User's Manual

Dell™ Backup and Recovery Manager V1.0 Page 3
Table of Contents
1 Dell™ Backup and Recovery Manager V1.0 Overview ........................... 4
2 Overview Screen ................................................................................................... 5
2.1 If You Have Created a System Backup ................................................. 6
2.2 If You Have Not Created a System Backup ......................................... 6
3 Data Backup and Restore .................................................................................. 7
3.1 Backing up your data files ......................................................................... 7
3.2 Restoring your data files ............................................................................. 9
4 Backing up your system ................................................................................... 11
5 Restoring your system ...................................................................................... 13
6 Managing your system backups .................................................................... 15
6.1 Exporting a system backup ..................................................................... 15
6.2 Deleting a system backup ........................................................................ 16
6.3 Renaming a system backup .................................................................... 17
7 Dell Recovery Tools ............................................................................................ 18
7.1 Dell Recovery Media (Windows Vista only – not available in
Windows XP) ............................................................................................................ 19
7.2 Dell Diagnostics (Available only if installed on your system) .... 21
7.3 OS Media (Available only if installed on your system) ................. 22
8 Windows Recovery Environment .................................................................. 24
9 Operating Systems Supported ....................................................................... 27
10 Supported Optical Media .............................................................................. 28
11 Other information you need to know ...................................................... 29
12 Why do I need to back up? ......................................................................... 31
13 Backup Options Summary ........................................................................... 32
14 Restore Options Summary .......................................................................... 33