Contents of the Simplified Disaster Recovery disk image

Last published : Apr 02, 2026
The Simplified Disaster Recovery disk image provides the Recover This Computer wizard that guides you through the steps to recover a computer.
The Simplified Disaster Recovery disk image also includes the tools that you can use to manage the server's network configuration while in the recovery environment. Other utilities are included on the disk that you can use for additional recovery environment operations, such as dynamic loading of drivers, and accessing a command prompt.
Network tools include the following menu items:
  • Start My Networking Services
  • Map a Network Drive
  • Configure Network Connection Settings
  • Run IP Config Utility
  • Ping a Remote Computer
Utility tools include the following menu items:
  • Gather Log Files for Veritas Technical Support
  • View Log File
  • Start PowerShell
  • Start Command Prompt
  • Edit the Windows boot.ini File
  • Load a Driver
  • Select Keyboard
Simplified Disaster Recovery also provides you with a hard disk configuration tool called Advanced Disk Configuration. Advanced Disk Configuration lets you run advanced hard disk operations on the computer that you want to recover.
For example, you can do tasks such as:
  • Create or delete volumes.
  • Resize a volume.
  • Convert a basic hard disk to a dynamic disk.
  • Change or assign drive letters.
  • Create spanned, striped, and mirrored volumes.
See Advanced Disk Configuration on the Recover This Computer Wizard.
See Requirements for using Simplified Disaster Recovery.