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General Usability Question: Can I change partition information during disaster recovery? Answer: No. If disk configuration is changed manually during the disaster recovery, you may not be able to restore the system. Question: I do not want to restore the last full backup sessions for a local disaster recovery in Windows 2000. What can I do? Answer: Use the DRScanSession utility to modify the machine-specific disk and perform a disaster recovery. You can find this utility and detailed documentation in the Disaster Recovery Utilities directory on the BrightStor ARCserve Backup CD. The DRScanSession Utility supports both local and remote disaster recovery. See Using the DRScanSession Utility in the chapter "Disaster Recovery on Windows 2000" for more information. Question: What partition should I choose to install the temporary operating system? Answer: For Windows NT and Windows 2000, always choose the first partition, typically C. For ASR disaster recovery (Windows XP and Windows 2003), choose the partition on which the operating system was installed originally. Question: Can I backup and restore raw partitions using disaster recovery? Answer: No. The option does not support restoration of raw partitions. Frequently Asked Questions C-7

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General Usability
Frequently Asked Questions
C–7
Question:
Can I change partition information during disaster recovery?
Answer:
No. If disk configuration is changed manually during the disaster recovery, you
may not be able to restore the system.
Question:
I do not want to restore the last full backup sessions for a local disaster recovery in
Windows 2000. What can I do?
Answer:
Use the DRScanSession utility to modify the machine-specific disk and perform a
disaster recovery. You can find this utility and detailed documentation in the
Disaster Recovery Utilities directory on the BrightStor ARCserve Backup CD.
The DRScanSession Utility supports both local and remote disaster recovery. See
Using the DRScanSession Utility
in the chapter
"
Disaster Recovery on Windows
2000
"
for more information.
Question:
What partition should I choose to install the temporary operating system?
Answer:
For Windows NT and Windows 2000, always choose the first partition, typically
C. For ASR disaster recovery (Windows XP and Windows 2003), choose the
partition on which the operating system was installed originally.
Question:
Can I backup and restore raw partitions using disaster recovery?
Answer:
No. The option does not support restoration of raw partitions.