Veritas™ System Recovery 21 User's Guide

To recover a computer

1. Boot the computer by using the Veritas System Recovery Disk.

2. Check the hard disk for errors.

   See Preparing to recover a computer by checking the hard disk for errors.

3. On the Home panel of Veritas System Recovery Disk, click Recover My Computer.

   If your recovery points are stored on media and you only have one media drive, you can eject the Veritas System Recovery Disk now. Attach the USB device or insert the DVD that contains your recovery points.

4. On the Welcome page of the wizard, click Next.
5. On the Select a Recovery Point to Restore panel, select a recovery point to restore, and then click Next.

   Select Recovery Point to Restore options when you view recovery points by Date

   View by - Date	Displays all of the discovered recovery points in the order in which they were created. If no recovery points were discovered, the table is empty. In such cases, you can search all local drives on the computer or browse to find a recovery point.
   Select source folder	Lets you view a list of all available recovery points that may exist on your computer's local drives or on a specific drive.
   Map a network drive	Specifies a shared network folder path and assign it a drive letter. You can then browse the folder location for the recovery point file you want.
   Browse	Locates a recovery point on a local drive or a network folder. Select the Show hidden drives check box to see a list of the hidden drives along with the list of the other drives. You can select a hidden drive as a location where you want to store the recovery points. The hidden drives are displayed in the following format: DiskNo-PartitionNo\ For example, a hidden drive is displayed as: 2-3\. Where 2 is the disk number and 3 is the partition number Note: By default, this check box is not selected.
   Select a recovery point	Lets you select the recovery point to restore.
   Recovery point details	Gives you additional information about the recovery point you want to restore.

   Select Recovery Point to Restore options when you view recovery points by File name

   View by - File name	Lets you view recovery points by their file name.
   Recovery point folder and file name	Specifies a path and a file name of a recovery point. If the recovery point is located in a hidden drive, you must specify the location of the hidden drive in the following format: DiskNo-PartitionNo\Filename.v2i or DiskNo-PartitionNo\Filename.iv2i For example, if the hidden drive location is on Disk 2 and Partition 3, you must enter 2-3\file.v2i. Where 2 is the disk number and 3 is the partition number.
   Map a network drive	Specifies a shared network folder path and assign it a drive letter. You can then browse the folder location for the recovery point file you want.
   Browse	Locates a recovery point on a local drive or a network folder.
   OpenStorage Destination	Lets you select an OpenStorage storage destination that you want to use for restoring the recovery points. See OpenStorage destination options for recovery.
   Recovery point details	Gives you additional information about the recovery point you want to restore.

   Select Recovery Point to Restore options when you view recovery points by System

   View by - System	Lets you use the current system index file that is located in the recovery point storage location. The system index file displays a list of all of the drives on your computer and any associated recovery points from which you can select. The use of a system index file reduces the time it takes to convert multiple recovery points. When a recovery point is created, a system index file is saved with it. The system index file contains a list of the most recent recovery points, which includes the original drive location of each recovery point.
   System index folder and filename	Specifies a path and a file name of a system index file that you want to use for recovery. If the recovery point is located in a hidden drive, you must specify the location of the hidden drive in the following format: DiskNo-PartitionNo\Filename.sv2i For example, if the hidden drive location is on Disk 2 and Partition 3, you must enter 2-3\file.sv2i. Where 2 is the disk number and 3 is the partition number.
   Map a network drive	Specifies a shared network folder path and assign it a drive letter. You can then browse the folder location for the system index file (.sv2i) you want.
   Browse	Lets you browse to a path that contains a system index file. For example, you can browse to an external (USB) drive, a network location, or to removable media to select a system index file.
   OpenStorage Destination	Lets you select an OpenStorage storage destination that you want to use for restoring the recovery points. See OpenStorage destination options for recovery.

   If disks with no layout structures are detected, you are prompted to initialize the disk layout. A list of disks without layout structures is displayed. The list shows the default disk layout type, either GPT, or MBR. If required, you can change the layout type for the disks, and then click OK to initialize layouts on them.

   Note:

   If you are recovering a UEFI-based computer, you must restore its system partitions to a GPT disk.

6. On the Drives to Recover panel, select each drive that you want to recover and set the options that you want, and then click Next.

   Select drives to recover	Lets you select the drives that you want to recover.
   Add	Adds the additional drives that you want to recover. If the recovery point is located in a hidden drive, you must specify the location of the hidden drive in the following format: DiskNo-PartitionNo\Filename.v2i or DiskNo-PartitionNo\Filename.iv2i For example, if the hidden drive location is on Disk 2 and Partition 3, you must enter 2-3\file.v2i. Where 2 is the disk number and 3 is the partition number.
   Remove	Removes the selected drives from the list of drives to recover.
   Edit	Lets you edit the recovery options for a selected drive.
   Ignore recovery point corruption during restore (potential data loss)	Automatically excludes the corrupted data and continues to restore the recovery point. The restored data does not contain the corrupted portion of data. Note: There may be potential data loss as corrupted data is excluded from restore.
   Verify recovery point before restore	Verifies whether a recovery point is valid or corrupt before it is restored. If the recovery point is invalid, the recovery is discontinued. This option can significantly increase the time that is required for the recovery to complete.
   Do not verify recovery point before restore	Does not verify whether a recovery point is valid or corrupt before it is restored. During restore, if there is corrupted data on the recovery point, an error message is displayed and you cannot restore the recovery point.
   Use Restore Anyware to recover to different hardware	Selected automatically if any of the following are true: You recover a non-operating system drive to new or to different computer hardware. Or, you can recover both an operating system drive and one or more data drives to new or to different computer hardware. You upgrade to new or to different computer hardware from an older computer. The motherboard on the computer has failed. If you recover a data drive only to new or to different computer hardware, this option is not selected for you.

   When you recover your computer, select the drive on which Windows is installed. On most computer systems, this drive is the C drive. In the recovery environment, the drive letters and labels might not match what appears in Windows. You might need to identify the correct drive based on its label. Or, you can identify the drive by its name, or by browsing the files and folders in the recovery point.

7. Optionally, select a drive that you want to recover, and then click Edit.

   Select the options that you want to perform during the recovery process, and then click OK to return to the Drives to Recover panel.

   Delete Drive	Deletes a selected drive in the list to make space available to restore your recovery point. When you use this option, the drive is only marked for deletion. The actual deletion of the drive takes place after you click Finish in the wizard.
   Undo Delete	Returns a deleted drive to the list of drives.
   Resize drive after recover (unallocated space only)	Resizes a disk after the recovery point is restored. After you select this option, you can specify the new size in megabytes. The size must be greater than the identified size of the disk that you selected in the list.
   Primary partition	Because hard disks are limited to four primary partitions, this option is appropriate if the drive has four or fewer partitions.
   Logical partition	This option is appropriate if you need more than four partitions. You can have up to three primary partitions, plus any number of logical partitions, up to the maximum size of your hard disk.
   Check for file system errors after recovery	Checks the restored drive for errors after the recovery point is restored.
   Set drive active (for booting OS)	Makes the restored drive the active partition (for example, the drive from which the computer starts). You should select this option if you restore the drive on which your operating system is installed. Note: Do not select this option if you are restoring system partition or boot partition of a UEFI-based computer. This option is applicable only for MBR-style disks.
   Restore original disk signature	Restores the original, physical disk signature of the hard drive. Disk signatures are part of all Windows operating systems that Veritas System Recovery supports. Disk signatures are required to use the hard drive. Select this option if either of the following situations are true: Your computer's drive letters are atypical (for example, assigned letters other than C, D, E, and so forth). You restore a recovery point to a new, empty hard disk.
   Restore master boot record	Restores the master boot record. The master boot record is contained in the first sector of a physical hard disk. The master boot record consists of a master boot program and a partition table that describes the disk partitions. The master boot program analyzes the partition table of the first hard disk to see which primary partition is active. It then starts the boot program from the boot sector of the active partition. This option is recommended only for advanced users and is available only if you restore a whole drive in the recovery environment. Select this option if any of the following situations are true: You restore a recovery point to a new, empty hard disk. You restore a recovery point to the original drive, but the drive's partitions were modified since the recovery point was created. You suspect that a virus or some other problem has corrupted your drive's master boot record. Note: Do not select this option if you are restoring system partition or boot partition of a UEFI-based computer. This option is applicable only for MBR-style disks.

8. Click Next to review the recovery options that you selected.
9. Select Reboot when finished if you want the computer to restart automatically after the recovery process finishes.
10. Click Finish.
11. Click Yes to begin the recovery process.