Create a Rescue Disk set

You can create Rescue Disks any time. You can start the Rescue Disk Wizard from the main window of your Symantec product.

If you start the Rescue Disk Wizard from the main window, temporarily disable Auto-Protect while you are creating the Rescue Disk set. If you do not restart your computer after creating Rescue Disks, remember to enable Auto-Protect again.

When you select a floppy disk drive, the Rescue Disk program calculates the number of disks that you will need to complete the set. Depending on what items you want to include in the Rescue Disk set, you might need ten or more floppy disks.

If you choose to create Rescue Disks on a network drive, a second physical hard disk, or some other large capacity disk drive (but not a CD), your Rescue Disk set is placed in a folder on the selected disk. Make sure that you also have a bootable floppy disk in a safe location. This disk should contain the network drivers or other files necessary to start your computer and access the drive on which you placed your Rescue Disk set. Creating a Rescue Disk set on a startup hard disk, for example, drive C, is not recommended because you will not be able to access the rescue programs and configuration files if your hard disk is damaged and unable to start.

To create Rescue Disks

In the main window, click Rescue.
In the Rescue Disk window, select the drive on which to create the Rescue Disk set.
To create a Rescue Disk set on floppy disks, select drive A.
When you select a floppy disk drive, the Basic Rescue program displays the number of floppy disks that you will need to create the Rescue Disk set.
To make changes to the default Rescue Disk settings, click Options and do the following:
On the Rescue Files tab, specify the files to include in the Rescue Disk set. If you change the default file selection, the number of required floppy disks will also change.
On the Format Settings tab, select the type of format, if any, that you want Rescue Disk to use when it prepares the bootable floppy disk for the Rescue Disk set.
Click OK to return to the Rescue Disk window.
When you have either assembled the required number of floppy disks or identified another location for the Rescue Disk files, click Create.
If you selected a floppy disk drive, Rescue Disk displays the Basic Rescue Disk List window and an estimate of how much time you will need to create the entire set.
Label the disks as specified in the Basic Rescue Disk List window, then click OK.
Rescue Disk prompts you to insert the first disk in the floppy disk drive. If you selected a network drive or other larger-format drive, Rescue Disk prompts you for a Rescue Folder drive location.
Insert the disks as requested.
When you have finished creating the basic Rescue Disk set, in the Rescue Disk window, click Close.