About recovering a computer and using the Disaster Recovery Wizard

To recover a computer with the Disaster Recovery Wizard, you must:

Start the computer by using the bootable tape or CD that was created with the IDR Preparation Wizard.
Use Windows Setup to prepare the computer for recovery.
Use the Disaster Recovery Wizard to restore the computer to an operational state and to restore the computer's data from the last backup set.

However, to fully automate the recovery, you must have the current *.dr file for the computer that you want to restore. If a *.dr file is unavailable or if the *.dr file is not current, you can still use IDR to manually recover the computer.

When you use the Disaster Recovery Wizard to perform a recovery, the Disaster Recovery Wizard lets you access the media device that is required for restore from three sources. You can:

Use locally-attached media devices at the computer being that you want to recover.
Use remote backup-to-disk folders that reside on remote computers.
Run restore jobs from remote media servers.

To restore data by using the Disaster Recovery Wizard, the following items are required:

The media set that contains the full backup of the target computer being restored.
If you want to recover a local computer, a storage device must be connected to the computer that you want to recover.
If you are using a bootable CD, a media server that can restore the backup sets to the target computer must be connected on the network.