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How can I prepare for system problems?

Be Prepared for Disaster

Always have a set of current, bootable emergency disks for troubleshooting. Three separate disks are suggested by Those Who Know ... one with Apple's Disk First Aid and Norton Disk Doctor or the equivalent, one with hard drive formatting software, and one with a virus checker. To be bootable, of course, the disks must also contain a basic System Folder.

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