Sophos Anti-Virus: making a set of emergency floppy disks

After a clean boot, it is best to scan from a set of write-protected Emergency SAV (ESD) disks.

What to do

Windows and DOS

To create a set for Windows and DOS

• Download the Emergency SAV Distribution file.
• Double-click the downloaded file 'esddisk.exe' to unzip it, following the on-screen instructions. Go to the location to which it is saved, the default is C:\ESDDISK.
• Make a floppy disk version by following the instructions given in the READESDD.TXT.
• Add any relevant virus identity (IDE) files to the final disk in the set.
• Write-protect the floppy disks.

Since these are disk images, disks prepared on any of the following platforms can be used on any of the others: Windows, DOS, NetWare and OS/2.

OS/2

There is also a utility for making a set of emergency disks for OS/2.

• Obtain the OS/2 emergency floppy disk creation kit from the downloads area. You will need your Sophos credentials to do this.
• Unzip the kit file.
• Follow the instructions in README.TXT which is located in this self-extractor.

See the Sophos Anti-Virus for OS/2 User Manual for details on making and using these disks.