Restoring My Entire Computer on Media

Follow these steps to restore your entire computer on media. These steps should only be performed as part of a disaster recovery.

To restore my entire computer

  1. On the MyLiveVault Home page, the All Computers form lists all the computers on your company account. Click Backup/Restore in the Action column for the computer whose data you want to restore.

  2. On the Computer Information form, click the Restore tab.

  3. In the New Restore section, click Restore my entire computer.

  4. Click Restore.

  5. On the Disaster Recovery page, in the Disaster Recovery via Shipped Media section, click Disaster Recovery.

  6. On the Computer Restore form, type a name for the restore job in the Name of restore box.

  7. In the Restore tab on the Computer Restore form, specify the file version that you want to restore, either current or historic.

    Note:  LiveVault Online Backup Service guarantees the current version and one historic version per day will be backed up and available for restore. However, you may have more historic versions available.

  8. In the Delivery tab on the Computer Restore form, provide shipping information and configure the media options.

  9. When you are done configuring your restore request, click Save.

  10. Review the information in the Computer Restore form's Properties and Specifications columns.

  11. Do one of the following:

    • Click Submit to accept the restore request and start the restore process.

    • Click Back to make changes to the restore request.

    • Click Cancel if you do not want to submit the restore request.

  12. Note the identification number assigned to this request, and click Done. This number is used in MyLiveVault with the restore job name you specified to uniquely identify this restore job.

  13. Processing of the restore request starts automatically. You can track its progress in MyLiveVault. Processing is based on the delivery method chosen:

    We will send an e-mail to the user who requested the restore notifying the requestor that the data has been restored to media and the media has been shipped.


Related Information

Restoring Your Data from Media
Restoring an Entire Computer
Restoring Your Data: An Overview
Monitoring and Managing Restores: An Overview
Changing the Media Restore Shipping Information