Rescue diskette utility

What is it?

eSafe Protect Rescue is a utility, which enables you to create an emergency rescue diskette. If the hard disk of your computer is infected, you can use the rescue diskette to boot the computer and restore your hard disk and operate your computer as before.

A rescue diskette usually contains an image of the hard disk boot sectors, the partition table and the computer configuration stored in CMOS RAM.

Rescue diskette for each computer

If you have installed eSafe Protect on more than one computer, create a separate rescue diskette for each computer. Label each diskette carefully to identify which computer created it. Do not attempt to use the emergency diskette from one PC to restore another PC. Doing so can result in a severe loss of data.

Where to keep it?

Keep the diskette in a safe place because it may be needed to restore the hard disk when damaged by a virus.

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How to use the rescue diskette


How to use the rescue diskette

Procedure for using a rescue diskette:

1.	Make sure that eSafe Protect setup diskette #1 is locked and insert it into your computer.

2.	Boot the computer from the setup diskette.

3.	Run VREMOVE from the diskette to clean the disk of viruses.

4.	Insert the rescue diskette.

5.	Run BOOTREST.COM to restore the computer’s boot sector.

6.	If you encounter further difficulties in restoring your hard disk, use other programs installed on your rescue diskette.

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Programs installed on the rescue diskette for Windows 95

Programs installed on the rescue diskette for Windows NT


Programs installed on the rescue diskette for Windows 95/98
Programs installed on the rescue diskette for Windows 95 and 98

The rescue diskette contains different programs for Windows 95/98 and Windows NT. The rescue diskette for Windows 95/98 contains the following programs:

FORMAT.COM

CHKDSK.EXE

SYS.COM

PCC.EXE

CONFIG.SYS

VREMOVE.EXE

VSDRV1.OXR

VSDRV2.OXR

HIMEM.SYS

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Programs installed on the rescue diskette for Windows NT


Programs installed on the rescue diskette for Windows NT

The rescue diskette contains different programs for Windows 95/98 and Windows NT. The rescue diskette for Windows NT recreates the following programs:

PCC.EXE

VREMOVE.EXE

VSDRV1.OXR

VSDRV2.OXR

CONFIG.SYS

AUTOEXEC.NT

CONFIG.NT

DEFAULT._

NTUSER.DA_

SAM._

SECURITY._

SETUP.LOG

SOFTWARE._

SYSTEM._

HIMEM386.SYS

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Programs installed on the rescue diskette for Windows 95


FORMAT.COM

Formats a disk for use with MS-DOS.

The FORMAT command creates a new root directory and file allocation table for the disk. It can also check for bad areas on the disk, and delete all data on the disk. In order for MS-DOS to be able to use a new disk, you must first use this command to format the disk.


CHKDSK

This command checks the status of a disk and displays a status report. If CHKDSK finds errors on the disk, it displays an alert message. CHKDSK can also fix disk errors.

The status report shows errors found in the MS-DOS filing system, which consists of the file allocation table and directories. CHKDSK also displays a summary of disk usage. It does not verify that the information in your files can be accurately read.


SYS.COM

Creates a startup disk by copying hidden MS-DOS system files, the MS-DOS command interpreter , and DRVSPACE.BIN. SYS copies DRVSPACE.BIN only if the DRVSPACE.BIN file exists in the root directory of the source drive or directory.


PCC.EXE

This is a program for conveying comprehensive information about the hard disk.


MS-DOS system files

IO.SYS and MSDOS.SYS


MS-DOS command interpreter

COMMAND.COM


DRVSPACE.BIN

This is the part of MS-DOS, which provides compressed drives with access to the disk


VREMOVE.EXE

This scans for and removes viruses. It performs these operations under DOS.


VSDRV1 and 2.OXR

These are virus tables used by VREMOVE.EXE.


HIMEM.SYS

This is a memory manager, which enable other programs to load. It is loaded during the booting process.


HIMEM386.SYS

This is a memory manager, which enable other programs to load. It is loaded during the booting process.


NT backup files

This is a backup file the Windows NT operating system.