Samsung MZ-5PA128B User Manual - Page 183

Recovering a computer 183 Recovering a computer from a virtual disk file Options Restore master boot record Description 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 physical 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 are restoring a recovery point to a new, empty hard disk. ■ You are restoring 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. Recovering a computer from a virtual disk file Using the recovery environment, you can recover your computer from within a virtual disk file (.vmdk or .vhd). If you have a virtual disk for the hard drives that you want to recover, you can fully recover your computer or other hard drive back to the state it was in when the original virtual disk was created. See "Defining a virtual conversion job" on page 147. See "Running a one-time virtual conversion" on page 141. See "Recovering a computer" on page 178.