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
What is a disaster recovery information file?
A disaster recovery information file is a file that contains hardware configuration details of a computer. These details include the hard disk layouts, installed storage and network drivers, and operating system version information. It also contains the latest backup set details.
If the disaster recovery information file is not listed, or is out of date, select the latest disaster recovery information file for this computer.
If your disaster recovery information file is lost, you can find a copy of it in the alternate disaster recovery path that you set up during the initial configuration of Backup Exec. If that location has been lost or damaged, or you do not have a copy of the disaster recovery information file, you cannot use this wizard to automatically restore this computer. In this case you must manually install the necessary Windows operating system and then install Backup Exec to restore this computer.