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 97
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.
•
I
N ORDER TO MAKE COPIES OF FACTORY AND SYSTEM IMAGES AND BURN BOOTABLE DISCS YOU MUST HAVE AN INTERNAL OR EXTERNALLY
CONNECTED WRITABLE
•
I
T IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT YOU COPY YOUR
IN AN INABILITY TO RESTORE THE IMAGE AT A FUTURE DATE
•
W
E RECOMMEND THAT YOU USE
F
OR FACTORY IMAGE
F
OR USER
* D
EPENDING UPON YOUR OPTICAL DRIVE AND MEDIA FORMAT USED
D
UE TO CERTAIN LICENSING REQUIREMENTS
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.
DVD
.
DRIVE
DVD-R
OR
,
,
APPLICATION DATA
AND BOOTABLE DISC
-
: DVD-R/+R, DVD-RW/+RW, DVD-DL.
CREATED BACKUP IMAGE
,
SOME THIRD
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F
I
ACTORY
MAGE TO REMOVABLE MEDIA
.
DVD+R
DISCS FOR YOUR BACKUP
: DVD-R/+R.
,
SOME MEDIA TYPES MAY BE INCOMPATIBLE FOR CREATING IMAGE BACKUPS
-
PARTY APPLICATIONS WILL NEED TO BE INSTALLED SEPARATELY
(
.
., DVD
). F
E
G
DISCS
AILURE TO DO SO COULD RESULT
,
*
BUT SUPPORTED MEDIA
FOR IMAGE BACKUPS INCLUDE
:
.
.