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Prepare the USB Flash Drive, Recover the Mac Hard Drive Using the USB Flash Drive - server recovery disc

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HP MediaSmart Server User's Guide Prepare the USB Flash Drive The flash drive is prepared with software that enables the Mac OS X Installer to restore the entire Mac hard drive, including the operating system, applications, and files, from a Time Machine backup on the HP MediaSmart Server. The flash drive will be formatted and any files already on the drive will be lost. Save files already on the drive to a different location. You also need to have configured the HP MediaSmart Server backup file before you prepare the USB Flash Drive. 1. Insert a USB flash drive into a USB slot on the Mac computer that has the HP MediaSmart Server Mac Client software installed. 2. From the HP MediaSmart Server menu, select Open Recovery Assistant. The Recovery Assistant opens. 3. On the Welcome page, click Continue. 4. Select the USB flash drive as the destination and click Continue. 5. Type your Mac administrator name and password and click Continue. The USB flash drive is formatted and initialized with the recovery software. 6. On the Summary page, click Close. Recover the Mac Hard Drive Using the USB Flash Drive The USB flash drive contains the HP MediaSmart Server Recovery software that enables you to restore your entire Mac hard drive from a backup on your HP MediaSmart Server. The USB flash drive activates and mounts backup disks of your Mac computer created on the server using the HP MediaSmart Server backup utility. The USB flash drive is used in the Mac OS X Installer environment to make the backup disks available in the Mac OS X Installer Restore assistant. Note Your computer must be connected to the network with an Ethernet network cable before you begin the restore. In most cases, you cannot use a wireless connection. You also need at least one Time Machine backup on the HP MediaSmart Server before you can recover the entire hard drive. 1. Insert the prepared USB flash drive into a USB slot on the computer that you want to restore. 2. Insert the Mac OS X Install Disc into the DVD-ROM drive. 3. Double-click Install Mac OS X, or boot from the Mac OS X Install Disc. 4. Select a language and click the arrow. 5. At the Welcome page, choose Utilities>Terminal. 6. Type the following command in the Terminal window. The command is case sensitive. /Volumes/Restore/run 210

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HP MediaSmart Server User's Guide
Prepare the USB Flash Drive
The flash drive is prepared with software that enables the Mac OS X
Installer to restore the entire
Mac hard drive, including the operating system, applications, and files, from a Time Machine
backup on the HP MediaSmart Server.
The flash drive will be formatted and any files already on the drive will be lost.
Save files already
on the drive to a different location.
You also need to have configured the HP MediaSmart Server backup file before you prepare the
USB Flash Drive.
1.
Insert a USB flash drive into a USB slot on the Mac computer that has the HP MediaSmart Server
Mac Client software installed.
2.
From the HP MediaSmart Server menu, select
Open Recovery Assistant
.
The Recovery Assistant opens.
3.
On the Welcome page, click
Continue
.
4.
Select the USB flash drive as the destination and click
Continue
.
5.
Type your Mac administrator name and password and click
Continue
.
The USB flash drive is formatted and initialized with the recovery software.
6.
On the Summary page, click
Close
.
Recover the Mac Hard Drive Using the USB Flash Drive
The USB flash drive contains the HP MediaSmart Server Recovery software that enables you to
restore your entire Mac hard drive from a backup on your HP MediaSmart Server. The USB flash
drive activates and mounts backup disks of your Mac computer created on the server using the HP
MediaSmart Server backup utility. The USB flash drive is used in the Mac OS X Installer
environment to make the backup disks available in the Mac OS X Installer Restore assistant.
Note
Your computer must be connected to the network with an Ethernet network cable before you begin
the restore.
In most cases, you cannot use a wireless connection.
You also need at least one Time Machine backup on the HP MediaSmart Server before you can
recover the entire hard drive.
1.
Insert the prepared USB flash drive into a USB slot on the computer that you want to restore.
2.
Insert the Mac OS X Install Disc into the DVD-ROM drive.
3.
Double-click
Install Mac OS X
, or boot from the Mac OS X Install Disc.
4.
Select a language and click the arrow.
5.
At the Welcome page, choose
Utilities
>
Terminal
.
6.
Type the following command in the Terminal window.
The command is case sensitive.
/Volumes/Restore/run
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