Introducing Arcserve Backup Agents and Options › Using Options › Disaster Recovery Option › Recovering Data Without Using a Floppy in Windows 2003 and Windows XP › How to Perform a Floppy-less Disaster Recovery › Perform Bare Metal Recovery without Floppy

Perform Bare Metal Recovery without Floppy

Before initiating Disaster Recovery without floppy, make sure that your network adapter supports PXE boot. You must also check that the capacities of all hard disks connected to the system being recovered are same or larger than the original hard disks capacities.

To perform a floppy-less bare metal recovery with RIS

1. Remove all floppy disks (if any) and CDs from drive, and restart your machine.
2. Press F12 key when POST screen appears.

   Important! For different machines, the key to invoke PXE bootstrap may be different. Please refer to your product manual for the correct key.

   The message Press F12 for network service boot appears if the RIS server is installed and configured properly.

3. Click F12 on keyboard.
4. Click Enter to go through the Operating System chooser welcome screen.
5. Enter the domain credentials when prompted.
6. Use the Up and Down arrow keys to select an Operating System image and click the Enter to continue.

   The Windows remote installation starts, and you may be prompted to confirm the installation.

7. Click C on your keyboard and wait for the Arcserve Backup Disaster Recovery wizard to appear.
8. The wizard appears.

   You can now start the recovery procedure.