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DA-682A-DPP Windows Software System Recovery

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4. In Windows Explorer, navigate to the \recovery\ folder on the software DVD and select the ISO image

for the CloneZilla recovery environment.

5. Set the Device Type (lower left-hand corner) as USB Drive, then set the Drive dialog to the letter under

which the USB is currently mounted.

6. Click OK, and the CloneZilla recovery environment (plus bootloader) will be copied to your USB drive.

The Two Types of Recovery: Base Install and Fully Configured

Because of the naming conventions used, for any given computer only a single system image may be stored on

any given USB drive. Consequently, at this point, users need to make a decision about which sort of system

recovery is preferred:

A. A recovery image of a fully configured OS, with user-installed software applications and scripts, or

B. A recovery image of only the basic, newly-installed root OS.

A: To configure the recovery environment to copy over a fully configured system, users should click Reboot

Now to close the installation environment and restart the computer. They should then proceed to the next

section, Step 3: Setting Up the BIOS to Boot Via the USB and continue the installation of the recovery

environment by continuing to Step 4 (optional): Creating a Custom System Image.

B: To configure the recovery environment to boot into a clean OS image with no applications, users should

instead click Exit here to complete the installation and return to the OS. At this point, Step 1 has been

completed, and you should proceed to Step 3: Setting Up the BIOS to Boot Via the USB, and then go

directly to Step 4: Configuring a Stock OS Restoration