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What is the use of creating a rescue disk (recovery diskette creation)?

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What is the use of creating a rescue disk (recovery diskette creation)?

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The recovery diskette contains a series of critical data about your computer: MBR (Master Boot Record), BOOT, CMOS, etc., as well as DOS boot files and other utility programs. If the hard disk does not boot, it is possible that this data has been damaged (BOOT and MBR). By booting from the recovery diskette and using the Restore option you can reset these mechanisms and regain access to the hard disk. This is possible if there is no major damage. If the data areas have been overwritten, it will not be possible to recover it with this diskette. You would need to have a backup copy of your data to restore it in this case. The recovery disk is specific to a particular computer and cannot be used on any other. You should never try to restore a recovery disk from another computer. It is not necessary to create a new recovery diskette for each anti-virus update that you install. However, you will need to create a new recovery diskette if the hardware on your computer changes, if you add or r

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