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2.
Installation and Startup
2.1. How to obtain the AVG Rescue CD and license file
You can acquire the AVG Rescue CD either from your local AVG software
distributor, or by downloading it as a RAR archive, creating an ISO image
afterwards and then burning it to CD yourself.
Note: If you have obtained a regular AVG Rescue CD from your local AVG
distributor (or any other way), you may want to check AVG website for potential
updates.
The distributed AVG Rescue CD does not contain a license number. To obtain the
license number, contact your AVG distributor or use the contact information/
registration form available on the
www.avg.com
website.
After the registration process, you will receive your license file by e-mail (avgelc.
dat). Then you have two options how to proceed:
a)
Create a brand new AVG Rescue CD by using the AVG Rescue CD Creator
utility, and using the new license file (see chapter
2.3 How to download and
create the AVG Rescue CD
).
b)
If you already have the AVG Rescue CD, and you do not want to create a
new one, put the avgelc.dat file onto some (removable) device such as a
floppy disk, USB flash disk, hard drive etc., restart the computer you are
going to repair and boot from the AVG Rescue CD.
Note: Make sure, that the drive you will put the avgelc.dat file on, will be
accessible from the computer on which you are booting with the AVG Rescue
CD.
Once the AVG Rescue CD has started, a notification dialog will be displayed
asking for the path to the avgelc.dat license file.
Note: If you store the license file on a USB Flash disk or another USB
compatible device, it is essential that this device is already inserted and
switched on before you start the AVG Rescue CD (ideally even before you
start the computer).
If you decide to download the RAR archive and burn the CD yourself, visit this
website address
www.avg.com/ww.download?prd=rcd
to download the current
version. For specific instructions on how to proceed in this particular case, see