## Recovery Scenarios

### Fixing MBR after a boot virus attack

Let’s assume that the MBR (Master Boot Record) of your hard disk has been corrupted as a result of a boot virus attack, thus your system fails to boot.

To fix the MBR of your hard disk, please do the following:

1. Start up the computer from our Linux/DOS recovery media.

| Recovery Media Builder can help you prepare our recovery environment either on a CD/DVD disc or a thumb drive. To automatically boot from the recovery media please make sure the on-board BIOS is set up to boot from CD/USB first.

2. In the boot menu select Normal Mode to use the Linux recovery environment (more preferable) or Safe Mode to use the PTS DOS recovery environment (in case you’ve got problems with Linux). Moreover you’ve got the option to boot into the Low-Graphics Safe Mode (PTS DOS safe mode) to cope with a serious hardware incompatibility. In this case, only the minimal set of drivers will be included, like hard disk, monitor, and keyboard drivers. This mode has simple graphics and a simple menu.

| By default the Normal Mode will be automatically initiated after a 10 second idle period.

3. In the Linux launch menu select Boot Corrector. You can find it in PTS DOS as well.

4. On the Wizard's Welcome page, select the Correct the Master Boot Record (MBR) option.

5. On the next page choose the required hard disk from the pull-down list (if several) and then select the Update the MBR executable code option.

6. Confirm the operation.

7. After the operation is completed click the Report button to see a well informative summary page. The program also enables to store the resulted report. To do that, just press the Save button and choose the exact location in the opened dialog.

8. Click the Finish button to close Boot Corrector.

9. Reboot the computer.

### Fixing Windows startup ability

Let’s assume that due to an unknown reason your Windows fails to complete the startup procedure. At first everything seems quite OK, you can see the standard startup messages on the screen, but at some moment it hangs up.

To fix your Windows startup ability, please do the following:

1. Start up the computer from our Linux/DOS recovery media.

| Recovery Media Builder can help you prepare our recovery environment either on a CD/DVD disc or a thumb drive. To automatically boot from the recovery media please make sure the on-board BIOS is set up to boot from CD/USB first.

2. In the boot menu select Normal Mode to use the Linux recovery environment (more preferable) or Safe Mode to use the PTS DOS recovery environment (in case you’ve got problems with Linux). Moreover you’ve got the option to boot into the Low-Graphics Safe Mode (PTS DOS safe mode) to cope with a serious hardware incompatibility. In this case, only the minimal set of drivers will be included, like hard disk, monitor, and keyboard drivers. This mode has simple graphics and a simple menu.

| By default the Normal Mode will be automatically initiated after a 10 second idle period.

3. In the Linux launch menu select Boot Corrector. You can find it in PTS DOS as well.

4. On the Wizard's Welcome page, select the Search for Windows installations to correct option.

5. On the next page choose the required Windows installation from the list of found installations (if several), then select the Edit the Boot.ini file option. If you’re not sure which installation you need, please use the Properties button to get more info on the selected item.

6. Examine the file – maybe that’s where the problem is. If it contains a mistake, correct it by using the appropriate buttons.

7. If the Boot.ini file does not contain any mistake, please return to the Correct Windows Installations page to correct drive letters in the Windows System Registry.

8. On the next page choose a hard disk from the pull-down list (if several), then the required partition. If you’re not sure which installation you need, please use the Properties button to get more info on the selected item.

9. Click the Edit Letters button to correct an existing drive letter or assign a new one in the Windows System Registry.

10. Once you’ve assigned the appropriate drive letter, close the dialog, then click the Apply button.

11. Confirm the operation.

12. After the operation is completed click the Report button to see a well informative summary page. The program also enables to store the resulted report. To do that, just press the Save button and choose the exact location in the opened dialog.

13. Click the Finish button to close Boot Corrector.

### Restoring a dual boot Mac from an external USB drive

Let’s assume that your Mac fails to boot because of a hard disk malfunction. But you’ve got a backup of your hard disk on an external USB drive. Just replace the failed disk with a new one and carry out a bare metal restore.

To restore a dual boot Mac from a backup image located on an external USB drive, please do the following:

1. Start up the computer from our Linux/DOS recovery media.

| Recovery Media Builder can help you prepare our recovery environment either on a CD/DVD disc or a thumb drive. To automatically boot from the recovery media please make sure the on-board BIOS is set up to boot from CD/USB first.

2. Connect an external USB drive to the computer.

3. Restart the computer.

4. In the boot menu select Normal Mode to use the Linux recovery environment, since it’s the only mode that enables to work with USB devices.

| By default the Normal Mode will be automatically initiated after a 10 second idle period.

5. In the Linux launch menu select the Simple Restore Wizard.

6. On the Wizard's Welcome page, click the Next button.

7. On the What to Restore page, click the standard browse button [...] to find the required archive. When done, double click on it to select.

8. On the Image Properties page, make sure that you select the correct image by viewing the provided information about the archive.

9. On the next page specify a hard disk to restore the image to.

| All contents on disk selected for restoring purposes will be deleted during the operation.

10. On the Restore Summary page you can see your hard disk layout before and after the operation. Click the Next button to initiate the restore process.

11. In the Progress window you can see in real-time a detailed report on all actions carried out by the program.

12. After completing the operation close the wizard, and then reboot the computer.

### Copying of data from the corrupted system disk to another hard disk

To retrieve valuable information from your hard disk and copy it to another hard disk when the system fails to boot, please do the following:

1. Connect the second hard disk to the computer.

2. Start up the computer from our Linux/DOS recovery media.

| Recovery Media Builder can help you prepare our recovery environment either on a CD/DVD disc or a thumb drive. To automatically boot from the recovery media please make sure the on-board BIOS is set up to boot from CD/USB first.

3. In the boot menu select Normal Mode to use the Linux recovery environment (more preferable) or Safe Mode to use the PTS DOS recovery environment (in case you’ve got problems with Linux). Moreover you’ve got the option to boot into the Low-Graphics Safe Mode (PTS DOS safe mode) to cope with a serious hardware incompatibility. In this case, only the minimal set of drivers will be included, like hard disk, monitor, and keyboard drivers. This mode has simple graphics and a simple menu.

| By default the Normal Mode will be automatically initiated after a 10 second idle period.

4. In the Linux launch menu select the File Transfer Wizard. You can find the same wizard in PTS DOS as well.

5. On the Wizard's Welcome page, click the Next button.

6. Select a disk where the files you need are stored from the pull-down list in the right pane of the page.

7. Select files you want to copy and place them to Clipboard by pressing the left arrow-button.

Click the Calc button to estimate the resulted data size.

8. On the Select Destination Type, choose the way the data will be stored. Select the Save data to any local drive or a network share item.

9. On the Select Destination Path page, select a hard disk to copy the data to by pressing the standard browse button [...].

10. On the Transfer Summary page check all parameters of the operation. Click the Next button to accomplish the operation.

11. In the Progress window you can see in real-time a detailed report on all actions carried out by the program.

12. After the operation is completed, close the wizard by pressing the appropriate button.

13. Turn off the computer.

| This operation can also be accomplished with our recovery media.

### Burning of data from the corrupted system disk to CD/DVD

To retrieve valuable information from your hard disk and burn it to CD/DVD when the system fails to boot, please do the following:

1. Start up the computer from our Linux/DOS recovery media.

| Recovery Media Builder can help you prepare our recovery environment either on a CD/DVD disc or a thumb drive. To automatically boot from the recovery media please make sure the on-board BIOS is set up to boot from CD/USB first.

2. In the boot menu select Normal Mode to use the Linux recovery environment, since it’s the only mode that enables to burn CD/DVD discs.

| By default the Normal Mode will be automatically initiated after a 10 second idle period.

3. In the Linux launch menu select the File Transfer Wizard. You can find the same wizard in PTS DOS as well.

4. On the Wizard's Welcome page, click the Next button.

5. Select a disk where the files you need are stored from the pull-down list in the right pane of the page.

6. Select files you want to copy and place them to Clipboard by pressing the left arrow-button.

Click the Calc button to estimate the resulted data size.

7. On the Select Destination Type, choose the way the data will be stored. Select the Burn data to CD/DVD item.

8. On the Choose a Recorder page, select a recorder from the list of available devices and then set a volume label by entering it in the appropriate field.

9. On the Transfer Summary page check all parameters of the operation. Click the Next button to accomplish the operation.

10. In the Progress window you can see in real-time a detailed report on all actions carried out by the program.

11. After the operation is completed, close the wizard by pressing the appropriate button.

12. Turn off the computer.

| This operation can also be accomplished with our recovery media.

### Copying of data from a backup to the corrupted system partition

The system fails to boot since some files are damaged. If you have a backup of the system partition, you can recopy these files to make the system be operable again:

1. Start up the computer from our Linux/DOS recovery media.

| Recovery Media Builder can help you prepare our recovery environment either on a CD/DVD disc or a thumb drive. To automatically boot from the recovery media please make sure the on-board BIOS is set up to boot from CD/USB first.

2. In the boot menu select Normal Mode to use the Linux recovery environment (more preferable) or Safe Mode to use the PTS DOS recovery environment (in case you’ve got problems with Linux). Moreover you’ve got the option to boot into the Low-Graphics Safe Mode (PTS DOS safe mode) to cope with a serious hardware incompatibility. In this case, only the minimal set of drivers will be included, like hard disk, monitor, and keyboard drivers. This mode has simple graphics and a simple menu.

| By default the Normal Mode will be automatically initiated after a 10 second idle period.

3. In the Linux launch menu select the File Transfer Wizard. You can find the same wizard in PTS DOS as well.

4. On the Wizard's Welcome page, click the Next button.

5. Select a disk where the system backup is stored from the pull-down list in the right pane of the page.

6. Double click on the required backup to open.

7. Select files you want to copy and place them to Clipboard by pressing the left arrow-button.

Click the Calc button to estimate the resulted data size.

8. On the Select Destination Type, choose the way the data will be stored. Select the Save data to any local drive or a network share item.

9. On the Select Destination Path page, select your system disk to copy the data to by pressing the standard browse button [...].

10. On the Transfer Summary page check all parameters of the operation. Click the Next button to accomplish the operation.

11. In the Progress window you can see in real-time a detailed report on all actions carried out by the program.

12. After the operation is completed, close the wizard by pressing the appropriate button.

13. Turn off the computer.

| This operation can also be accomplished with our recovery media.

### Restoring separate files and folders from a backup

The program provides a very convenient option to access backup archives and restore only data you need (the so called selective restore functionality).

#### Volume Explorer

To restore separate files and folders from a backup image with Volume Explorer, please do the following:

1. Click the Disk View tab and then choose Volume Explorer;

2. Browse for the required archive and then open it by double click of the left mouse button.

3. Call the popup menu (right click of the mouse button) for a file/folder you need and then select the Export item.

4. Select a place on the disk where the file/folder will be extracted to.

5. Click the OK button to accomplish the operation.

| The current version of the program does not enable to access file archives with Volume Explorer.