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PowerVault NX Series Network Attached Storage Systems Windows Storage Server 2016 Administrator's Guide

Creating RASR USB recovery drive

To create an RASR USB recovery drive, a USB drive must be installed and recognized by the system before starting the application. An 8 GB USB drive is sufficient.

Prerequisites

Operating system drives are backed up.

Steps

  1. Insert a USB drive into the system.
    NOTE: Creating an RASR USB recovery drive deletes all data on the USB drive.
  2. Start the application by double-clicking the Create RASR USB Recovery Drive icon on the Windows Desktop.
    The Dell EMC NX#### - Rapid Appliance Self Recovery (RASR) page is displayed. RASR displays information for each USB drive that the RASR Recovery application identifies.
  3. If more than one USB drive is detected, select the USB drive on which you want to install the RASR application.
  4. To install the RASR application on the USB drive, complete the on-screen instructions that are displayed on the Create RASR USB Recovery Drive application.
  5. After the RASR USB drive is successfully created, verify that the USB drive boots properly by booting to the USB drive.
  6. Complete the instructions in the Recovering OS using RASR USB Recovery Drive section.
  7. After the RASR application has started, exit the application without performing any of the recovery actions and restart the system.
    This procedure completes verification that the USB recovery drive has been successfully created. Store the RASR USB drive in a safe place for future use.

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