DriveRestore Professional has been developed with the primary objective of securing a drive's data during the drive repair process. When a drive repair is made, only the partition table or boot sector is modified, thereby ensuring the integrity of the drive and its file data.
DriveRestore Professional includes a secure drive Rollback function. Rollback enables changes that have been made to the drive to be rolled back (undone) and the drive returned to its original pre-repaired/modified state.
Selecting the Rollback type
DriveRestore Professional provides the option to create a Rollback file or a removable Boot Disk. The Rollback file and the bootable disk are copies of the original pre-repair drive structure.
Rollback File
This creates a file that can be saved to any drive and is used to roll back any changes made to the drive. This option is used primarily for non-bootable drives e.g. data drives, removable drives, external hard drives, etc.
Boot Disk
Boot Disk files are saved to a removable drive. The Boot Disk enables the user to boot the computer from a removable drive, if for any reason the system fails to start after the drive changes have been implemented. This is the recommended Rollback option for active partitions i.e. system/boot drives that are used to start the system.
Selecting the Rollback type
DriveRestore Professional provides the option to create a Rollback file or a removable Boot Disk. The Rollback file and the bootable disk are copies of the original pre-repair drive structure.
Rollback File
This creates a file that can be saved to any drive and is used to roll back any changes made to the drive. This option is used primarily for non-bootable drives e.g. data drives, removable drives, external hard drives, etc.
Boot Disk
Boot Disk files are saved to a removable drive. The Boot Disk enables the user to boot the computer from a removable drive, if for any reason the system fails to start after the drive changes have been implemented. This is the recommended Rollback option for active partitions i.e. system/boot drives that are used to start the system.
Rolling back drive changes
Rollback File option
To roll back drive changes using the Rollback file option. Click Rollback on the main product screen and select (using Browse) the drive rollback file. Click Next to review the Rollback summary.
Apply the Rollback file and the drive will revert back to its original pre-modified state.
Starting a system with the Boot Disk
If you have selected the Boot Disk option and your computer will not start, insert the Boot Disk in to a USB port, start the computer and set the system BIOS to boot from a removable drive. This is a FreeDOS command line function. The Boot Disk will prompt you to select a Rollback file. Select the Rollback file and the computer will be rolled back to its previous state.
