
Partition Table Doctor, Copyright (C) 2002-2006 by PTDD Group


This document contains the following sections:

1. Short View
2. Supported Operating Systems
3. System Requirements 
4. Manual
5. Enclosed Files
6. Order
7. Copyright
8. Liability / Warranty




***  1. Short  View ***

Partition Table Doctor is the only real software for harddisk
partitions recovery when you experience a drive error (other than
hardware failure) this versatile tool automatically checks and repairs
the Master Boot Record, partition table, and the boot sector of the
partition with an error, to recover the FAT16/FAT32/NTFS/NTFS5/EXT2/EXT3/SWAP
partition on IDE/ATA/SATA/SCSI harddisk drives. It can create
an emergency floppy disk or a bootable CD to recover the bad partition
even if your operating system fails to boot.


Summary Features:

--Backup Partition Table
--Restore Partition Table
--Rebuild Partition Table
--Fixboot


Additional Features:

--Check Partition
--Active Partition
--Hide Partition
--Surface Test
--Rebuild MBR(Master Boot Record)
--Edit Sector
--Copy Sector
--Undo Changes
--Browse Root


New Features:

--Browse Root (only support FAT12/ FAT16/ FAT32/ NTFS)
  --You can browse the root of the specified partition in main window.
  --You can browse the root of the searched partition in the Interactive
    Mode of Rebuild Partition Table.
  --You can browse the root of the partition before it is fixed by
    Fixboot function.

--Restore Partition Table
  --It can display a diagram of the backup partitions before you
    Restore Partition Table from file.

--Rebuild Partition Table
  --A warning message will appear if one of the original partitions
    is lost, you can decide whether continue or not.

--Backup Sectors
  --Now you can backup sectors to any disk.

--Partition Chart
  --Fixed the partition chart display problem: break bounds sometimes.

--Fixboot
  --Under the interactive mode of Fixboot, invalid characters cannot be
    accepted as file name or volume label.

--Surface Test
  --When more than 10000 bad sectors have been found, Surface Test will stop.

--Exchange the shortcut key between Rebuild Partition Table and Contents.
--Partition cutline bar has been added for identifying the file system
  by different colors.
--More creative and convenient Toolbar.
--Unlock Harddisk - The function has been removed.
--Create Emergency Disk - The function of DOS version has been removed.


*** 2. Supported Operating Systems ***

Partition Table Doctor software can be installed on a
personal computer running one of the following families of
operating systems:

Windows 2003
Windows XP 
Windows 2000
Windows NT 
Windows 95/98/Me
MS-DOS
FreeDOS




*** 3. System Requirements ***

- PC-compatible computer with Pentium or similar CPU
- 32 MB RAM
- Floppy or CD-ROM drive
- VGA monitor




*** 4. Manual ***


The manual is available as an Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format
(Ptd.pdf). Further information can be obtained from the Adobe home
page, where you can also download the "Acrobat Reader",  which you need
for reading the manual, free of charge: http://www.adobe.com/.

As an alternative, it is also possible to read the manual as a Windows
Help File.




*** 5. Enclosed Files ***


The Partition Table Doctor will be given in a packed ZIP-file (ptd.zip).
This file enclosed the following files.

PtdSetup.exe	Program to install Partition Table Doctor 3.5
Ptd.iso		Bootable ISO image of Partition Table Doctor




*** 6. Order ***

  You can order the program by using the online shop on the Internet.

  Updates of the program may be downloaded from the Internet
whenever they become available. Currently, all updates are free!

Partition Table Doctor, Copyright (C) 2002-2006 by PTDD Group




*** 7. Copyright ***

Internet:

http://www.ptdd.com/

  Windows is a registered trademark owned by Microsoft Corporation.

  All other mentioned trademarks can be registered trademarks of their
respective owners.

  Distribution of materials of this Help both in original and/or edited
form in published form (book) is forbidden unless a special written
permission from the author is obtained.THIS DOCUMENTATION
IS PROVIDED IS THERE ARE NO EXPLICIT OR IMPLIED
OBLIGATIONS, CONFIRMATIONS OR WARRANTIES, INCLUDING
THOSE RELATED TO SOFTWARE MARKETABILITY AND SUITABILITY
FOR ANY SPECIFIC PURPOSES, TO THE DEGREE OF SUCH LIMITED
LIABILITY APPLICABLE BY LAW.

  This program is delivered together with a limited version of FreeDOS.
To be exact, it is possible to create a boot disk using this program
together with FreeDOS.

  This program does not use any function or functionality of FreeDOS.
The copyright of this program has no connection with the copyright
of FreeDOS. The rights of use of this program have no connection with
the rights of use of FreeDOS.

  FreeDOS is a completely independent and different program and is
subject to the general rights of use and the General Public Licenses(GPL).

  Source code to FreeDOS is available: either writes to us for a copy of
the kernel source code that we used, or visit http://www.freedos.org/ to
download the latest version of FreeDOS!




*** 8. Liability / Warranty ***

  If this program is used improperly, it may result in the irretrievable
destruction of all data on your harddisk!

  It is thus absolutely necessary to create a backup before using the
Partition Table Doctor. According to the ruling by the district court
Konstanz 1 S 292/95 from May 10 1997, daily data backup is reasonable
and can be expected!

  Thus, any responsibility or liability for any losses or damages is not
accepted! UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES!

  The software can be evaluated before the actual purchase. The software
is provided as is without warranty of any kind. Any rights for
modifications or follow-up corrections do not exist.

  Should you find any errors, please let our support staff know and we
will try to correct the error within a few days.

  Any bug notifications will be rewarded with a full version of
Partition Table Doctor!

  The Partition Table Doctor is delivered together with a limited version
of FreeDOS.

  FreeDOS is a completely independent and different program. FreeDOS is
freeware and does not grant any warranty claims.

  More about FreeDOS on the Internet at: http://www.freedos.org/

  Partition Table Doctor, Copyright (C) 2002-2006 by PTDD Group.


