Chapter 3: Preparing for Disasters with Disaster Recovery
Exam Objectives
Managing emergency boot disks
Booting Windows into special modes
Understanding the Emergency Repair process
Performing backups and restores
Even with the best planning, things go wrong. And when they do, you need to know your options for dealing with the situation. In this chapter, I show you the available options for recovery that are built into the OS. I also introduce you to the concept of a recovery partition and show you how to use a recovery CD.
Small issues that arise can be dealt with on the fly if you know what tools are available. This chapter reviews the tools that you need to know. When a large issue appears, it is critical to have a backup, and know how to restore files from it. This chapter also shows you how to perform both processes.
Working with Boot Disks
If you find yourself with a computer that will not boot because of an OS problem, you want to use a startup disk or a boot disk to get your system back into a bootable state. A boot disk holds system files and can start the OS on your computer. ...
