User's Manual

Dell™ Backup and Recovery Manager V1.2 Page 3
Table of Contents
1 Dell™ Backup and Recovery Manager V1.2 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) ..................... 23
7.2 OS Media (Available only if installed on your system) ................. 26
8 Windows Recovery Environment .................................................................. 29
9 Operating Systems Supported ....................................................................... 31
10 Supported Optical Media .............................................................................. 32
11 Other information you need to know ...................................................... 33
12 Major differences between the versions ................................................ 35
13 Why do I need to back up? ......................................................................... 36
14 Backup Options Summary ........................................................................... 37
15 Restore Options Summary .......................................................................... 38