TERRYRICKETTS Posted July 12, 2013 Report Share Posted July 12, 2013 Our copy of the emergency boot disk is dated 1/16/2011. Is there a newer version we should be using? If so where can we find it? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan.jordan Posted July 12, 2013 Report Share Posted July 12, 2013 I don't know the answer to your question but I am wondering if you or anyone else has had occasion to test the emergency boot disk functionality and whether it was a success. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TERRYRICKETTS Posted July 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2013 We have used it many times. With over 600 workstations to backup there is always someone who got a nasty virus and needs to have a previous version of their system restored. The boot disk works very well! It installs a minimum version of windows in an alternate temporary dir and then announces itself to the server. We can then restore a complete snapshot of a previous version to the machine which then wipes the temp version of windows. Usually takes less than an hour to finish a machine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayoff Posted July 14, 2013 Report Share Posted July 14, 2013 Retrospect 8.x includes the ability to create a boot CD that will work on all computers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TERRYRICKETTS Posted July 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2013 Thank you. That used to only work for specific machines. Nice that it is more general now. Got a new one created! Upgraded to 8.2 at the same time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan.jordan Posted July 16, 2013 Report Share Posted July 16, 2013 I guess I'm going to have to give it a try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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