Performing a Bare-Metal
Restore
Cloud Attached
Storage®
January 2014
Version 4.0
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Performing a Bare-Metal Restore
This document explains how to perform a bare-metal restore from a disk-level backup to your
Windows 7 / 8 / 2008 / 2008 R2 / 2012 computer, using a system repair or Windows
installation disk.
Tip
For Windows 8 and Windows 2012 Server, CTERA supports disk-level backup and
bare-metal backup for drives larger than 2TB.
To restore your computer using a system repair or Windows installation disk
1 Insert the installation disk or system repair disk.
2 Boot the computer from the inserted disk.
The following dialog box appears.
3 Click on the desired language.
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The following dialog box appears.
4 Choose your language settings.
5 Click Next.
The following dialog box appears.
6 Click Repair your computer.
The System Recovery Options dialog box appears.
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7 Choose Restore your computer using a system image that you created earlier.
8 Click Next.
The Re-image your computer wizard opens displaying the Select a system image backup
dialog box.
9 Choose Select a system image.
10 Click Next.
The Select the location of the backup for the computer you want to restore dialog box
appears.
11 Click Advanced.
The Advanced dialog box opens.
12 Click Search for a system image on the network.
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A confirmation message appears.
13 Click Yes.
The Specify the location of the system image dialog box appears.
14 In the Network Folder field, type the UNC path of the folder where the disk-level backup
is stored.
Tip
The UNC path of the folder where the drive-level backup is stored is:
\\{devicename}\{{share name}}\agents\{agentname}\computer.
15 Click OK.
The Enter Network Password dialog box opens.
16 Enter your user name and password for authenticating to the CTERA appliance.
17 Click OK.
The disk-level backup image you specified appears in the Select the location of the
backup for the computer you want to restore dialog box.
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18 Select the disk-level backup image.
19 Click Next.
The Select the date and time of system image to restore dialog box appears.
20 Select the desired date and time.
21 Click Next.
The Choose additional restore options dialog box appears.
22 To format and repartition disks to match the source disk-level backup image, select the
Format and repartition disks check box.
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23 To exclude specific disks from reformatting and repartitioning, do the following:
Tip
This step is optional and not recommended, as it is preferable to reformat and
repartition all disks.
a Click Exclude disks.
A dialog box appears.
b Select the disks to exclude.
c Click OK.
24 To configure advanced options, do the following:
a Click Advanced.
A dialog box appears.
b Select the desired options.
c Click OK.
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25 Click Next.
The final dialog box appears.
26 Click Finish.
A warning message appears.
27 Click Yes.
The re-imaging process begins.
Once the process has finished, the machine reboots to Windows.
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