How to Obtain a McAfee Safeboot Recovery CD
- 1). Contact your network administer or IT manager for your office if you are at work. Many companies keep root-level access CDs in a protected place to prevent modification of their work computer as well as to prevent any possible misuse of the discs. A skilled computer user could use a McAfee Safeboot recovery disk to gain access to other computers on the network, possibly opening the door to corporate espionage. Your network administrator will come to your work computer and perform the necessary maintenance if your have reached the point of needing a McAfee Safeboot recovery disk.
- 2). Find the receipt for your McAfee products as well as any instructions manuals that came with the McAfee products. Note the serial numbers for the products as they are the proof that you purchased the items. Call the McAfee customer service line and ask to speak with a representative. Explain to the customer service representative that you have misplaced your McAfee Safeboot recovery disk and that you need a new one to recover your computer from a systematic error. The customer service representative will ask for your serial numbers; provide her with the numbers. The customer service representative will then mail out to you the recovery CD.
- 3). Talk to any friends who also have McAfee Safeboot recovery CDs and ask if you can borrow the disk. If possible, ask the friend if he can make a copy of the disk to prevent this situation from occurring again.
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