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- Restoring Your System Image and Software
Restoring Your System Image and Software
It is very important that you create DVD copies of your Factory Image and Bootable Disc (along
with other applicable media such as Drivers and Applications and Restore media and application
discs) before beginning to use your system. To do so, follow the instructions in the “Saving Your
Factory Image” and “Creating Backup Images of Factory Image, DAR, and Discs” sections of this
chapter.
Saving and Recovering Your Factory and System Images
Along with instructions on saving your Factory Image, this document outlines several other important
procedures, such as making a system image, restoring your Factory Image and system images, managing
your images, and restoring the partitions on a hard drive.
•
I
N
ORDER
TO
INSTALL
APPLICATIONS
AND
DRIVERS
,
MAKE
COPIES
OF
FACTORY
AND
SYSTEM
IMAGES
,
AND
BURN
DAR
S
,
APPLICATION
MEDIA
,
AND
BOOTABLE
DISCS
YOU
MUST
HAVE
AN
INTERNAL
OR
EXTERNALLY
CONNECTED
WRITABLE
DVD
DRIVE
.
•
I
T
IS
EXTREMELY
IMPORTANT
THAT
YOU
COPY
YOUR
F
ACTORY
I
MAGE
TO
REMOVABLE
MEDIA
(
E
.
G
.,
DVD
DISCS
). F
AILURE
TO
DO
SO
COULD
RESULT
IN
AN
INABILITY
TO
RESTORE
THE
IMAGE
AT
A
FUTURE
DATE
.
•
W
E
RECOMMEND
THAT
YOU
USE
DVD-R
OR
DVD+R
DISCS
FOR
YOUR
BACKUP
,
BUT
SUPPORTED
MEDIA
*
FOR
IMAGE
BACKUPS
INCLUDE
:
F
OR
FACTORY
IMAGE
, DAR,
APPLICATION
DATA
,
AND
BOOTABLE
DISC
: DVD-R/+R.
F
OR
USER
-
CREATED
BACKUP
IMAGE
: DVD-R/+R, DVD-RW/+RW, DVD-DL.
* D
EPENDING
UPON
YOUR
OPTICAL
DRIVE
AND
MEDIA
FORMAT
USED
,
SOME
MEDIA
TYPES
MAY
BE
INCOMPATIBLE
FOR
CREATING
IMAGE
BACKUPS
.
D
UE
TO
CERTAIN
LICENSING
REQUIREMENTS
,
SOME
THIRD
-
PARTY
APPLICATIONS
WILL
NEED
TO
BE
INSTALLED
SEPARATELY
USING
THE
APPLICATION
MEDIA
BUNDLED
WITH
YOUR
SYSTEM
.
