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Windows XP and Windows Server 2003

The Disaster Recovery Option supports local and remote disaster recovery for Windows Server 2003. The option provides the following boot methods:

Bootable CD Method

This method is built on the Microsoft Windows Automated System Restore (ASR) framework.

To use this method, you must have the following:

You can also use the reimaged or remastered Bootable CD for this method.

Important! The Window XP or Windows Server 2003 installation media that you use to perform disaster recovery must be the same version you used to install before the disaster happened.

Bootable Tape Method

Rather than booting from a Windows 2003 installation media, you can boot directly from a tape drive. The only required media is the tape media containing the backup data.

More information:

Reimage Bootable CDUsing Boot Kit Wizard