About the changes in the Legacy Restore function in BMR 7.0.1

In BMR 7.0.1, the Legacy Restore function is modified with the following changes:

PC-DOS is no longer required to run a Legacy Restore. Unlike in BMR 7.0, the Legacy Restore function in 7.0.1 boots from a WinPE boot image. This change in the boot process of the Legacy Restore option reduces maintenance and overheads.

In BMR 7.0.1, you do not need to do the following tasks:
- Download and store DOS extensions
- Maintain the floppy disks, which are now outdated as media
- Download and maintain DOS-compatible drivers
- Maintain Floppy Disk Drives (FDDs) for BMR Restore purpose
As a result of PC-DOS elimination, you do not need to create Boot Floppy. Therefore the Legacy Boot Floppy Wizard link on the Boot Server Assistant screen is removed.
PC-DOS is replaced with WinPE, therefore the Legacy Restore can boot with the PXE-based network option.
Unlike PC-DOS, WinPE does not require a 16-bit Windows Installer binary. Therefore, BMR 7.0.1 provides the Legacy Restore support also for the 64-bit editions of Windows.
PC-DOS-based Legacy Restore requires approximately eight reboots during the restore. With WinPE-based Legacy Restore, the number of reboots is reduced to approximately five.

Note:

With WinPE in place of PC-DOS, the Legacy Restore requires an additional free space of 2 GB to 4 GB in the system's boot partition. The boot partition is the one that contains the operating system .