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Chapter 5
Recovering a system disk using the recovery CD
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When you use the recovery CD, you boot your computer from that CD rather than
from your local hard disk.
The recovery CD has a menu-style user interface. When responding to the prompts,
use the arrow keys to highlight the desired item, use the space bar to select or clear
options (an
displays in the brackets when the option is selected), and press Enter
X
to make your selection. You can also tab between fields.
Note:
The recovery CD does not support USB keyboards or mouse devices.
Although the recovery CD is used primarily for recovering a system disk or partition,
you can also use it to recover data disks or partitions.
The recovery CD can recover multiple partitions to a disk with existing partitions. It can
also create one partition on a new disk. However, if you want to recover multiple
partitions to a new disk, you must format and partition the disk before you use the
recovery CD to recover the partitions.
In some cases, when you recover a disk using the recovery CD, an additional
backup is created on the storage system. If the maximum number of backups has
already been performed, the oldest backup will be deleted to make room for this
backup.
To recover a disk or partition using the recovery CD:
1. Using the appropriate procedure for your computer, configure it to boot from the
CD-ROM drive.
For more information, refer to the documentation for your computer.
2. Insert the recovery CD into the CD-ROM drive.
A welcome screen displays while the CD initializes.
3. If you have already verified that the recovery CD supports your local hardware,
or if you have received a new recovery driver from your vendor, wait 25 seconds for
Normal Mode to start automatically and go to step 4.
If this is the first time you have used the recovery CD, press any key to start
Diagnostic Mode. The screen displays a list of all the devices found on your
computer and whether or not they are compatible with the recovery CD. You can
use the arrow keys to scroll through the list. If at least one supported network
interface card (NIC) and one hard disk have been detected, select Normal
Mode and go to step 4.
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