About Rescue Disks

Rescue Disks record a duplicate set of system startup files and disk partition information, and store rescue utilities, configuration files, and a DOS-based Norton AntiVirus scanner across multiple floppy disks or on a network drive.

You can customize your Rescue Disk set. It can consist of one bootable floppy disk, one Norton AntiVirus Program floppy disk, and at least six Virus Definition floppy disks. If you have Norton Utilities installed, you can also have two Norton Utilities floppy disks in your Rescue Disk set. With a Rescue Disk set, you can start your computer in DOS mode and use Norton AntiVirus to fix virus-related problems.

Rescue Disks contain information specific to the computer on which they were made.

If you are using Rescue Disks for recovery, you must use the disks made for your computer.

If you are using Rescue Disks to scan for viruses, you can use disks made for a different computer.

You should update Rescue Disks whenever you update your virus protection, install new software, or make changes to your hardware.