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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 either Windows or Netware can be used on any the other.

If you need more information or guidance, then please contact technical support.