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backup of the original content of the first drive 
track
(made before the TrueCrypt Boot Loader was written to it) and allows you to restore it 
if necessary. The first track typically contains a system loader or boot manager. In the 
Rescue Disk screen, select 
Repair Options
> 
Restore original system loader
.
 
 
Note that even if you lose your TrueCrypt Rescue Disk and an attacker finds it, he or she will not 
be able to decrypt the system partition or drive without the correct password. 
To boot a TrueCrypt Rescue Disk, insert it into your CD/DVD drive and restart your computer. If the 
TrueCrypt Rescue Disk screen does not appear (or if you do not see the ‘Repair Options’ item in 
the ‘Keyboard Controls’ section of the screen), it is possible that your BIOS is configured to attempt 
to boot from hard drives before CD/DVD drives. If that is the case, restart your computer, press F2 
or Delete (as soon as you see a BIOS start-up screen), and wait until a BIOS configuration screen 
appears. If no BIOS configuration screen appears, restart (reset) the computer again and start 
pressing F2 or Delete repeatedly as soon as you restart (reset) the computer. When a BIOS 
configuration screen appears, configure your BIOS to boot from the CD/DVD drive first (for 

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information on how to do so, please refer to the documentation for your BIOS/motherboard or 
contact your computer vendor’s technical support team for assistance). Then restart your 
computer. The TrueCrypt Rescue Disk screen should appear now. Note: In the TrueCrypt Rescue 
Disk screen, you can select ‘Repair Options’ by pressing F8 on your keyboard. 
If your Rescue Disk is damaged, you can create a new one by selecting 
System
> 
Create Rescue 
Disk
. To find out whether your TrueCrypt Rescue Disk is damaged, insert it into your CD/DVD drive 
and select 
System
> 
Verify Rescue Disk
. 

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