User`s guide

Chapter 6. Restoring the backup data

6.1 Considerations before recovery

6.1.1 Restore under Windows or boot from CD?

As mentioned above (see

2.3 Running SonicWALL Bare Metal Recovery

), SonicWALL Bare

Metal Recovery can be run in several ways. We recommend that you first try to restore

data running SonicWALL Bare Metal Recovery under Windows because this method

provides more functionality. Boot from the bootable media only if Windows does not load.

The boot CD from which you loaded the program does not keep you from using other CDs

with backups. SonicWALL Bare Metal Recovery is loaded entirely into RAM, so you can

remove the bootable CD to insert the archive disk.

Be careful! Disk letters in standalone SonicWALL Bare Metal Recovery might sometimes

differ from the way Windows identifies drives. For example, the D: drive identified in the

standalone SonicWALL Bare Metal Recovery might correspond to the E: drive in Windows.

6.1.2 Network settings in rescue mode

When booted from removable media or RIS server, SonicWALL Bare Metal Recovery may

not detect the network. This can occur if there is no DHCP server in your network or if

your computer address was not identified automatically for some reason.

To enable a network connection, specify network settings manually in the window

available at Tools -> Options -> Network adapters.

6.1.3 Recovering dynamic volumes

Dynamic volumes are volumes located on dynamic disks, i.e. disks managed by Windows

Logical Disk Manager (LDM). For more information on dynamic disks, please refer to your

Windows documentation.

SonicWALL Bare Metal Recovery Universal Enterprise Server can back up and recover

dynamic volumes.