Creating rescue disks
Before creating your rescue disks, make sure you have a writing utensil to label the disks. You need multiple disks to create a complete set of rescue disks.
If you've already got a set of rescue disks from a previous version of PC-cillin, you should nevertheless create a new set after installing PC-cillin 2002. Likewise, if you created your rescue disks under Windows 95 and have subsequently upgraded to Windows 98, you need to create a new set of rescue disks. Of course, you can re-use your old floppies for the new disks. All data on the old disks will be lost in the creation of the new disks.
To create your rescue disks:
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Obtain some disks; insert one into the floppy drive of your computer.
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Insert the Trend Micro PC-cillin 2002 CD into the appropriate drive.
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Click Start > Programs > Trend Micro PC-cillin 2002 > Create the Rescue Disks. A message box appears asking for confirmation.
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Click Yes. The Creating the rescue disks dialog box appears. You can choose where the rescue disk files are extracted or just use the default location. To change where the rescue disks files are extracted, click Change and browse to a different folder.
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Click Next. PC-cillin extracts the rescue disk files to the specified location.
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Click Complete Rescue Disk set, and then Click Next.
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Make sure the Target drive is correct and click Next. The Format dialog box appears.
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Choose your format type (we recommend Full) and click Start. The disk starts formatting.
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When the formatting is finished, click Close. The Format Dialog closes and PC-cillin starts copying the files to the disk.
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As each floppy is finished, remove it and immediately label it. You should also write-protect it by sliding up the plastic button that is in the upper left hand corner of the back of the disk. The disk is write-protected when you can see through both squares in the upper corners. Creating the rescue disks takes about 10 minutes.
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Repeat the procedure for each disk, starting from the formatting step.
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Click Finish.
Important: You cannot make rescue disks on a machine infected with a boot virus. Be sure to clean (or delete) any viruses that have been detected.
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