Introducing Arcserve Backup Agents and Options › Using Options › Disaster Recovery Option › Disaster Recovery on Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7 › Disaster Recovery on Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP › Bootable CD Method Disaster Recovery Requirements › Start the Disaster Recovery Process using the Bootable CD Method

Start the Disaster Recovery Process using the Bootable CD Method

You can start the disaster recovery process using the Bootable CD method in Windows XP and Windows Server 2003.

To perform disaster recovery on Windows XP, or Windows Server 2003

1. Start the computer you want to recover, using the Windows XP Professional or Windows Server 2003 CD.
2. Press any key to boot from the CD.

   Note: To install additional SCSI drivers that are not supported on the Windows CD, press F6.

   

   A message appears at the bottom of the screen prompting you to press F2 to start Automated System Recovery.

3. Press F2.

   

   Important! Press F2 to avoid normal Windows installation procedure.

4. When prompted to insert the Windows Automated System Recovery (ASR) Disk, insert the disk labeled Arcserve Backup Machine Specific Disk created for this server, and press Enter.

   If you had previously pressed F6, then you must insert device driver floppy disks.

   The ASR process evaluates the available disk configuration. If ASR requires you to recreate disk partitions, a recovery process dialog opens.

5. Press C to recreate your disk partitions, or F3 to quit.

   

   This dialog does not appear if you are not recreating disk partitions.

6. Insert the device driver floppy disk if you have installed additional SCSI, FC, or RAID drivers.

   Based on the configuration of the computer you are recovering, you may have to insert the Windows Automated System Recovery disk several times. This disk is identical to the disk labeled Arcserve Backup Machine Specific Disk.

7. Press Enter again.

   The required files are copied to the Windows installation folders.

   Note: The Machine Specific Disk is also called as the Machine Specific Recovery Disk.

8. Remove the Arcserve Backup machine specific disk and reboot the computer. When you reboot, the ASR process continues.

   This process installs the device drivers and network protocols and configures the computer to run the disaster recovery process. It also restores and formats the volumes present on your computer automatically.

   Important! If you press Enter, Esc, or Alt-F4 when the Automated System Recovery is formatting the volumes on your Windows XP or Windows 2003 systems, the Automated System Recovery process is interrupted and the formatting fails. Consequently, the data on these volumes will not be restored.

9. Insert the Arcserve Backup CD/DVD, the machine specific disk, and then click OK.

   

   The Disaster Recovery wizard opens and the recovery process begins.