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DA-681A Series Windows Software System Backup

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Overview

In this section, we describe how to prepare your computer for recovery in the event of system instability. You

can perform two types of system recovery, from one of two system images: a clean factory default image, or

a user-generated image created from a fully configured, fully set up system.

Before you implement a system recovery, you should prepare the system environment in advance.

Setting Up the Recovery Environment

To set up the recovery environment on a DA-681A computer, you will need an 8 GB (min.) USB drive and a copy

of the recovery suite.

For the recovery procedure itself, you will only need a DA-681A computer and a USB drive. The following

procedure describes the basic process of setting up the system recovery environment.

1. First, the recovery programs and system image file will be copied over to the USB drive, and the drive will

be set up as a live-drive system, with an ISO image of the boot environment.

2. The system will be re-booted, and the BIOS will be manually configured to boot the recovery system from

the USB port.

3. An image of the current software system will then be created on the USB drive. The recovery environment

will use this image when restoring the system.

4. The system will be re-booted again, and the BIOS returned to its original state.

Setting Up a Factory Default Recovery Image

Step 1: Prepare the USB drive

1. Load the software DVD that came with your DA-681A computer and execute tuxboot-windows-23.exe

from the software DVD\recovery\DA-681A-W7E_Recovery folder. Select Pre-Downloaded, and click

the button marked with an ellipsis (…) to browse the file system and find the location of the boot

environment’s ISO image.