FCIVShell (C)2012-2014 Peter Wallin -- see license.txt for further details

FCIVShell -- File Verification Tool -- Source-code included

For small backup jobs, use FCIVShell as part of your file backup workflow.  With 
this tool, you will be able to find out if your backups are still good or if they 
are a victim of bit-rot which can happen many years after backup file creation.  
To reduce the risk of bit-rot, make new backups on various types of media (DVD, 
hard-drive, thumb-drive, etc) every year or two and use file verification software 
as part of this process. Recently created files (source-code, financial information, 
media, etc) should be backed up as soon as possible (don't wait for a year or two 
to pass before these things are backed up).

FCIVShell is used with fciv.exe for making it easier when creating fciv.xml files 
that contain MD5 and/or SHA1 hash codes for files.  One fciv.xml file will be placed 
in the top level folder that is being scanned.

fciv.exe is unsupported software by Microsoft(R) which can still be acquired at:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/841290
or by searching for fciv.exe on your preferred web search site.

Setup:

Copy FCIVShell.exe and fciv.exe to the same folder on your computer.  
One possible place is:
C:\Program Files
Right-click FCIVShell.exe and paste a short-cut on your desktop for easy access.




