USER MANUAL
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1. Setting Options There are two ways to set the Guarder s options one is to follow the second step in installation the other to click Options in the main menu Opt ions ith boot gti Faun manual ly function none 1 secs Ses eens 14 1 Guarding Fixed Disk If this function is disabled Guarder works as if the card is not plugged in but every time before starting OS it will show the message No guard If you wish to disable the Guarder without removing it please disable this function 2 Recovery Schedule There are five choices lt Nth boot means an automatic recovery every Nth time the system boots If N 1 it will recover the fixed disk every time the system boots Press PgUp or PgDn to set N lt To manually recover the fixed disk press Ctrl R or F9 or enter the main menu and choose Recover system lt Or you can choose automatic recovery every 12 hours every 24 hours every day or every week 3 Checking Password Recovery In case you carelessly pressed Ctrl R or F9 to start recovery enable this option to check the password before recovery 4 OS Driver lt auto the Guarder always installs its internal OS driver every installation lt manually to update OS driver first the Guarder examines OS driver If none or a lower version of driver has been installed the Guarder will automatically install its internal one to replace it or it will use the installed OS driv2. have changed a aber since fe last boot Thig cauld be caused by mew Geedweee or a vires inher Gelberi Help for mimplet details Foy Gem Print value Cuno wsie Heed disk mtcruptssze ecs FORME ZC Se 028 Heed disk intenuphcontenis FH SC BN Fa M d 55 BE EC ZE 16 Comwrnllogab Stir BASKE EPER O Upe Bepar view Heip Press U to update For system safety Guarder this window will appear every time the fixed disk data is recovered For data safety Guarder reboot the computer and save fixed disk data Then as long as you do not uninstall the Guarder this window will not appear whenever you recover fixed disk data 26 Setting Multi Bootable Partition Booting by BootMagic BootMagic is a software packed with PQmagic It is specially used in installing Multi Bootable Partitions Please set OS partitions in PQmagic first and then install BootMagic OS applications and the Guarder in this order 27 Chapter 4 Troubleshooting Legends A Detailed description of the problems Analysis of possible causes SE Ways to solve the problems L Further notes Caution forgot the password Try default password first If that won t do please get the serial number password from your distributor The message DISK BOOT FAILURE INSERT appears Once Guarder card is plugged in the message DISK BOOT FAILURE INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER appears every time the computer boots Boot mo
3. supports a 12GB one so it better supports Windows NT 2000 XP server and ensures that the Defrag routine can run and large data can be saved when any partition is guarded The magic Save function is best suitable for such application environment about government business institute home finance securities accounting and the military When any partition is guarded all writing on it will be recorded as new data and saved on virtual fixed disk drive VFDD Once we use recovery or uninstallation function VFDD and all new data will be cleaned Guarder provides Save function to write data on VFDD onto physical fixed disk drive Anti Evil Attack function is best suitable for net cafes and the computer groups of schools and colleges When the attacker deletes all installation information on the guarded partitions and reboots the computer the Guarder will enter a Security Check routine OS can only be booted when the manager enters the correct serial number password or the computer will be automatically reset to prevent the attacker from destroying fixed disk data further Automatic Uninstallation function is best suitable for net cafes and the computer groups of schools and colleges If the Guarder card is pulled out without uninstallation Guarder s Security Check routine will automatically uninstall itself after booting up Windows By providing the two valuable functions of Anti Evil Attack and Automatic Uninstallation and shielding the bootin
4. versions will also include copyright information lt 2001 0822 is the release date of the Guarder s software Serial number password is an all purpose pas sword corresponding with the unique serial number It is used in case you forget the password or Guarder carries security check to prevent evil attack You can only get the password from the distributors Anti Evil Attack When the attacker deletes all installation information on the guarded partitions and reboots the computer the Guarder will enter a Security Check routine The OS can only be booted when the correct serial number password is entered or it will automatically reset to prevent the attacker from destroying fixed disk data further For applications with lower security requirements you can use the default password instead But for Guarders with the highest security level the serial number password 25 is required Check passuord AN password When the above window appears press F1 to get the serial number With it you can get the serial number password from the distributors Setting Multi OS Booting by System Commander System Commander is a good software for multi OS booting Install first OS applications and System Commander and then the Guarder How to Skip Possible Virus Warning The first time System Commander starts after Guarder installation the Possible Virus Warning window will appear as follows Cer ot more bey Beme
5. FIXED DISK GUARDER SAFER USER MANUAL The 6 Edition Feb 27 2003 CONTENTS ABOUT FIXED DISK GUADDERIDGAFER 3 FINAN EE 3 Se 3 SOMWALE V CISION EE 4 Hardware Ee EE 5 CHAPTER 1 QUICK START GUIDE 6 Elei YOU Begi EE 6 Msalato SIC OS EE 6 hn EE 6 RE 7 HEH 9 RI E EE ee 10 CHAPTER 2 BASIC OPERATION GUIDE 11 Default Password and Hot Keys 11 Saving Ee WR ER EE 11 Recovering Fixed Disk Data 13 Entering The Main MENU E 13 ELE 14 E e EEN Fixed e EE 15 Eeleren 15 5 Checking Password Re EE 15 OSD ee 15 Ye CHALE CIO EE 16 G2 Chanoine E 16 E KEEN Set leet 17 g Bool LOG ee 17 9 Booting OS from Fixed Disk Only 18 1O Boot EE 18 Re installing Guarder A 18 Uninstalling EE re 18 Exiting from the Main Men 19 GHECKING PASSWONC EE 19 CHAPTER 3 ADVANCED GUIDE ed EE suclenemsnudtunas teat eaeesut 22 Sale MOG EE 22 Guarding CMOS Intelligently ce ccceccecseceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeees 23 How to Guard CMOS Intelligent 24 Unique Serial Number and Serial Number Password 25 al Ee er 25 Setting Multi OS Booting by System Commander 008 26 How to Skip Possible Virus Wammmng 26 Setting Multi Bootable Partition Booting by BootMagic 27 CHAPTER A TROUBLESHOOTING ccccceccecseeeteesseeeseeecneeeseeeeaes 28 lforgot the DASSWOlG WEE 28 The message DISK BOOT FAILURE INSERT appears osaicc 28 As if no Guarder Card iS plugged Im 29 Repeatedl
6. Guarder functions well and has automatically finished recovery lt Reboot your computer press key F9 or Ctrl R repeatedly if a data safety Guarder is used input the default password function on the following box and press key Enter to start OS If the folders disappear it means that the Guarder functions well and has finished recovery Check password Recover system 10 Chapter 2 Basic Operation Guide Default Password and Hot Keys The default password is function The letters are in lower case Besides PgUp PgDn Left Right Soace Bar Enter and Esc there are also four sets of hot keys F or Ctri R Recover fixed disk to the previous status when it was last set protection or saved F10 or Ctr M Enter the main menu F11 or Ctri B Change Boot Mode not often used Please refer to Boot Mode section in the Advanced Guide chapter F12 or Ctri S Write data on VFDD onto physical fixed disk drive This advanced function is available only in the data safety version of the Guarder Note Hot keys can only be used after CMOS configuration and before OS startup Saving Fixed Disk Data All writing on the guarded partitions will be recorded as new data and saved on virtual fixed disk drive VFDD This function is to write data on VFDD onto physical fixed disk drive There are two ways lt Press Ctrl S or F12 to save data The Guarder demands your password before data saving lt Enter the main menu c
7. creen Options manually manually function none 1 secs eg 3 Guard Partitions select guard partitions lt Click Cancel or press key Esc to quit installation and continue starting OS lt Your PC screen will display the partitions information of its fixed disk and the Guarder will adjust the display format automatically according to the partitions lt The fixed disk with the partitions on the above screen is one to test Guarder It has three primary partitions and three extended partitions Windows 98 ME NT 2000 and XP are installed in the primary partitions and their GHOST image files are saved in drive E To get a fixed disk with the partitions on the above screen please use PQmagic to set partitions first and then install BootMagic for Multi Bootable Partition booting let PC boot on every primary partition install OS and applications create their own GHOST partition image files and save them in drive E last lt The Guarder uses patent algorithm It has an excellent performance and default guard covers all partitions lt After clicking OK Guarder scans all the folders in all partitions in fixed disk and sets protection for every Windows system Now installation is finished 9 Quick Test lt Create a folder at the root of drive C and create another at Windows desktop lt Reboot your computer do nothing if asystem safety Guarder is used If the folders disappear it means that the
8. de does not match BIOS Please refer to Boot Mode section in the Advanced Guide chapter 28 As if no Guarder card is plugged in pressed Ctrl B or F11 when booting but the computer does not respond and starts OS as usual pressed Ctrl B or F11 and entered the Boot Mode menu but the computer does not respond to pressing Ctrl M or F10 the installation screen does not appear and the computer starts OS as usual When the card was plugged in for the first time pressed Ctrl B or F11 and entered Boot Mode menu pressed Ctrl M or F10 and checked password but the installation screen would not appear if did not press the hot keys For the first case the possible causes may be lt gt lt gt The card is not properly plugged The ROM address of ISA card conflicts with others e g SCSI cards and remote bootable network adapters The power supply has poor loading capacity the ISA slot does not meet the requirements If the Guarder is a PCI 2 card or an All in One card with Ethernet adapter CMOS is not properly configured PCI 4 Guarder can not be used with certain desktop boards and BIOS For the second case the possible cause may be lt The boot mode does not match BIOS Please refer to Boot Mode section in the Advanced Guide chapter For the third case the possible cause may be lt You installed Guarder once and pulled it out from your computer without uninstallation Note the Guarder we se
9. der and then boots the OS in a certain order and ways For the Guarder it takes different strategies i e different boot modes to respond to BIOS requests Change boot mode when lt The computer can t boot OS after the card is plugged in lt The card is plugged in but there is no sign that the card has been plugged in After BIOS finishes its POST and the CMOS configuration screen disappears press Ctrl B or F11 repeatedly to enter the Boot Mode menu Boot Mode 1 D800 Standard D000 Enhanced 3 xx00 Original i gu 1 New lt Standard Mode compatible with almost all sorts of mainboards and BIOS For computers requiring Enhanced Mode choosing Standard will cause the second problem as described above lt Enhanced Mode A few mainboards with AMI BIOS will require this mode For computers requiring Standard Mode choosing Enhanced mode will cause repeated rebooting and system breakdown lt Original Mode rarely used Only certain Dell computers require this mode 22 Choose the boot mode compatible with your computer then press any key to reboot it Boot Mode i DEGO Standard Z DOGG Enhanced 3 epp Original ow 1 New 2 Press any key lt For ISA card you can only set boot mode by changing the jumpers of card The Guarder will give no sign lt For PCI card you can only change boot mode after the Guarder checks the password first Check password Not
10. e For Intel D845GEBV2 L mainboard using AMI BIOS ersion RG84510A 86A 0017 P09 released on Sept 9 2002 by AMI only Enhanced Mode is available and only a PCI 2 card is allowed By updating the BIOS with 0022 P12 you will have no trouble Guarding CMOS Intelligently CMOS will be checked lt When the computer repeatedly reboots after guarding CMOS lt When the computer repeatedly reboots after new hardware is installed e g a new fixed disk is added or re install some hardware e g connect the IDE fixed disk on another connector lt When you wish to revise CMOS after guarding CMOS The steps to check CMOS are as follows 23 In the third case above please revise CMOS first to make it different from the one the Guarder has saved In the other two cases please do the next step directly Press Ctrl M or F10 repeatedly after CMOS configuration and before OS startup Then enter the right password the following menu will appear Yes to backup CMOS No to recover CMOS Cancel to check CMOS Click Cancel or press key Esc to check CMOS The computer will reboot three times for the Guarder to analyze CMOS In the third case above you can revise CMOS every time the computer reboots so CMOS will be different from the one before last reboot Later only the changes made now or at the first step will be allowed when CMOS is guarded How to Guard CMOS Intelligently The third reason for CMOS analysis is you can sti
11. er 15 5 Guarding CMOS To recover any changes made to CMOS boot the computer somewhere between CMOS configuration and OS startup If the computer reboots repeatedly after guarding CMOS please press Ctrl M or F10 repeatedly before OS startup and then enter the password Then the Guarder will provide three choices as follows Yes to backup Oz No to recover CMOS Cancel to check OH lt Click No to recover CMOS and reboot the computer lt 4 Click Yes to backup CMOS i e to save the new CMOS then enter the main menu lt Click Cancel or press key Esc to check CMOS The computer will reboot three times and the Guarder will check CMOS automatically For further information please refer to Guarding CMOS Intelligently section in the Advanced Guide chapter 6 Changing Password If the password is not default function the menu will display instead of function To change the password please enter your new password twice in the dialogue box below 16 Change password ae If the two passwords you enter are not consistent or you pressed key Esc the following screen will appear to indicate that the password Is not changed Syston Guardcr 20010822 If the password has been successfully changed the following screen will appear KS E 7 Anti Virus Option To guard against CIH virus there will be two 27 but no 26 every month For such applicatio
12. finish its task according to the settings and the guarded partitions chosen Suston Guarder 2001 0022 Ce e Checking Password Password check is used lt When you press Ctrl R or F9 to recover fixed disk Check password When you press Ctrl M or F10 to enter the main menu Check password When you press Ctrl B or F11 to change boot mode Check password When you press Ctrl S or F12 to save VFDD Check password Or when the Guarder detects an abnormal use and starts its security check routine Please refer to Anti Evil Attack section in the Advanced Guide chapter Check passuord E 20 You can only enter the password three times at most If you press key Esc to cancel the Guarder will continue running without giving any notice If the password is wrong after three times the sign Password Invalid will appear Click Ok then it will continue running with no further notice Password invalid If you press key F1 when entering the password Guarder will display its serial number 20010622 G699AABE CCDDEEFF System Guarder 2001 0622 By the serial number you can get the serial number password The serial number password Is an all purpose password corresponding with your unique serial number and it can be only got from the distributors 21 Chapter 3 Advanced Guide Boot Mode Boot mode is a technical concept For BIOS after POST finishes it boots the Guar
13. g interface Guarder safeguards itself and fixed disk better A careful design of triple pressing on key Enter to install Guarder intelligently a proper arrangement of four hot keys and F1 for help make Guarder better operated Software Versions lt System safety version with no Save function 4 lt Data safety version with Save function Hardware Versions Economical cost The Guarder software is saved in Flash memory ISA flash IC so it can be updated without opening the computer Adopts a patent design and is compatible with all sorts of PCI 2 mainboards and BIOS But with certain BIOS the Guarder software can be booted only with proper CMOS configuration Adopts two patent designs With most popular mainboards booting the Guarder has nothing to do with CMOS configuration But is has something to do with BIOS If BIOS is incompatible with PCI 4 card please replace it by PCI 2 card PCI NIC 10 100Mbps PCI Ethernet adapter integrated with the Guarder PCI 4 Chapter 1 Quick Start Guide Before You Begin lt Make sure that the system functions well Though the Guarder can be installed when viruses exist it is advised to install it without viruses lt Make sure there is no static electricity lt Make sure the ISA card and the PCI card are not plugged into the wrong slot lt Do not plug the card in the wrong direction Installation Steps 1 Welcome Le Sten Guarder 2001 0822 function E
14. lick Save system The following screens will appear 11 EATER a e The system safety Guarder does not include this function The Guarder will prompt the following screen and then you can only reset or shut down your computer Save system The data safety Guarder with this function will display the following processing screen Susten Guarder eet e Notes lt Between 0 and 1 the Guarder is doing a sorting of up to 150 000 arrays in 80386 PVAM If you feel impatient please wait a minute lt The Guarder uses patent algorithm It can make changes to data of up to 12GB in guarded partitions The algorithm requires one reading and one writing of the revised data i e the data read and written onto the fixed disk is twice the size of the revised data Thus with more data it takes a longer time to save 12 Recovering Fixed Disk Data Clear the VFDD and recover fixed disk only guarded partitions i e guarded fixed disk drive to the previous status when it was last set protection or saved in half a second There are three ways to recover fixed disk lt Automatic recovery when booting lt Press Cirl R or F9 and enter the password lt Enter the main menu choose Recover system and the following screen will appear ea 28 Entering the Main Menu Press Ctrl M or F10 enter the password and then you will enter the main menu 13 System Guarder 2001 0022
15. ll now can automatically uninstall itself when Windows is booted after the card 29 is pulled out without uninstallation Plug the card again or change a slot or clean the slot the card Adjust the ROM address of other ISA cards if possible otherwise change the jumpers J1 and J2 of Guarder ISA card Note This will also change the boot mode of ISA Guarder Please refer to Boot Mode section in the Advanced Guide chapter Retry it with another ISA card ISA flash card PCI card or All in One card If the power supply does not work contact your computer distributor or the manufacturer and replace either the power supply or the computer itself Only a PCI 2 card or an All in One card which integrates Guarder and Ethernet adapter will be affected by CMOS This perhaps occurs when an AMI BIOS mainboard is used Set the CMOS parameter BIOS FEATURES SETUP as follows Set First boot device to LAN Or set Boot from LAN first to Enable Certain mainboards or BIOS may also require Set PnP OS installed to Yes PCI 4 card adopts a patent technique in hardware design so its functions should not be affected by CMOS But with the Intel D845GEBV2 L mainboard with AMI BIOS Version RG84510A 86A 0017 P09 released by AMI Sept 9 2002 PCI 4 Guarder can not work Solution Replace it with a PCI 2 card and choose the Enhanced Mode or update BIOS The automatic uninstallation function is available in the Guarders we sell now The following
16. ll revise certain parts of CMOS after guarding CMOS E g if you guard CMOS after you choose to boot from fixed disk first then unless it is disabled the computer can not boot from floppy drive Even if you change it to boot from floppy drive the Guarder will recover CMOS to make the computer boot from fixed disk In this case if you wish to boot from floppy drive without canceling CMOS guard please follow these steps 1 2 Revise CMOS Press Ctrl M or F10 and check the password The Guarder will not enter the main menu for you have changed CMOS but display the dialogue box above Click Cancel to check CMOS The Guarder starts analyzing CMOS and the computer will be rebooted three 24 times We can revise CMOS in any of the rebootings The guarder will compare these CMOS and mark the changed units or bytes as permitted changes To partly change CMOS when it is guarded please use the Guarder to analyze it and mark the changes allowed so that the computer will not reboot when you change these parts later Unique Serial Number and Serial Number Password In the dialogue boxes of Installation screen configuration screen main menu and password check press F1 and you will see 20010622 GGS9AABE CCDDEEFF System Guarder 2001 Oe lt 20010822 is the manufacture date of your Guarder card lt 8899AABB CCDDEEFF is the serial number It is unique lt System Guarder is the product name Some
17. n BIOS Please refer to Displaying blue screen and Windows breaks down in this chapter 31 The ROM address of Guarder conflicts with others The Guarder can only run before or after other BOOT ROM programs e g SCSI BOOT ROM Remote bootable Ethernet adapter ROM and the Guarder does not function normally Please change ROM address of ISA Guarder ROM e g from D000 to D800 Make sure that no new collisions occur For PCI Guarders please plug it in another slot at the other side of the other PCI card with a BIOS ROM Displaying blue screen and Windows breaks down lt gt It has been infected with viruses The free space in fixed disks is limited There is no cache for the Guarder Check if Anti Virus software or System Performance Administration software has been installed Recover the fixed disk data or set it to Automatic Recovery Uninstall the Guarder Anti Virus software and System Performance Administration software and then install the Guarder Uninstall the Guarder do defrag in fixed disks Reinstall it after the system is Ok Guarder software of all versions uses patent algorithm to ensure a better guard capacity It allows revisions of over 12GB data in the guarded partitions and default guard covers all partitions Guarder will guarantee a longtime stable working of Windows NT 2000 XP Professional or Server without automatic recovery 32
18. n environment about government finance securities accounting and the military please don t enable Anti Virus Option 8 Boot Logo Choose booting interface e g to display a picture 9 Booting OS from Fixed Disk Only Enable or disable booting OS from fixed disk only 10 Boot Wait Boot Wait can vary from 1 to 15 seconds as you choose Re installing Guarder Reselect the partitions to be guarded Please refer to the third step of the installation process Note the Guarder automatically recovers fixed disk data before re installation If you have made very important new data on the guarded partitions please do Save function before re installing Uninstalling Guarder After clicking Uninstall the following screen will appear to check if you really wish to Uninstall Guarder Uninstall really If you click Yes the Guarder will automatically delete all the installation information and VFDD Then the following screen appears 18 Late Guarder 2001 e SS Click Ok to shut down your computer If it does not have an ATX power supply the Guarder will lock the computer and you will have to shut it down manually or reset If the Guarder is uninstalled but the Guarder card is still plugged in the Guarder will display its Welcome Interface every time the computer boots Exiting from the Main Menu Click Yes on the following screen to exit from the main menu When you exit the Guarder will automatically
19. nter F9 Ctril k Fi Ctr 1 5 Fid Ctr 1 H Fii Ctr 1 5 Fi lt Plug the card and then boot the computer If the above screen does not appear 6 please refer to As if no Guarder card is plugged in section in the Troubleshooting chapter lt Click Exit or press key Esc to quit installation and continue starting OS lt Click key Enter or Space Bar three times to finish default installation lt Remember the default password of the Guarder is function The letters are in lower case lt If the welcome screen prompts Install Windows NT 2000 XP drivers first please make sure you have booted up Windows NT 2000 XP as a system administrator run Install EXE in Guarder s Utilities Diskette to install the Windows drivers Some versions of Guarder do not include this prompt For computers with only DOS Windows 3x 95 98 ME do not care about this prompt because the Guarder can automatically install the Windows drivers 2 Options Options th boot manua lly function none 1 secs lt Click Cancel or press key Esc to quit the process and continue starting OS lt Please refer to Setting Options for detailed information about function setting 7 on this screen After clicking Ok the Guarder will scan all the partitions get the size and free space of them then go to the next step The 2 3 7 items of the Data safety Guarder are different from the above They are shown as the follow s
20. only goes for versions before 2002 You installed Guarder once and pulled it out from your computer without uninstallation 30 Le To verify this please press Ctrl M or F10 repeatedly after CMOS configuration and before OS startup If Check Password window appears it means the Guarder has been installed once Solution input the password enter the main menu and choose Uninstall then try to reinstall it There is little possibility that the above causes concur combinedly Improper CMOS configuration or Boot Mode not matching BIOS perhaps occurs with mainboards using AMI BIOS Repeatedly Rebooting Ke You must have set CMOS Guard The BIOS of certain mainboards may put a dynamic variable in CMOS It is changing every time the computer boots New hardware must have been installed e g a fixed disk is added or re install some hardware e g connect the IDE fixed disk on another connector and BIOS automatically changes CMOS e g the IDE fixed disk parameter has been set as AUTO The boot mode does not match BIOS Please refer to Guarding CMOS Intelligently section in the Advanced Guide chapter Please refer to Boot Mode section in the Advanced Guide chapter System breaks down once Guarder is plugged in before OS startup Boot mode does not match BIOS Please refer to Boot Mode section in the Advanced Guide chapter Retry it after disabling the virus scan function i
21. y Rebeet Sagesse eegene EENS 31 System breaks down once Guarder is plugged in before OS startup 31 The ROM address of Guarder conflicts with others 32 Displaying blue screen and Windows breaks down 32 About Fixed Disk Guarder Safer Functions lt gt PNP design Press key Enter three times to finish default installation in five seconds without re fdisk lt Once fixed disk data is destroyed by any mistake virus and or hacker only press key F9 one time to recover it in half a second lt Support IDE and SCSI fixed disk controller lt Support PIO DMA33 DMA66 Ultra DMA66 ATA 100 and Ultra ATA 100 IDE interface lt Support FAT16 16E FAT32 32E NTFS HPFS partitions and file systems lt Support 256GB fixed disk lt Guard whole fixed disk or selected partitions lt Support multi OS booting by System Commander and multi bootable partition booting by BootMagic lt Support not only DOS Windows 3x 95 98 ME but also Windows NT 2000 XP server better lt Guard CMOS intelligently Features lt Three boot modes make Guarder compatible with all sorts of mainboards and BIOS lt When first set up saved or recovered Guarder uses only 5KB of fixed disk when running it uses 1 33MB of fixed disk at most lt Virtual Fixed Disk Drive VFDD is one created and managed by Guarder in guarded partitions for new data saving Theoretically Guarder supports a VFDD 3 of 1207GB practically it
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