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I assume you mean that you want to do the partitioning without having
to reformat, since FDISK, which comes with DOS/Win95 will do that.
There are 2 commercial products that I'm aware of, Partition Magic and
Partition It. I've
used Partition Magic with great success, even changing the size of
the partitions some months after initial installation without a hitch.
I've never had a problem with it in any way. I've never used Partition
It, so I can't speak to that. As for shareware, I don't personally
know of any, but you might try going to: http://shareware.com
or http://jumbo.com. Both have
1,000's of shareware and freeware programs and easy to use search engines.
I'd be a little more cautious, however, using shareware for this purpose.
For what it's worth, I'd back up before using any of these type programs,
commercial or otherwise.
Couldn't tell you what the file is or what it does, but to load it from
Autoexec.bat is simple. Since I'm assuming you don't know where the
file is, right click on the Start button, select Find, and in Find, type
DCLHLP.EXE in the Named: box. Click on Browse, then on the icon for
your C: drive, click OK. When the file is located, look at
the In Folder column to get the info you'll need. Expand this column
if you can't read it all by placing your cursor on the line to the right
of where it says In Folder. When the arrow changes to cross like
symbol (with arrow heads facing left and right), left click and drag the
line to the right, this will widen the column. Write down EXACTLY
what is in the column (for example:
C:\WINDOWS). Now click on Start, Run, and enter SYSEDIT in the
Open box, then click OK. Several files will open, among them Autoexec.bat.
Click on Autoexec.bat and at the bottom of whatever is listed there, add
the
info you wrote down, then \DCLHLP.EXE Using my example, above,
you would type C:\WINDOWS\DCLHLP.EXE
Obviously you will use whatever path you found instead of C:\WINDOWS
(unless that's where it was found).
Save your changes, then reboot and you should be set.
If Sysedit does not open/contain an Autoexec.bat file, open Notepad
(Start, Programs, Accessories, Notepad), type
the line as explained above, and then click on File, SaveAs, and enter
Autoexec.bat. Make sure the open folder is
C:, if not, click on the little folder at the top of the save dialog
box with the arrow on it until the Save In window is
C:, then click on Save.
A few caveats:
1) The file DCLHLP.EXE was indeed found to be on your computer.
2) Placement of the command line for DCLHLP.EXE at the bottom
of autoexec.bat assumes that no other batch files
are run from autoexec.bat (without being called)
and therefore the command will be run.
3) Not knowing what the file is, I can't say what it does, so
you're on your own there, it''s unlikely that it's something
harmful , but you never know.
Conflicting with anything else you run is also a remote possibility.
Personally, I use WinZip 6.3, it will do all you ask and more. It's a reliable, time tested program, and very versatile. Get it from: http://www.winzip.com
Another option is a free utility, DiskSpan.zip which can be found at:
http://www.download.com
Just go into the file utilities section, and look for it, it will also
do what you want.
As always, I recommend backing up the Registry before attempting any editing of it. Better safe than sorry! If you're not sure how to, check out tip #2 on Page 1 of Tips & Advice.
If you're comfortable with Registry tampering try this:
To have the NumLock key turned ON or OFF upon Win95 startup, open Regedit
and go to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\Microsoft Input Devices
Double-click on Microsoft Input Devices, then click New, then Key.
Name the new key Keyboard.
Highlight Keyboard, right-click on it, then click New and choose String
Value.
Type in NumLock and click OK. Then right-click on NumLock and click
Modify.
Type in ON to turn the NumLock key on (or OFF to turn it off).
Close Regedit.
If you don't want to mess with the Registry:
Most computers have a setting in the "CMOS" set up to initiate the
numlock key. However, if yours does not,
try putting this in your config.sys: NUMLOCK=ON. Windows
95 does read the config.sys so this should work.
Unfortunately, should is the operative word. Even this solution
will not work on all systems, especially laptops
and portables. Because of their keyboard setups, many will not
recognize this command, or else reset it somewhere else. I have a
Dell Lattitude that does this, even though I have a full sized keyboard
attached via the port replicator.
(The Registry edit does work for the LM.)
It's likely you don't need to un-hide them to use them, since you won't
need to use them directly. WHatever program needs them will be able
to "see" and use them just fine as is.
Win95 hides the following types of files by default: .dll, .sys,
.vxd, .386, .drv as well as those whose attribute is "flagged" as
hidden.
If you do, however, want to see these files, in Explorer or My Computer,
go to Options, View, and click on Show All Files. You'll be able
to see them, copy them, move them, etc. You can also change both
the defaults mentioned above (also in Options, View), as well as the attributes
of the files (right click on the file), with the exception of the system
attribute, Win95 won't let you change that (DOS will, attrib -s Path\FILENAME).
A simple way would be to add a (last) line to Autoexec.Bat which calls the program you want to run. An other would be to setup a ShutDown Folder, which can be done using PTStop, a utility available at: http://www.winmag.com/Karen It's the homepage of Karen Kenworthy, a programmer who has a column in Windows magazine.
