SDR Recover This Computer Wizard Help
- Recover This Computer Wizard Help
- What should I do if I cannot connect?
- What if I don't want to recover the entire computer?
- Should I change the volume layout?
- What is a disaster recovery information file?
- What should I do if my device with my backup data is not listed?
- Do I need drivers for inactive storage controllers?
- Do I need drivers for inactive network controllers?
- Why do I need to unlock the volumes encrypted with BitLocker?
- Advanced Disk Configuration on the Recover This Computer Wizard
- Viewing the original disk layout geometry
- Creating a simple volume
- Formatting a volume
- Extending the size of a volume
- Shrinking the size of a volume
- Viewing volume properties
- Deleting a volume
- Changing an assigned drive letter
- Converting a basic disk to a dynamic disk
- Converting a Master Boot Record (MBR) disk to a Guid Partition Table (GPT) disk
- Converting a Guid Partition Table (GPT) disk to a Master Boot Record (MBR) disk
- About spanned volumes
- Creating a mirrored volume
- Creating a striped volume
Should I change the volume layout?
The listed hard disk volumes that appear in the simplified layout view are created to ensure that the data can be recovered from the selected backup sets.
The original size of the volumes displayed are based on the original hard disk configurations that were present when the computer was backed up. You can accept the defaults or you can customize the size of each volume by entering a new size. Additional volume configurations can be set by clicking Advanced Disk Configuration.
About the simplified layout view
The simplified layout view lets you restore the hard drive volumes on the computer being recovered to the same sizes they were before the disaster occurred. Using disk geometry information from the disaster recovery information file, the Recover This Computer Wizard presents the original disk geometry in the simplified volume layout view. Within the simplified layout view, you can accept the disk geometry as it originally existed before the disaster, or you can alter the geometry by changing the volume sizes. Depending on the size of the existing disks, you can alter volume sizes in megabytes, gigabytes, or terabytes.
The simplified layout view offers you a Preview tab where you can view the disk geometry as it presently exists. If you decide to alter the disk geometry and change volume sizes, you can also click the Preview tab to see a graphical representation of your proposed changes.
If mismatched volumes appear in the simplified volume layout view, you can use the option to automatically create a volume layout on the available hard disks. You can also manually create a volume layout by using the Advanced Disk Configuration feature.
If you want to make additional changes to the computer's disk configuration, it is recommended that you run Advanced Disk Configuration.
See Advanced Disk Configuration on the Recover This Computer Wizard.