92Installation and Service Guide: Color Controller E-85
Performing Backup and Restore
5 Click Continue.
Note: The E-85 must remain powered ON during the backup or restore process.
To restore the system by booting from a bootable USB flash drive
• Follow the instructions described in “To restore the system from bootable backup media” on page 95. You need to
connect a monitor, keyboard, and mouse to the E-85.
Using Fiery System Installer
You can create the system backup or restore from the backup using Fiery System Installer provided with the System
Software DVD 1.
You can perform the following tasks from Fiery System Installer.
• New Installation: Installs the system software from the media shipped with the E-85. Use this option only when the
system backup is not available. See also “Installing system software” on page 97.
• Restore from backup or recovery partition: You can restore the system by selecting the backups that you created
before. If there is no backup available in the system or in any attached devices, you can only perform the restore from
the recovery partition.
• Back up hard disk drive(s): Use this option when you create the system backups. You can specify the location of the
backup, file name, and other attributes of the backups.
• Platform Utilities: You can perform the backup management tasks from this option such as erasing hard disks or using
Windows Task Manager to explore the system.
Note: The Platform Utilities is available only on the monitor.
Note: You can use the Fiery QuickTouch to operate Fiery System Installer. You can also use a monitor, mouse, and
keyboard attached if available.
Backup with Fiery System Installer
You must back up your system and create a backup image to recover from any unexpected system crashes and the hard disk
drive failure.
To create a system backup
1 Start Fiery System Installer.
• Insert the System Software DVD 1 into the DVD drive of the E-85.
• Reboot the E-85 (see page 38).
• When the server finishes the reboot, select the language you use for the backup or restore session.
Important: It is recommended that you create system backups periodically.
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