Acer Altos EasyStore - Adding Hard Disks

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Recovering the disk
To recover a system disk or partition while booting remotely:
1 . S t art your compu t er .
2 . Use t he appropriate procedure for your compu t er to configure it to boot from t he
NIC.
For example , you migh t press F12 when t he boo t menu displays. For more
informa
t ion, refer to the documentation for your compu t er .
When the computer restarts , allow it to boo t from the NIC. (You migh t be
prompted
to press F1 to continue.)
3 . When prompted, press F8.
You have a limited amount of time to do this.
4 . Using the arrow keys , select Remote Boot (W indo ws) and then press Enter .
5 . When prompted, enter t he password tha t you specified when you protected the
system
disk or when you last changed the password for t hat disk.
If you don’t remember your password, you can change it on the storage system
(as
described in “Changing the recovery password”) and enter the new password.
6 . If any error messages appear , click OK .
7 . Log in as you normally would.
The message Network Boot Mode displays on the screen to confirm that you
are
working from the storage system.
Caution: You can open and change files while remotely booting, and even
create
new files or folders. However , only the data that existed at the time and
date of the selected backup will be recovered. If you wan t to save any new
da
t a , you must copy the files or folders to a dif f erent location , such as a
network
server .
8 . S t ar t DiskSafe Express.
Caution: While booting remotely , do not try t o use DiskSafe Express for
any operation other than recovering the system disk.
9 . When a warning message displays, advising you that the computer name has
changed, click OK .