User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Dell™ Backup and Recovery Manager V1.0 Overview
- Overview Screen
- Data Backup and Restore
- Backing up your system
- Restoring your system
- Managing your system backups
- Dell Recovery Tools
- Windows Recovery Environment
- Operating Systems Supported
- Supported Optical Media
- Other information you need to know
- Why do I need to back up?
- Backup Options Summary
- Restore Options Summary

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14 Restore Options Summary
How do get back to these states?
What do I use? Notes:
Dell Factory Image including OS,
and all drivers and applications
installed when your system was
built in the Dell factory (Windows
Vista only)
1. DBRM
Restore System to restore
Dell Factory Image
2. DBRM Recovery Disk to restore
Dell Factory Image
3. DBRM WinRE to restore Dell
Factory Image (Windows Vista)
Does not include
any applications or
data you may have
added since your
system was
received from Dell.
Original Windows operating
system image (does not install
your Dell system drivers)
1. DBRM OS Media disk
2. Original Windows OS Media (if
provided in your system box)
Original Windows operating
system and Dell system drivers
DBRM OS Media disk and install
Dell system drivers from Drivers
folder also on DBRM OS Media disk
Most recent backup state for OS
partition
DBRM
Restore System to restore
most recent saved image. Then
DBRM
File Restore to restore most
recent data file backup.
DBRM restore
system options are
also available from
WinRE (Windows
Vista) if Windows is
corrupted.
Most recent state of entire
computer including all hard disk
partitions
Microsoft's Complete PC Restore
Complete PC
Restore is also
available from
WinRE (Windows
Vista) if Windows is
corrupted.
An earlier point in time when my
system was working well
Microsoft's Restore System
Uses restore points
as a way to undo
system changes
that may have
negatively
impacted your
system. It does not
restore personal
files or data. Also
available from
WinRE if Windows
is corrupted.