Testing Symantec Recovery Disk

You should test the Symantec Recovery Disk CD to ensure that the recovery environment runs properly on your computer.

Note:

Depending on which version of the product you have purchased, Symantec Recovery Disk is either included on your product CD, or as a separate CD. You should place the CD containing Symantec Recovery Disk in a safe place.

Testing the Symantec Recovery Disk CD lets you identify and solve the following types of problems:

  • You cannot start Symantec Recovery Disk.

    See “To configure a computer to boot from a CD”.

  • You do not have the necessary storage drivers to access recovery points on the computer.

  • You need information about your system to help you run Symantec Recovery Disk.

To test Symantec Recovery Disk

  1. Run the driver validation tool to test whether Symantec Recovery Disk works with the network cards and storage devices on the computer.

  2. Start your computer using the Symantec Recovery Disk CD.

    See Starting a computer by using Symantec Recovery Disk.

  3. When you have started Symantec Recovery Disk, do one of the following:

    • If you want to store recovery points on a network, run a mock restore of a recovery point that is stored on a network to test the network connection.

    • If you want to store recovery points on a computer, run a mock restore of a recovery point that is stored locally to test the local hard drive connection.

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If driver validation fails

Testing Symantec Recovery Disk