User's Manual

Dell™ Backup and Recovery Manager V1.3 Page 3
Table of Contents
1 Dell™ Backup and Recovery Manager V1.3 Overview ........................... 5
2 Overview Screen ................................................................................................... 6
If you have created a system backup .............................................................. 7
2.1 If you have not created a system backup ........................................... 7
3 File Backup and Restore ..................................................................................... 8
3.1 Backing up your data files ......................................................................... 8
3.2 Restoring your data files ........................................................................... 10
4 Backing up your system ................................................................................... 12
5 Restoring your system ...................................................................................... 16
5.1 Restoring from within Windows ............................................................. 16
5.2 Restoring from a bootable backup ........................................................ 18
5.3 Restoring your system from the Windows Recovery
Environment ............................................................................................................. 20
5.4 Restoring a non-bootable backup image from a bootable
Recovery Disk .......................................................................................................... 21
6 Managing your system backups .................................................................... 23
6.1 Exporting a system backup ..................................................................... 23
6.2 Deleting a system backup ........................................................................ 24
6.3 Renaming a system backup .................................................................... 25
7 Dell Recovery Tools ............................................................................................ 26
7.1 Dell Recovery Media (Not available in Windows XP) ..................... 26
7.2 OS and Application Media (Available only if installed on your
system) ...................................................................................................................... 29
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8 Windows Recovery Environment .................................................................. 33
9 Operating Systems Supported ....................................................................... 35
10 Supported Optical Media .............................................................................. 36
11 Other information you need to know ...................................................... 37
12 Major differences between the versions ................................................ 39
13 Supported Languages .................................................................................... 41
14 Why do I need to back up? ......................................................................... 42