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DA-682A Win7 Software System Recovery

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Step 2 (opt.): Recovering to a Stock OS

The instructions which follow describe how to set up the recovery environment that will restore the operating

system to a pristine post-install state. If you have installed any software on your system, then following

these directions will result in all custom applications and code being wiped from the operating system.

If the computer has already been heavily customized with user applications and local scripts, then skip this

section and instead go to the next section, Step 4: Setting the BIOS to Boot via USB. There, you will begin

the process of copying over a full system image.

Creating a post-install rescue drive involves just two steps: preparing the USB drive, and then copying the

rescue image (found on your Moxa software CD) to it.

1. First, if you haven’t already, complete step 1 by preparing the USB drive.

2. Next, copy the stock OS image (found on the software CD that shipped with your computer) over to the USB

drive; the image will be found in the recovery directory,

/media/cd0/recovery/os_image, and will

be copied to the USB file tree at /media/usb0/home/partimag. Depending on how the

USB and CD have been automounted, you will use a command much like this:

moxa@Moxa:~# cp /media/cd0/recovery/os_image /media/usb0/home/partimag/

That’s it. You have now configured a USB recovery key that will recover your computer to the stock operating

system it shipped with. If you wish, you may now undertake a trial recovery To do this, continue on to step 3,

setting the BIOS to boot over USB, skip step 4, and then go on to step 5, performing a system recovery.

Step 3: Setting the BIOS to Boot via USB

At this stage, users will set the BIOS so that the system boots directly from the USB. This must be done before

the rest of the system recovery environment may be configured

1. Turn on the computer and, during the POST process, press F2 until you hear a long beep. You should then

enter the BIOS setup menu. Select SCU to enter the BIOS setup menu.

2. Use the right/left arrow keys to navigate to the Boot tab, use the up/down arrow keys to navigate to the

Legacy option, and then press Enter.