AVG Rescue Disk gaffe....

  • Thread starter Thread starter Phineas T. Higgenbotham
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Phineas T. Higgenbotham

This is bizarre. I downloaded the latest AVG virus update, then went to
update my rescue disk. I use 2 floppies. So I formatted both via DOS
prompt and got started.

I created the first one with no problem. But then I was prompted to create
the second one, and I put it in and clicked Contiue.........and I get the
following error:

"AVG Rescue Disk was not created!!"

So I clicked Okay and tried rerun the process; but I got the same result.

I tried it again with 2 fresh floppies - same thing.

I then tried letting AVG format the disks first, and tried to create them
that way - I get the same error.

I've had AVG on this PC for awhile.

Anything going on with the latest update that makes this happen? Anybody
else experiencing the same thing?
 
Yes, after update vd 303 dated 8\1\03, I too cannot complete the
AVG Rescue Disk. Have not found the solution yet...
 
I found the answer on another group the
second disk file has grown to big for a
1.4 floppy. The second floppy must be formatted
1.6 or 1.7.

Not good but that is the answer.

Richard
 
Richard said:
I found the answer on another group the
second disk file has grown to big for a
1.4 floppy. The second floppy must be formatted
1.6 or 1.7.

Not good but that is the answer.

Richard
Click to expand...

Now, when you say formatted 1.6 or 1.7, what would the procedure be? Hope
you can advise.

Or can I get a 1.6 or 1.7 floppy somewhere? Hope you can help - I'm
awaiting further instructions.
 
|
| | > I found the answer on another group the
| > second disk file has grown to big for a
| > 1.4 floppy. The second floppy must be formatted
| > 1.6 or 1.7.
| >
| > Not good but that is the answer.
| >
| > Richard
|
| Now, when you say formatted 1.6 or 1.7, what would the procedure be?
Hope
| you can advise.
|
| Or can I get a 1.6 or 1.7 floppy somewhere? Hope you can help - I'm
| awaiting further instructions.

All new 3.5" floppy disks are actually something like 2.0Mb in capacity.
However, when they are formatted, the entire disk isn't used and you
have 1.4Mb. I think the main reason for this is as floppies were
notoriously bad there would be a lot of errors on the disk, and these
errors would be written out and the spare sections of the disk used
instead. Of course, nowadays they are pretty reliable, so you can use
the extra space to gain capacity.

Depending on what OS you use you may/may not be able to reas some
formats without special drivers loaded, but I think DOS can read up to
about 1.72Mb with no special drivers.

Take a look here for a program that will format large capacity.
http://www.winimage.com

Steve ;)
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Stephen A said:
"Phineas T. Higgenbotham" <
Depending on what OS you use you may/may not be able to reas some
formats without special drivers loaded, but I think DOS can read up to
about 1.72Mb with no special drivers.

Take a look here for a program that will format large capacity.
http://www.winimage.com

Steve ;)
Click to expand...

How about this for a solution: copy the rescue disk files to a new directory
on your hard drive, then burn the files onto a CD-R. Does this sound like a
workable solution?
 
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