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Chapter 10: HP Disaster
Recovery
Chapter 10:
HP Disaster Recovery
HP Disaster Recovery is an application that will help you to recover your
data and operating system after a hard drive failure. It is important that
you create a Disaster Recovery Set as soon as possible. Should a disaster
occur, the information in the Disaster Recovery Set will enable you to
return your system to the state it was in before the hard drive failure.
Before recovering with HP Disaster Recovery, you should first decide if
another recovery method is possible. For example, if the problem appears
to be associated with the Windows operating system, such as a corrupt
registry, try to recover by following the steps outlined in your Microsoft
Windows User’s Manual before attempting the following procedures.
Getting Started
The first step in securing the data on your system is creating the Disaster
Recovery (DR) Set. The DR Set will contain the information necessary to
recover your system. Throughout this chapter, we will refer to the disks,
diskettes and discs that make up the Disaster Recovery Set. For more
information on these terms, please see the “HP Disaster Recovery
Glossary” on page 10-8.
The Disaster Recovery Wizard will guide you through the steps required
to create the DR Set with easy-to-follow instructions for protecting your
valuable data. Once the DR Set has been created, it will allow you to
recover your system should your hard drive fail, even if your Windows
operating system will not start.
When you install HP Disaster Recovery, the program and its folder are
added to the Windows Start Menu.