Gigabyte GA-PH67A-UD3 - Chapter 4 Unique Features; 4-1 Xpress Recovery2

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4-1 Xpress Recovery2
Chapter 4 Unique Features
Xpress Recovery2 is a utility that allows you to quickly compress and
back up your system data and perform restoration of it. Supporting NTFS,
FAT32, and FAT16 lesystems, XpressRecovery2 canback updata on
PATA and SATA hard drives and restore it.
Before You Begin:
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XpressRecovery2willchecktherstphysicalharddrive
(Note)
for the operating system. Xpress Recovery2
canonlybackup/restoretherstphysicalharddrivethathastheoperatingsysteminstalled.
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AsXpressRecovery2willsavethebackupleattheendoftheharddrive,makesuretoleaveenoughun-
allocated space in advanced (10 GB or more is recommended; actual size requirements vary, depending
on the amount of data).
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It is recommended to back up your system soon after the operating system and drivers are installed.
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The amount of data and hard drive access speed may affect the speed at which the data is backed up/
restored.
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It takes longer to back up a hard drive than to restore it.
System Requirements:
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At least 512 MB of system memory
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VESA compatible graphics card
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Windows XP with SP1 or later, Windows Vista, Windows 7
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XpressRecoveryandXpressRecovery2aredifferentutilities.Forexample,abackuplecreated
with Xpress Recovery cannot be restored using Xpress Recovery2.
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USB hard drives are not supported.
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Hard drives in RAID/AHCI mode are not supported.
Installation and Conguration:
Turn on your system to boot from the Windows Vista setup disk.
A. Installing Windows Vista and Partitioning the Hard Drive
Step 1:
Click Drive options.
Step 2:
Click New.
(Note)XpressRecovery2checkstherstphysicalharddriveinthefollowingsequence:TherstSATAconnector,thesecond
SATAconnectorandsoforth.Forexample,WhenharddrivesareattachedtotherstandthirdSATAconnectors,thehard
driveontherstSATAconnectoristherstphysicaldrive.