Creating An Anti-Virus Emergency Diskette - HP Compaq Presario,Presario EZ2600 Supplementary Manual

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Having an Anti-Virus Emergency Diskette available to use is an essential part of an
Anti-Virus effective virus prevention program. If your system becomes infected, you may not be
able to access your hard drive or start Windows. The Emergency Diskette will, at a
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minimum, diagnose and resolve infections on your hard drive, enabling you to start
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your computer from a virus-free environment.
Use VirusScan's Emergency Diskette utility to create an Emergency Diskette. If you
ever need to start your computer from the Emergency Diskette, we recommend that
you perform a scan of your computer and its contents immediately after starting your
computer.
To create an Emergency Diskette, complete the following steps:
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You will now have a diskette that contains the system files necessary to start your
computer.
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Determine whether you want to start scanning immediately or to continue
customizing your scan. To start VirusScan immediately, click Scan Now. If you
want to continue configuring your scan, select one of the following tabs:
Action tab
Report tab
Click Stop to halt a VirusScan after it has started, or click New Scan to start a
new scan and change your configuration choices to the VirusScan defaults.
Get a blank, formatted 3.5-inch, high-density diskette.
From the Windows desktop, double-click the Compaq Support
Click the McAfee VirusScan
Click Tools. The Utility Toolbox is displayed.
Click Emergency Disk. The Emergency Disk Wizard is displayed.
If you have inserted a formatted diskette, click the Don't Format option. Click
Next. You are instructed to insert the diskette into your computer's diskette
drive.
Insert the diskette and click Next. The Emergency Disk Utility scans the diskette
for viruses and copies the files necessary to scan your system for viruses. A
window informs you when the process is complete.
Click Finish.
Remove the diskette from the diskette drive, label it "VirusScan Emergency
Diskette," and store it in a safe place.
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icon. The VirusScan Launcher is displayed.
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