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 Storage space and partitions, as appropriate. Ensure that there is enough space
on the hard drive to create destination partitions on the target machine to
contain the source volumes. Any destination partition should be at least as large
as the original source partition.
 Compatible partitions. Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 operating systems
that are booted from FAT32 EFI partitions are not available for protection or recovery,
nor are Resilient File System (ReFS) volumes. If the protected Windows machine
contains non-supported partitions such as FAT32, these partitions will not be
transferred to the restored machine. For details, see the AppAssure 5 Deployment
Guide.
Managing a Windows Boot Image
A bare metal restore for Windows requires a boot image referred to as the boot CD,
which you create by defining parameters in the AppAssure 5 Core Console. This
image is tailored to your specific needs. You will use the image to start the
destination Windows machine. Based on the specifics of your environment you may
need to transfer this image to physical media such as a CD or DVD. You must then
virtually or physically load the boot image, and start the Windows server from the
boot image.
This process is a step in “Roadmap for Performing a Bare Metal Restore for a Windows
Machine” on page 157.
To manage a Windows boot image, you can perform the following tasks:
 “Creating a Boot CD ISO Image for Windows” on page 159
 “Defining Boot CD ISO Image Parameters” on page 160
 “Transferring the Boot CD ISO Image to Media” on page 163
 “Loading the Boot CD and Starting the Target Machine” on page 163
Creating a Boot CD ISO Image for Windows
The first step when performing a bare metal restore (BMR) for a Windows machine
is to create the boot CD file in the AppAssure 5 Core Console. This is a bootable ISO
image which contains the AppAssure 5 Universal Recovery Console (URC) interface,
an environment that is used to restore the system drive or the entire server directly
from the AppAssure 5 Core.