NewTek TriCaster Mini User Manual page 473

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Create User Backup Drive: create a bootable clone of the entire system drive
(as it exists at the time) on either an external HDD or a drive mounted in a
removable hard drive bay.
The clone operation includes:
o The existing (factory-prepared) Restore partition
o The complete C partition
In cases of catastrophic drive failure requiring drive replacement, a service
technician can simply connect the User Backup 'clone' drive in place of the
original internal system drive and you'll be back in production (prudence
would call for creating a new User Backup drive as the first order of business.
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Restore System Partition from User Backup Drive: overwrites the C partition
(only) on the existing system drive with the C partition on the external user
backup drive. This allows you to insert a User Backup drive into a removable
drive bay (or otherwise connect it), and regain a functional system partition
as stored on the clone drive.
Note: This feature it is intended to allow a restore operation of the system drive
that the clone was prepared on. It is not intended to allow restoration from a
'foreign' TriCaster. Using the 'Restore System Partition from User Backup Drive'
in the latter manner will almost certainly cause multiple problems.
In a dire emergency, however (such as if a system drive fails when no User Backup
from the same unit has been prepared) a User Backup created on a similar model
TriCaster can be helpful, as follows:
- Install the 'foreign' User Backup drive to replace the defunct system drive.
- Power up, and – at the boot selection screen – select 'Manage TriCaster'.
- Choose 'Restore System Partition to Factory Defaults', and follow prompts.
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