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Recovering/Restoring (Windows PC), Restoring Windows PC Computers (Bare Metal Restore)

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USING THE WD SENTINEL SERVER'S FEATURES Recovering/Restoring (Windows PC) The WD Sentinel server provides two options for recovering lost or corrupted data:  Restore a Computer-Restores all data and settings of a Windows PC computer or a storage device connected to the WD Sentinel server.  Recover File/Folders -Recovers individual files or folders. Note: For information on recovering/restoring data on your Mac using Time Machine, See "Recovering/Restoring (Mac)" on page 65. Restoring Windows PC Computers (Bare Metal Restore) This feature restores a Windows PC connected to your WD Sentinel server. Should your computer experience an unfavorable event such as a hard drive crash, the Recovery feature reinstalls the operating system, software applications, and all the data. This type of recovery is known as a bare-metal restore; it recovers everything that was on the computer when it was backed up. Best Practice: You may need some network drivers. Save them to a USB flash drive. To restore a Windows PC that has been backed up: 1. Click Computers and Backups on the navigation bar. 2. Select the computer that was backed up. 3. Insert a USB flash device into one of the WD Sentinel server's USB ports. 4. In the panel on the right, click Additional Client Computer Backup Tasks and then Tools: 5. Click Create key... to generate a bootable USB flash key (configuration file) on the connected USB flash drive. You will use the key to boot the PC and download the backed-up system. Follow the wizard to complete the process. 6. Remove the USB flash drive from the WD Sentinel server and connect it to the computer you want to restore. WD SENTINEL RX4100 64 ADMINISTRATOR AND MAINTENANCE GUIDE

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USING THE WD SENTINEL SERVER’S FEATURES
64
WD SENTINEL RX4100
ADMINISTRATOR AND MAINTENANCE GUIDE
Recovering/Restoring (Windows PC)
The WD Sentinel server provides two options for recovering lost or corrupted data:
Restore a Computer
—Restores all data and settings of a Windows PC computer
or a storage device connected to the WD Sentinel server.
Recover File/Folders
—Recovers individual files or folders.
Note:
For information on recovering/restoring data on your Mac using Time Machine, See
“Recovering/Restoring (Mac)” on page 65.
Restoring Windows PC Computers (Bare Metal Restore)
This feature restores a Windows PC connected to your WD Sentinel server. Should your
computer experience an unfavorable event such as a hard drive crash, the Recovery feature
reinstalls the operating system, software applications, and all the data. This type of recovery
is known as a bare-metal restore; it recovers everything that was on the computer when it
was backed up.
To restore a Windows PC that has been backed up:
1. Click
Computers and Backups
on the navigation bar.
2.
Select the computer that was backed up.
3.
Insert a USB flash device into one of the WD Sentinel server’s USB ports.
4.
In the panel on the right, click
Additional Client Computer Backup Tasks
and then
Tools
:
5.
Click
Create key...
to generate a bootable USB flash key (configuration file) on the
connected USB flash drive. You will use the key to boot the PC and download the
backed-up system. Follow the wizard to complete the process.
6.
Remove the USB flash drive from the WD Sentinel server and connect it to the computer
you want to restore.
Best Practice:
You may need some network drivers. Save them to a USB flash
drive.