Before you restore a computer with Restore Anyware, you must save the recovery point or virtual disk file that you want to use for the restore to a location that you can access (for example, to a location that you can browse to). During the recovery, you might also be prompted to supply disk drivers, service packs, hotfixes, and so forth. You should have your Windows media CD available.
For more information about getting Restore Anyware drivers, go to the Symantec Knowledge Base at the following URL:
http://entsupport.symantec.com/umi/V-269-15
Warning:Before you restore a computer through Restore Anyware, test your access to the recovery points or virtual disk in the recovery environment. You should ensure that you have access to SAN volumes and that you can connect to the network.
See“Recovering a computer”on page 181.
See“Recovering a computer from a virtual disk file”on page 186.
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To recover a computer through Restore Anyware
1 Start the computer by using the Symantec Recovery Disk CD.
See“Starting a computer by using Symantec Recovery Disk”on page 178.
2 On the Home panel, click Recover My Computer.
If your recovery points or virtual disks are stored on a CD or DVD and you only have one CD/DVD drive, you can eject the Symantec Recovery Disk CD now. Insert the CD or DVD that contains your recovery points or virtual disks.
3 On the Welcome page of the wizard, click Next.
4 Do one of the following:
■ If Symantec Recovery Disk located recovery points, proceed to step 6.
■ If Symantec Recovery Disk did not locate any recovery points, proceed to the next step.
5 Click View recovery points by, and then select one of the following options:
Displays all of the discovered recovery points in the order in which they were created.
If no recovery points were discovered, the table is empty. If such cases, you can search all local drives on the computer or browse to find a recovery point.
In the Select source folder list, do one of the following:
■ Click All local drives to display a list of all available recovery points that may exist on your computer's local drives.
■ Click Browse to locate a recovery point on a local drive or a network folder.
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Lets you browse to another location to select a recovery point file (.v2i) or a virtual disk file (.vmdk or .vhd).
See“Defining a virtual conversion job”on page 151.
See“Running a one-time virtual conversion”on page 145.
Select this option, and then click Browse. Locate and select a recovery point file (.v2i) or a virtual disk file (.vmdk or .vhd), and then click Open.
If necessary, click Map a network drive. Specify a shared network folder path and assign a drive letter to it. You can then browse the folder location for the file you want.
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This type of recovery operation uses a system index file (.sv2i) to restore a computer that has multiple drives.
A system index file reduces the amount of time that is needed to restore the drives. When a recovery point is created, a system index file is saved with it. The system index file contains a list of the most recent recovery points, which includes the original drive location of each recovery point
Select this option, and then click Browse. Locate and select a system index file (.sv2i), and then click Open.
If you select a network location, type your network credentials.
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6 Click Next.
7 In the Drives to Restore pane, select each recovery point that you want to recover.
If necessary, add or remove recovery points from the list.
If you are recovering your computer, select the drive on which Windows is installed. On most computer systems, this drive is the C drive. In the recovery environment, the drive letters and labels might not match what appears in Windows. You might need to identify the correct drive based on its label, the name assigned to it, or by browsing the files and folders in the recovery point.
See“Recovering files and folders using Symantec Recovery Disk ”on page 194.
8 Do the following:
■ Optionally, select a drive that you want to recover, and then click Edit.
Select the options that you want to perform during the recovery process, and then click OK to return to the Drives to Restore panel.
See“Edit target drive and options”on page 183.
■ Select the following options that you want.
Verifies whether a recovery point is valid or corrupt before it is restored. If the recovery point is invalid, the recovery is discontinued.
This option can significantly increase the time required for the recovery to complete.
Verify recovery point before restore
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This option is automatically selected for you if any of the following are true:
■ You are recovering a system drive only (the drive on which Windows is installed; usually the C drive), or both a system drive and one or more data drives to new computer hardware.
■ You are upgrading to new computer hardware from an older computer.
■ The motherboard on the computer has failed.
If you are recovering a data drive only to new computer hardware, it is not necessary to select this option.
Use Restore Anyware to recover to different hardware
9 Click Next to review the recovery options you have selected.
10 Select Reboot when finished if you want the computer to restart automatically when the recovery process finishes.
11 Click Finish.
12 Click Yes to begin the recovery process.