User's Manual

Dell™ Backup and Recovery Manager V1.1 Page 3
Table of Contents
1 Dell™ Backup and Recovery Manager V1.1 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 File 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 ...................................................................................... 15
5.1 Restoring from within Windows ............................................................. 15
5.2 Restoring from a bootable backup ........................................................ 17
5.3 Restoring your system from the Windows Recovery
Environment ............................................................................................................. 19
6 Managing your system backups .................................................................... 20
6.1 Exporting a system backup ..................................................................... 20
6.2 Deleting a system backup ........................................................................ 21
6.3 Renaming a system backup .................................................................... 22
7 Dell Recovery Tools ............................................................................................ 23
7.1 Dell Recovery Media (Not available in Windows XP) ..................... 24
7.2 Dell Diagnostics (Available only if installed on your system) .... 26
7.3 OS Media (Available only if installed on your system) ................. 27
8 Windows Recovery Environment .................................................................. 30
9 Operating Systems Supported ....................................................................... 32
10 Supported Optical Media .............................................................................. 33
11 Other information you need to know ...................................................... 34
12 Major differences between versions 1.1 and 1.0 ................................ 36
13 Why do I need to back up? ......................................................................... 37
14 Backup Options Summary ........................................................................... 38
15 Restore Options Summary .......................................................................... 39