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  TITLE: BWBackup

  DESCRIPTION:  A utility to backup your creatures and savegames in Black and White.
  VERSION: 2.10
  DEVELOPER: Russ Beuker
  RELEASED: April 8, 2001
  COST: Free.
  RUNS ON: Tested on Win2000, Win98. Should run on all Win9x.
	
DISCLAIMER
This is beta software.  It has been tested but there may be bugs that could lose
your profile.  You use this software at your own risk and you cannot hold
the developer responsible for any damages.

HOW TO BACK UP YOUR CREATURE AND SAVEGAMES
1) Click on the 'Start Backup..' button.
2) Enter a description for this backup.  The description is optional.
3) Click OK.
4) A message will appear when the backup is complete.  The backup
   could take up to 20 seconds.
5) Your backup files are placed in the /archives/profilename subfolder
   where you installed BWBackup.  There you will find a data.reg file
   which holds the registry data necessary for a restore.  There should
   be an archive.ini file that contains the description and date of
   the archive.  You will also see a folder that looks like
   _R_U_S_S0020_B_E_U_K_E_R (substitute your profile name).  This folder
   contains your savegames and creature info.

   If you need to copy these backups in the /archive folder to cd make
   sure you zip them up before you burn them because burning turns
   all files to read-only and that would cause a problem if you restored
   it later.

SPECIAL NOTE TO USERS WHO HAVE DIFFERENT LOGINS ON A COMPUTER
Let's say that user A and user B play black and white on one computer.
Because a users profile registry data is only visible to that person who
logged onto the computer, you will need to login to the computer as user A
then and do a backup.  Then login as user B and do another backup.  Repeat
for as many logins as you have that play the game.  See special instructions
below to see how to restore in a multi user system.

If there is only one login to your computer used to play the game
then don't worry about it.

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HOW TO RESTORE A BACKUP
1) Click on the restore tab.
2) Select a backup from the list.  Each time you backup it will be added to this list.
3) Click on the 'start restore' button.
4) You will be asked if you want to do a backup before you restore.  It is recommended
   that you say yes to this so you have a backup JUST IN CASE you weren't thinking too
   straight when you did this (sleep deprivation from gaming perhaps?).
5) A message will appear saying when the restore is complete.  This could take up to 20 seconds.

SPECIAL NOTE TO USERS WHO HAVE DIFFERENT LOGINS ON A COMPUTER
You will need to do a restore for each login.

If there is only one login to your computer used to play the game
then don't worry about it.

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BUG REPORTS AND FEATURE REQUESTS
If you have a bug report or feature request please contact me at
bwbackup@orbitirc.com.  Please be as descriptive as possible about
bugs including operating system, hd space available, etc.

WEBSITE
orbitirc.com/bwbackup.htm

SOURCE CODE
Is it available? No.

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Have Fun,

Russ Beuker



