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This section provides instructions on how to recover from a system failure, and how to back up and restore the system state. The following topics are discussed:

Recovery from system failure

System state backup and restore

Microsoft® Windows® 2000 backup and recovery tools

Third-party backup software for network backups

Installing device drivers for Windows 2000

Recovery From System Failure

If the Windows Powered operating system becomes inoperable, you can use the Reinstallation CD for your system to reinstall the operating system. After the operating system is reinstalled, the system state backup can be restored to recover system configuration information.

Operating system reinstallation includes the following procedures:

Reinstalling the operating system using the Reinstallation CD.

Performing system setup

Restoring the system state backup (see “Restoring System State Data” for more information)

Reinstalling the Operating System

NOTICE: When using the Reinstallation CD, you will lose all data on the operating system drive.

1Insert the Reinstallation CD into the CD drive.

2Shutdown the system.

3If one or both existing operating system disks are operational, proceed to step 4.

If both operating system mirrored drives (small computer system interface [SCSI] drives 0 and 1) have been replaced with new, initialized drives, you must remove all of the internal data drives. You do not need to completely remove the internal data drives from the enclosure. You only need to pull the internal data drives out far enough to ensure that they are disconnected from the backplane. Ensure that you leave only the two new operating system drives installed in the internal drive bays.

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