TITLE:              The Basics of Enabling Disk Compression
DOCUMENT ID:        TID14943
DOCUMENT REVISION:  1
DATE:               28MAR94
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NOVELL PRODUCT and VERSION:
Novell DOS 7

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Enabling Disk Compression

1.   From the C:\ prompt, type SETUP to run the SETUP utility.

     NOTE: After Novell DOS 7 is installed, the SETUP utility, which
is nearly identical to the INSTALL utility, is used to reconfigure
DOS.

2.   You should now be at the main SETUP menu.  You will notice it is
the same as the INSTALL menu, with three new options, for Disk
Compression, Data Protection and Security, and Networking.

     Choose Disk Compression.

3.   You have the option to reboot the computer, without loading
memory resident software.  If you have third-party TSRs loaded, they
may cause conflicts with the Stacker disk compression as the drive is
first being compressed; therefore, you should reboot your computer. 
If you do not have any third-party TSRs loaded you don't need to
reboot the computer.

     Choose Continue.

4.   A list of available DOS drives is presented.  Select the drive
that you want to compress.

5.   You are presented with two disk compression options to  compress
the entire drive or compress only the free space. Stacking the entire
drive will compress everything on the disk, as well as new data that
is saved to the disk.  Compressing only the free space tells Stacker
not to compress any data currently on the drive but to only compress
new data as it is saved to the disk.

6.   You will be warned that you should first make a backup of your
data.  Novell always recommends having a current backup of all data
on your hard disk.  When you are ready, choose Begin Stacking.

     DISKOPT will be run on our hard disk to optimize and verify
data.

7.   After Stacking is complete, choose Restart Operating System.

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