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Using McAfee VirusScan
Creating a Rescue Disk
Rescue Disk is a utility that creates a bootable floppy disk that you can use to start
your computer and scan it for viruses if a virus keeps you from starting it normally.
To create a Rescue Disk:
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McAfee
VirusScan
NOTE
You must be connected to the Internet to download the Rescue
Disk image. Also, Rescue Disk is available for computers with
FAT (FAT 16 and FAT 32) hard drive partitions only. It is
unnecessary for NTFS partitions.
On a non-infected computer, insert a non-infected floppy disk in drive A. You
might want to use Scan to ensure that both the computer and the floppy disk
are virus-free. (See
Manually scanning for viruses and other threats on page 26
details.)
Right-click the McAfee icon, point to
The
Create a Rescue Disk
Figure 2-13. Create a Rescue Disk dialog box
Click
to create the Rescue Disk.
Create
If this is your first time creating a Rescue Disk, a message tells you that Rescue
Disk needs to download the image file for the Rescue Disk. Click
download the component now, or click
A warning message tells you that the contents of the floppy disk will be lost.
Click
to continue creating the Rescue Disk.
Yes
The creation status appears in the
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software
VirusScan
dialog box opens
(Figure
Cancel
Create Rescue Disk
, then click
Create Rescue Disk
2-13).
OK
to download it later.
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