NewTek TriCaster 855 User Manual
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1. Select the menu item labeled Restore Factory Defaults from the black boot screen that
appears shortly after powering TriCaster up. (If this screen does not automatically
appear, reboot and press F8 a few times in quick succession, say once per second,
immediately after powering up.)
Either method described above will ultimately present you with powerful system backup and
restore tools. The management screen initially presents you with 3 options as follows:
Restore System Partition to Factory Defaults: overwrites the C partition (only) on the
existing system drive from the disk image in its local Restore partition.
Note: Following a Reset to Factory Defaults operation, the Windows® system software
must be re-activated. To do this, you will need the operating system serial number,
which you will find on a sticker affixed to the exterior of your TriCaster.
This procedure restores your system drive (“C:”) to its ‘as-shipped’ state. The "D:" drive,
which holds content and sessions won't be modified. However any TriCaster software
updates (possibly including optional TriCaster expansion packs) will be overwritten – so
use this function only when necessary. When you do restore, remember to update the
TriCaster software afterward.
Create User Backup Drive: create a bootable clone of the entire system drive (as it exists
at the time) on either an external HDD or a drive mounted in a removable hard drive
bay.
The clone operation includes:
o The existing (factory-prepared) Restore partition
o The complete C partition
o For 455 systems only, the D partition and its content is copied too.
In cases of catastrophic drive failure requiring drive replacement, a service technician
can simply connect the User Backup ‘clone’ drive in place of the original internal system
drive and you’ll be back in production (prudence would call for creating a new User
Backup drive as the first order of business .
Restore System Partition from User Backup Drive: overwrites the C partition (only) on
the existing system drive with the C partition on the external user backup drive. This