81 - Restoring Your Pre-installed Software
R
estoring Your Pre-installed Software
It is very important that you create DVD copies of your Factory Image before beginning to use your
system. To do so, follow the instructions below in the “Saving Your Factory Image” section.
Along with instructions on saving your Factory Image, this document outlines several other
important procedures, such as making a system image, restoring your Factory Image and system
images, managing your images, and restoring the partitions on a hard drive.
Saving your Factory Image
When you purchased your system, a copy of the pre-installed Factory Image was loaded into a hidden
partition on your hard disk drive. Having a copy of the original Factory Image available to you means that
in the event of system failure, you will be able to restore it to its original state.
•
I
N
ORDER
TO
INSTALL
APPLICATIONS
AND
DRIVERS
,
MAKE
COPIES
OF
FACTORY
AND
SYSTEM
IMAGES
,
AND
BURN
D
RIVERS
AND
A
PPLICATION
R
ESTORE
DISCS
,
APPLICATION
MEDIA
,
AND
BOOTABLE
DISCS
YOU
MUST
HAVE
AN
INTERNAL
OR
EXTERNALLY
CONNECTED
WRITABLE
DVD
DRIVE
.
•
I
T
IS
EXTREMELY
IMPORTANT
THAT
YOU
COPY
YOUR
F
ACTORY
I
MAGE
TO
REMOVABLE
MEDIA
(
E
.
G
., DVD
DISCS
).
F
AILURE
TO
DO
SO
COULD
RESULT
IN
AN
INABILITY
TO
RESTORE
THE
IMAGE
AT
A
FUTURE
DATE
.
•
W
E RECOMMEND THAT YOU USE
DVD-R
OR
DVD+R
DISCS FOR YOUR BACKUP
,
BUT SUPPORTED MEDIA
*
FOR
IMAGE BACKUPS INCLUDE
:
F
OR
FACTORY
IMAGE
, DAR,
APPLICATION
DATA
,
AND
BOOTABLE
DISC
: DVD-R/+R.
F
OR
USER
-
CREATED
BACKUP
IMAGE
: DVD-R/+R, DVD-RW/+RW, DVD-DL.
* D
EPENDING
UPON
YOUR
OPTICAL
DRIVE
AND
MEDIA
FORMAT
USED
,
SOME
MEDIA
TYPES
MAY
BE
INCOMPATIBLE
FOR
CREATING
IMAGE
BACKUPS
.
D
UE
TO
CERTAIN
LICENSING
REQUIREMENTS
,
SOME
THIRD
-
PARTY
APPLICATIONS
WILL
NEED
TO
BE
INSTALLED
SEPARATELY
USING
THE
APPLICATION
MEDIA
BUNDLED
WITH
YOUR
SYSTEM
.
