite
Diskette
Wizard you will need to use the standard autoexec.bat and config.sys
files or use another PC.
5. The #1-TuffTEST-Lite format and file structure is not compatible with commercial operating systems (DOS, Windows, UNIX, etc.). Thus #1-TuffTEST-Lite's files cannot be "seen" by these operating systems. So do not attempt to do native operating system commands such as "DIR" on them as you MAY DAMAGE the newly created #1-TuffTEST-Lite Program Diskette.
6. The ONLY way to determine if you have successfully created your #1-TuffTEST-Lite
Program Diskette is to try to use it as
described in step 7.
7. To test your newly created #1-TuffTEST-Lite Program Diskette, close all open programs, shut down Windows, turn off the PC, insert the #1-TuffTEST-Lite Program Diskette into Drive A, and then turn on the PC. #1-TuffTEST-Lite will boot the PC and display its Main Menu in 30-90 seconds.
8. Make sure the "Boot Order" for the target PC is set at "A, C" in CMOS Setup. If the configuration is "C, A" the PC will ignore the #1-TuffTEST-Lite Program Diskette in Drive A and boot from Drive C.
9. Click on the "Make #1-TuffTEST-Lite Diskette" Icon to make a #1-TuffTEST-Lite Program Diskette whenever needed. If the image write fails make sure you are using a "good" blank DOS formatted diskette that is "not" write-protected.
10. Finally, if all efforts fail, you can put the #1-TuffTEST-Lite Installation
Wizard, ttlsetup.exe, on a floppy diskette and make
your #1-TuffTEST-Lite Program Diskette on another PC running Windows.
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