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5.7.1 Minimum requirements
ESET SysRescue works in the Microsoft Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE) version 2.x, which is based
on Windows Vista.
Windows PE is part of the free Windows Automated Installation Kit (Windows AIK) or Windows Assesment and
Deployment Kit (WADK) and therefore Windows AIK or WADK must be installed before creating ESET SysRescue (
http://go.eset.eu/AIK, http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30652). Choosing between these
kits depends on operating system version. Due to the support of the 32-bit version of Windows PE, it is necessary to
use a 32-bit installation package of ESET Security solution when creating ESET SysRescue on 64-bit systems. ESET
SysRescue supports Windows AIK 1.1 and higher as well as WADK 1.0 and higher.
NOTE: Since Windows AIK is over 1 GB in size, a high-speed internet connection is required to download.
When installing Windows ADK choose only packages Deployment Tools and Windows Preinstallation Enviroment
(Windows PE) to install. Since these packages over 3.0 GB in size, a high-speed internet connection is required to
download.
ESET SysRescue is available in ESET Security solutions version 4.0 and higher.
Windows ADK supports:
Windows 8
Windows 7
Windows Vista
Windows Vista Service Pack 1
Windows Vista Service Pack 2
Note: ESET SysRescue in products 6 is currently not available for Windows 8. We recommend that you create an ESET
SysRescue disk on another version of Microsoft Windows.
Windows AIK supports:
Windows 7
Windows Vista
Windows XP Service Pack 2 with KB926044
Windows XP Service Pack 3
5.7.2 How to create rescue CD
To launch the ESET SysRescue wizard, click Start > Programs > ESET > ESET NOD32 Antivirus > ESET SysRescue.
First, the wizard checks for the presence of Windows AIK or ADK and a suitable device for the boot media creation. If
Windows AIK or ADK is not installed on the computer (or it is either corrupt or installed incorrectly), the wizard will offer
you the option to install it, or to enter the path to your Windows AIK or ADK folder (http://go.eset.eu/AIK, http://
www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30652).
NOTE: Since Windows AIK is over 1 GB in size, a high-speed internet connection is required to download.
When installing Windows ADK choose only packages Deployment Tools and Windows Preinstallation Enviroment
(Windows PE) to install. Since these packages over 3.0 GB in size, a high-speed internet connection is required to
download.
In the next step, select the target media where ESET SysRescue will be located.
5.7.3 Target selection
In addition to CD/DVD/USB, you can choose to save ESET SysRescue in an ISO file. Later on, you can burn the ISO
image to a CD/DVD, or use it some other way (e.g. in a virtual environment such as VMware or VirtualBox).
If you select USB as the target medium, booting may not work on certain computers. Some BIOS versions may report
problems with the BIOS - boot manager communication (e.g. on Windows Vista) and booting exits with the following
error message:
file : \boot\bcd
status : 0xc000000e
info : an error occurred while attemping to read the boot configuration data
If you encounter this message, we recommend selecting CD instead of USB medium.