Rescue Disk - McAfee OFFICE 3.1 User Manual

5. Click Finish to restore the drives with the specified kinds of data.

Rescue Disk

Rescue Disk lets you create an emergency boot disk that you can use to boot up
your PC if you encounter a problem that prevents you from starting the
computer from the system hard drive. The system hard drive is the hard drive
that contains your Windows directory or folder.
You can use the Rescue disk that is created by default.
To create a Rescue Disk:
1. Click the Next > button in the Rescue Disk Wizard.
2. Use the default Rescue disk.
3. Click Next >. Then click Finish.
4. Insert a disk into drive A and click OK.
Rescue Disk formats the disk and copies critical startup files to it, as well as
any files you added. When the process is complete, Rescue Disk exits and
returns to the desktop.
• File allocation tables–Select this option if your files are corrupted
and you have been unable to repair them using Disk Minder. Often
much or all of your data may be intact on the disk, but the file
allocation tables (FATs) may be damaged. By restoring the most
current copy of a disk's FAT, you can often recover files that would
otherwise be lost.
NOTE: If your Image file is more than a day or two old, or if you have
optimized your hard disk and have not run Image, try using Disk Minder
to repair the hard drive first.
NOTE: The rescue disk set boots from a floppy but includes a companion
ZIP or SyQuest disk that lets you run Windows in a paired-down
configuration to try to recover your system in the event of a catastrophe.
The large companion rescue disk also contains critical parts of Windows
that can help recover your system in the event some portions of
Windows become damaged. To use this feature, simply run Rescue Disk
on a system that has a ZIP or other high-capacity removable media drive
and follow the on-screen instructions.
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