WinHIIP V1.6.2 -------------- This is just a quick guide as I hate writing, coding's much easier :-) Note: The program is written to work with Windows NT/2K/XP but limited support has been added so far to allow its use with Windows 98/ME (No CD/DVD extraction). DO NOT SELECT YOUR WINDOWS DRIVE WHEN USING 98/ME OR CORRUPTION CAN OCCUR. BTW: I have modified the selected drive info box to show free space after all the existing partitions as well as fragmented & used space. This was because the free space indication would fool you into believing you had more space available for Images than could be used due to the fragmentation of the drive. SELECT DRIVE This will show a list of attached hard drives, if a drive has a PS2 boot sector on it a "(PS2)" will inserted next to the drive number. When you select a drive it will be scanned and the image list will be filled in if it is a PS2 formatted drive. If a drive is PS2 formatted but does not contain an "HDL Settings" partition you will be prompted to create one. Update: The program will also now prompt you to add HDL partitions that do not appear in the Setting log file, ie images that have been added using other pc software. ERASE DRIVE This will set the first 3Gb of the drive to zero. It takes a little time but makes sure that the area used by the default PS2 partitions is completely clean. You must have selected a drive first. PS2 FORMAT This will create the default partition structure on the selected drive, including an "HDL Settings" partition. COPY DRIVE This will allow you to copy one complete PS2 Format drive to another. When selected it will display a list of drives from which you must pick a destination drive to copy your currently seleted drive to. ABOUT The customary about box. ADD IMAGES This will display a list box to which you can add one or more images to be installed. Use the "ADD IMAGES" button to bring up a requestor for selecting one or more files. When you have finished selecting images use the "START" button to begin the transfer. If you have only selected one image then an Edit Settings requestor will appear allowing you to select the settings for that image otherwise the images will be installed using their filenames. You can then use the Edit Settings option to change their names and options if required. If there is a non crticial error during the install process it will change the status of that image but automatically with the next image in the list. ADD CD/DVD This will display a selection menu for which CD/DVD drive to install from. Once selected it will examine the disc in the drive and display an Edit Settings requestor. EDIT IMAGE SETTINGS This option is only available when one or more images are selected in the image list. It allows you to change the Menu Name, Compatability Modes, Boot File name and Media Type. EXTRACT IMAGES This option is only available when one or more images are selected in the image list. When selected a Folder requestor is displayed allowing you to select the destination folder for the images to be extracted to. Note: The images are extracted as 'iso' files, and no file splitting will occur, so NTFS is required for large files. REMOVE IMAGES This option is only available when one or more images are selected in the image list. This will prompt you for confirmation to delete the selected images from the drive. PRINT IMAGE LIST This will print a hard copy of all the data in the installed Image List to a windows printer. PROGRAM OPTIONS Reduce Fragmentation : This option changes the way partitions are created on the PS2 hard drive, it will use the space very efficiently and so not create the gaps between partitions that have been present before. The only time a gap may be left is when a large partition is made (>4Gb) which is done because of the limitation of the partition offsets stored in HDL partitions. It will however use the gaps up when the next image is installed. 48 Bit LBA (Special HDL) : This option is only to be used if you are using a patched version of HDL on your PS2. It allows WinHIIP to install images to the full capacity of the drive (>128Gb). Debug File Generate : When left enabled and SELECT DRIVE is used to scan a hard drive a selection of files will be made in the same directory as the software. These files can aid me in the pursuit of problems/bugs experienced by people using the software. Log File Generate : This option when left enabled will create a log file in the same directory as WinHIIP with a '.log' file extension. It is basically a log of any actions performed on the hard drive along with more detailed information on the partitions used when allocating/deallocating partitions. It is mainly useful as an aid in debugging when someone has a problem. |