73
- Restoring Your System Image and Software (Windows 8)
Restoring Your System Image and Software (Windows 8)
Equivalent information for Windows 7 configurations can be found at “Restoring Your System Image and
Software (Windows 7)” on page 63
It is very important that you create DVD copies of your Factory Image and Bootable Disc before beginning to use
your system. To do so, follow the instructions in the “Saving Your Factory Image” and “Creating Backup Images
of Factory Image and Discs” sections of this chapter.
Saving and Recovering Your Factory and System Images
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 new 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
MAKE
COPIES
OF
FACTORY
AND
SYSTEM
IMAGES
AND
BURN
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
,
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
.
