User's Manual

Dell™ Backup and Recovery Manager V1.3 Page 39
12 Major differences between the versions
Dell Backup and Recovery Manager V1.3:
(Launched July, 2010)
 Now supports the ability to create application media backups in accordance
with your end-user license agreement
 Dell Backup and Recovery Manager no longer needs to reboot into the
Windows Recovery Environment to create your system backup images.
The images are now created within the operating system
 Functional cosmetic enhancements to simplify how a user selects backup
media type and storage location
 Added support for Dual Layer DVDs (Windows Vista and Windows 7 only)
NOTE: The 1
st
dual-layer DVD in a dual-layer set will be a created as single-layer
DVD in order to be bootable. However the remaining dual-layer DVDs in the
backup set will utilize their full capacity.
 Added support for Blu-ray optical media (Windows Vista and Windows 7 only)
NOTE: Blu-ray support is limited to their use as a high capacity storage medium.
Blu-ray disks will not be bootable. To restore a Blu-ray disk backup, you must
boot your system from a bootable Dell Recovery disk or another bootable backup
image. Do not use for OS or recovery media.
 User’s Guide V1.3 Rev. A00
available
Dell Backup and Recovery Manager V1.2.3 (a.k.a. V1.2 A01):
(Launched April, 2010)
 Removed the hardware diagnostics support because system-specific
diagnostics are already provided on the system in the Utility Partition and
updates are available from support.dell.com
 User’s Guide V1.2 Rev. A01
available
Dell Backup and Recovery Manager V1.2.2:
(Launched February, 2010)
 Updated Vista SP1 OS Media to Vista SP2 OS Media. No other changes.