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In addition, if you recover a partition and other partitions of that same disk are also protected,
protection for those other partitions temporarily stops until the selected partition is recovered.
Warning: When you recover a disk or partition, you will lose any data that was
written to the disk after the time of the selected backup, as well as any backups
that were performed after the backup you’re recovering. It is recommended that
you copy any newer files that you want to keep to another disk before you
recover the disk. To copy files from a backup, refer to Section 4.3.1.
In addition, if network errors occur or the storage system shuts down during
recovery, your operating system might become unstable, and you will have to
recover it using the recovery CD (or re-install the operating system if you did not
protect your system disk). Be sure to recover your disks or partitions only when
your environment is stable.
To recover a non-system disk or partition:
1. In the DiskSafe Express utility, click “Restore”.
2. In the Protected disk list, select the disk or partition that you want to recover.
3. If a view of a more recent backup than the one that you want to recover is open (as
indicated by Yes in the Backup View Open column), select the open backup view and click
“Close View”.
4. In the Backups list, select the backup that you want to recover.
5. Click “Restore Disk”.
6. When the confirmation message appears, click “Yes”.
The disk or partition is recovered to exactly its state at the date and time of the selected
backup.
To let you monitor the progress of this activity, the Status page appears automatically. The
Current activity area displays the percentage of the recovery that has completed, and the
speed at which the data is being sent over the network. The Progress bar graphically
indicates how much of the recovery is complete.
Note: You can cancel this operation at any time by clicking “Stop Current
Activity”. However, this will leave the local disk or partition in an incomplete state,
and you will have to recover it again before you can use it.
7. When you are prompted to restart the computer, click “Yes”.
You do not have to restart your computer immediately, but you cannot access the recovered
disk or partition until you do.
As soon as you restart the computer, you must start DiskSafe Express and back up the
recovered disk or partition manually (as described in Manually backing up your disk) to
resume protection. In addition, if you recovered a partition and any other partitions on the
same disk were protected, you must manually back up those partitions as well.
4.3.3 Recovering a System Disk or Partition using the Recovery CD
When you use the recovery CD, you boot your computer from that CD rather than from your
local hard disk. The recovery CD has a menu-style user interface. When responding to the
prompts, use the arrow keys to highlight the desired item, use the space bar to select or clear
options (an X appears in the brackets when the option is selected), and press Enter to make