5-2 System Recovery, Backup, and Restore
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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 completel y re move the interna l 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.