Moxa DA-682A-C7-W7E [36/53] Recovery

DA-682A Win7 Software System Recovery

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Overview: Setting Up the Recovery Environment

A DA-682A computer, a 4 GB (min.) USB drive, and a copy of the recovery suite are all required to set up the

DA-682A’s system recovery environment.

The recovery procedure itself requires only a DA-682A computer and a bootable USB drive.

The following steps describe the basic process of setting up the system recovery environment:

1. First, prepare the USB drive by copying over to it a bootable recovery environment; ths comes in the form

of an ISO image, and can be found on your software CD.

2. Here, you may choose to create a bare-bones stock OS recovery image; if you choose this option as your

recovery method, keep in mind that any applications or scripts you install later will be lost if a recovery is

required.

3. Here, you will reset the BIOS so the USB port is the first boot priority. If you are initiating a recovery

from a key you have already configured, this will be your starting point. The system will re-booted

into the Clonezilla recovery environment found on the USB

4. This step describes how to create an exact copy of a fully configured system on the USB drive. This is the

alternative to the stock OS recovery offered in Step 2.

5. This step describes how to perform a recovery; you may use it to run a trial recovery and test your setup.

6. This step explains how and why to return the BIOS to its original state.

Step 1: Prepare the USB drive

1. From the software DVD that came with your computer start the Clonezilla imaging program (within the

current OS) by starting

tuxboot-windows-23.exe, which is found in the \recovery\ folder.

2. At the right, select Pre-Downloaded and set the dropdown to ISO.

3. Browse the CD to locate the Clonezilla ISO image by clicking the button with an ellipsis (…).

4. In Windows Explorer, navigate to the

\recovery\ folder on the software DVD and select the Clonezilla

recovery environment’s ISO image.