Disaster Recovery

The Disaster Recovery (DR) process enables you to recover from hard disk failure and should be used in emergency situations only. If you do not have a Disaster Recovery Set, see Creating the Disaster Recovery Set. If you created a DR Set, follow the steps below.

Before using Disaster Recovery, decide if another recovery method can be implemented instead. For example, if the problem appears to be a Windows system problem, such as a corrupt registry, try to recover by following the steps outlined in your Microsoft Windows User's Manual before using Disaster Recovery.

If your hard drive failed completely and you have replaced it, Disaster Recovery may be the best method for recovery. However, you may also consider re-installing Windows, re-installing your backup software, then selectively restoring the rest of the files you need.

 
  To use Disaster Recovery for Windows 2000:

A minimal install of Windows 2000 will be performed from the Disaster Recovery Set.

Disaster Recovery screens will display messages instructing you when to insert each of the diskettes from your Disaster Recovery Set.

  1. Insert the Windows 2000 Setup Boot Disk (diskette #1 of the DR Set) and restart your computer. You will be guided through a partial Windows 2000 installation.

    Only the boot drive and the Windows 2000 installation drive need to be partitioned at this time. You will be able to partition and format other drives at a later time through the Disk Management in the Disaster Recovery process.

  2. Restart your computer when prompted.

    The Recovery Wizard should appear now and guide you through the steps necessary to recover your system.

  3. After you have restored all the files from your backup volumes, reboot the machine to complete your recovery.