User's Manual

Dell™ Backup and Recovery Manager V1.3 Page 34
Although Windows XP does not have a Windows Recovery Environment, you may
still restore your Windows XP system using the following steps:
1. Restore from a bootable system backup created using Dell Backup and
Recovery Manager (this restores only your operating system partition,
including Dell Backup and Recovery Manager and your files that you
stored on that partition. Skip step 2 but you will need to perform step 3.
2. Reinstall your Microsoft Windows operating system from the OS media you
created using Dell Backup and Recovery Manager or the OS media that
may have been provided in your system box (either of these will re-install
your original Microsoft Windows operating system).
3. Manually install your Dell factory-installed drivers. The drivers are located in
the Drivers folder on your OS media. If you received an RCD or RDVD with
your system, you should also find your drivers there. (This step installs your
Dell drivers.)
4. Reinstall your applications from your application media backups.
5. Reinstall your files and folders from a recent backup using the File restore…
function in Dell Backup and Recovery Manager (this restores your files
and folders, i.e. you data from other partitions or drives). For more
information about restoring your data files, go to 3.2 Restoring your data
files.
NOTE: The same steps above work equally well for Microsoft Windows Vista and
Windows 7 operating systems.