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HP Disaster Recovery Glossary

HP Disaster Recovery Glossary

 

This glossary contains common computer terms used in this chapter, and

 

terms that relate specifically to HP Disaster Recovery.

BIOS

An acronym for Basic Input Output System, a low-level operating system

 

that runs below Windows and DOS.

blank HP CD-R

HP manufactured CD-R (compact disc recordable) that has no data

 

written to it.

blank HP CD-RWHP manufactured CD-RW (compact disc re-writable) that contains no

data, or contains data which can be overwritten.

disc

HP manufactured CD-R (compact disc recordable) or CD-RW (compact

 

disc re-writable).

diskettes/disk

The floppy disks required to create the Disaster Recovery Set. Must have

 

the following attributes:

 

3.5”

 

1.44MB

 

blank/formatted (no data)

DR set

Disaster Recovery Set consisting of the diskettes and discs which contain

 

the information necessary to recover your data in the event of a hard

 

drive failure.

 

Windows 95/98 users will require:

 

Up to two (2) blank, formatted 1.44MB diskettes

 

Windows 95/98 installation CD

 

One or more blank HP CD-R/CD-RW discs

 

Windows NT users will require:

 

Four (4) blank, formatted 1.44MB diskettes

 

Windows NT installation CD

 

One or more blank HP CD-R/CD-RW discs

DOS

An acronym for Disk Operating System, a simple operating system that

 

resides on your Windows 95/98 Startup Disk.