Rescue Disk

AVG Rescue Disk is an indispensable tool that can save your data in the event of damage to system areas, or a virus infection that cannot be remedied within the Microsoft Windows environment. Rescue Disk enables you to remove viruses or restore system areas from the MS DOS environment. It includes a DOS version of the AVG system, a backup of system areas, and the system files which allow the computer to be started from the diskette (creating a "system diskette").

Please note: If you are using the NTFS file system the Rescue Disk has only limited functionality! In case you have launched the system from the "system diskette", any disks using NTFS will be inaccessible, and therefore not testable. You may want to only use the Rescue Disk in Windows emergency mode if the AVG system on your local disk is not available for some reason.

AVG Rescue Disk is not supported by Windows XP and higher operating systems!

The tool for creating the Rescue Disk is the Rescue Disk Wizard, which can be launched from any AVG interface, by pressing the Rescue Disk shortcut button, or from the system menu Service -> Rescue Disk.

During the process of creating the Rescue Disk, you specify the following parameters:

When creating a backup of system areas, you define its name and give it a description.

You select where to save it, on a diskette in drive A:, or to any other folder on your system.

You can also format the diskette.

Please note: When creating the Rescue Disk, you may be prompted for multiple empty diskettes.