About changing hardware in the computer to be recovered

During the creation of the *.dr files, IDR creates a device driver database on the media server running IDR. This database contains the drivers required for the various hard drives and network interface cards installed in each of the computers. If you experience a hard drive or network interface card failure in a particular computer and you replace either of the failed components with the same type found in your other computers, IDR automatically installs the correct device driver during the recovery.

You can also use IDR to recovery a computer that is no longer functioning. For example, if the computer's main system board fails, you can restore the computer's data after you replace the system board, even if the new board is a different model or contains multiple processors.

If you plan to change the hardware in the computer being recovered, note the following:

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