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a

rejuvenation

from

that

backup.

Also,

if

you

have

a

shared

folder

at

the

time

of

the

rejuvenation

process

but

it

was

not

in

the

backup,

the

folder

will

still

be

shared

after

rejuvenation

finishes.

Completing

a

backup

Applications

installed

or

uninstalled

after

the

selected

backup

is

created

might

need

to

be

installed

again

to

function

correctly.

Make

sure

that

the

system

is

connected

to

an

AC

power

supply

before

initiating

a

backup,

restore,

rejuvenation,

or

archive

procedure.

Failure

to

do

so

can

result

in

data

loss

or

an

irretrievable

system

failure.

Full

restore

Full

restore

deletes

all

files

on

the

local

drive,

and

then

restores

the

files

from

the

selected

backup.

If

password

persistence

is

selected,

the

most

recent

password

available

will

be

restored.

Factory

content/Image

Ultra

Builder

Factory

content/Image

Ultra

Builder

erases

the

hard

disk

and

reinstalls

all

of

the

factory

preinstalled

software.

Password

persistence

The

following

table

shows

considerations

for

deciding

whether

to

use

Password

persistence.

Table

17.

Password

persistence

considerations

Issue

Impact

if

Password

persistence

is

enabled

If

a

user

logs

into

an

old

backup

with

the

current

account

and

password,

then

none

of

the

Encrypted

File

system

files

and

folders

will

work

because

those

files

were

encrypted

against

the

original

account

and

password,

not

the

current

account

and

password.

v

User

will

lose

Encrypted

File

System

data

v

You

cannot

use

Encrypted

File

System

and

Password

persistence

together.

If

the

user

did

not

exist

on

backup,

then

the

user

will

not

have

any

of

their

user

folders

or

files.

All

Internet

Explorer

favorites

and

application

data

do

not

exist.

v

The

User

ID

documents

settings

are

not

set.

v

Potential

data

loss

Deleting

the

user

ID

in

the

current

accounts

and

passwords

will

remove

the

user

ID

authentication

information

from

all

the

backups.

v

User

does

not

have

access

to

data.

If

a

manager

or

a

network

administrator

wanted

to

delete

the

access

of

several

ex-employees

and

wanted

to

restore

to

the

base

backup

to

reset

the

system

to

remove

all

of

the

employees

authentication

accounts,

the

ex-employees

would

still

have

access

with

Password

persistence.

v

Is

not

a

standard

of

the

Microsoft

User

ID

maintenance

practices

and

recommendations.

When

restoring

from

a

local

hard

drive,

the

current

password

will

be

used

when

Password

persistence

is

selected.

When

restoring

from

USB

or

the

network,

the

password

of

the

most

recent

backup

will

be

used.

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and

Recovery

Deployment

Guide

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4.1

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